Aiptasia ???

t kish

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Well looking over my tank tonight I discovered a single Aiptasia growing behind one of my Acans , I looked everywere and only see that one.
I know there may be more but thats all I can see at the moment.

Whats the best way to handle this ?

I want to attack it right away before it has a chance to spread.

Thanks Tim
 
With a 46g go get 4 or 5 Pep shrimps and that will do it...these are the best especially for the ones you can't reach and they will make sure going forward that you won't see any new ones either.
 
If its on the coral itself then just use some sort of aiptasia control products, but if you can take out the rock and dry it. I dosed my aiptasia and they go away but they just come back again, and my peppermint shrimp eats the small one if it finds it or then they just become too big. Good luck
 
Unfortunately its on a rock at the bottom , figures:mad: .

I have a fire shrimp so I can't add any Peps.

I guess I will pick up some Joe's and nuke the little B#$%#$d.

I think I read that boiling water in a needle works , is that true?


The one thing that really bothers me is how many are there that I can't see.
:confused: :mad:

Tim
 
Peppermint shrimp , but if thet get hungry may mess with your corals. I found one of mine picking on my trumpet coral. But no aiptasia and i couldn't get rid of them any other way. They kept popping back up.
 
I also read in another thread (sorry couldnt find it) that liquid drano will do the trick as well and is actually more bio degradable than concentrated Kalk. small drops in mouth will also kill the foot. will not hurt corals either - just turn the circ pump off while you are treating.
 
I will only use the boiling water method. It is 100% effective 100% of the time. Fill a syringe with boiling water and cook the little buggers. I cannot see any reason to add chemicals to my tank to take care of something that can be easily controlled without their use. Peppermint Shrimp are a hit or miss proposition. Some will, some won't, and even the ones that will usually won't touch the bigger ones. You can, however, keep peppermints with your fireshrimp if you like. It is the Coral Banded you need to watch out for - they like to take out other shrimp, and even some smaller fish if they get the chance. HTH
 
Thanks guys for all your help.
I am going to give the boiling water a try and will also add some peppermints as well.

Hopefully they will eat what I can't see.

Thanks again.

Tim
 
I cannot stress this enough: If there is any way you can physically remove the rock and, perhaps, chip the anemone off, ensuring you get the anemone and a small piece of the rock he was on, I very strongly recommend you do that instead of any other method.

Like you, I had a single Aiptasia come in my tank with a coral. I even saw it and I figured as long as it was there by itself I wouldn't worry about it. Eventually, it turned into two.

I got the Joe's Juice and followed the instructions precisely.

Long story short, Joe's Juice just seemed to make them mad. They'd disappear for a while, shrivel up, and then come back to life and create two more in the process. Within about 8 months they had overrun my tank to the point where I ended up tearing the tank down.

In fact, I even put the live rock into a tub of saltwater, outside in Monterey, California where it was 55 in the day and in the 40's at night, for about two weeks, covered in the dark, and the anemones were still everywhere. Utlimately I had to put them in a tub of freshwater to kill them off (and my live rock).

For every story I've read about using Joe's Juice or boiling water or Pep Shrimp, I've read another about how none of these techniques work.

If you have the option, do the hard but sure thing and take the rock out and physically remove the anemone and the surrounding substrate.

You have to decide if the risk of trying the other methods is worth it.
 
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