Aiptasia

[Swirlygig]

I have a tank full of them now...This is insane!

What works best and can anyone help me?

I want them gone...

Anyone have a

copperband - proven to eat them?
Shrimp that will eat them?
Filefish?

I have tried zapping them with juice, they just come back worse...

Anything would really be appreciated...

Jeff

 

[Pacific Reefs]

I have the same problem. I bought a copperband last week and can't really tell if he is eating them or not. I also tried injecting them with a needle and lemon juice...no luck. Tagging along.

 

[fishfan8]

inject with chem-marin

 

[iFisch]

My peppermint eats them for lunch.

However I'm not totally set on lending a shrimp out. Obviously they are more sensitive to acclimate than a fish. Mine just molted the other day. So I'm not sure stressing him out further would be too wise. Filefish are pretty neat fish. I actually wish I had a bigger tank to house one. Divers Den @ DFS has a few neat ones.


If I had two that ate it, I wouldn't mind lending one out, just in case anything happened, I'd still have the other. But I don't. I just have one..

 

[orlandobrian]

I had them bad, I added a peppermint shrimp and it did nothing. I added another peppermint shrimp and still nothing... then all of the sudden, they slowly started disappearing. Now, I have none. I didnt feed the tank much at that time, and I think that helped get the shrimp interested in them as a food source. I really think that is the key - starving peppermint shirmp LOL.

I had to QT my shrimp while I treated my tank for redbugs. If you want to borrow the shrimp, you can come pick them up... but I dont know how the heck you would fish them out when your done with them.... I know, do you want to make a trade? How about a frag of that chalice you know I want?

 

[damac20]

peppermint shrimp hunt in packs so if you're going to get them get a few at a time.

 

[MrHarvard]

+1 on the peppermint shrimp.....I have however used Joes juice in the past when I had a large outbreak and it worked great. I killed all of it off in about 5 min and it never came back in that tank. I have a mixed reef and I didnt have any problems with killing anything else when I used it either. It just depends on how fast you want it gone. I would recommend 2 shrimp per 20gallons. JMI

 

[Famous]

Another option can be berghia. I think if you research it you will get mixed reviews about them. The good thing is that aiptasia is all that they eat. I ordered them from someone on RC and had great success with them. I think when most people get them they expect a change overnight. Let me know if you need the info from the person here on RC.

 

[skippy823]

kalk paste works great

 

[Swirlygig]

lets just say my tank is swarming with them...

 

[cook]

+2 on the shrimp

 

[Flacricket]

if you can get some wild peps from the gulf they seem to do best

Cricket

 

[jmking33]

I tried shrimp and they didnt do much. so I switched to aipstasia x. stuff works great. you just have to inject it into their mouths before they close. has worked like a charm. I had a 150 stuffed with them. it will take several applications to get them all. I treated every 2 weeks allowing for ones I hadnt seen or treated enough. I still have about half of the "x" bottle left. it dosnt take much. If you have any questions..pm me.

 

[damac20]

http://www.saltyunderground.com/index.php

 

[mechinic]

nothing works better than peppermint shrimp you just have to be patient

 

[sflorlando]

So true, I was fighting aptasia and i threw in 3 peppermint shrimps and it got rid of them. I haven't seen the shrimp in months

 

[Pacific Reefs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15382307#post15382307 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sflorlando
So true, I was fighting aptasia and i threw in 3 peppermint shrimps and it got rid of them. I haven't seen the shrimp in months

What size were your aiptasia...do they go after large ones?

 

[plyle02]

I tried aptasia x, pep shrimps, and then added a juvenile cbb to the tank, I made sure it ate before leaving the lfs. I would not buy for that reason alone, I love it's personality, a beautiful fish than can be very delicate. But heck, if you have the space in your tank, they are known to eat aptasia, all the ones I have owned did, not one spec of aptasia 4-5 days later...none....
GL
GL

 

[Swirlygig]

So i tossed in 3 new small pep shrimp...I am pretty sure my fish ate them lol...

my blood and coral banded are still alive, so I hope these guys made it...I have not seen them at all though...

sigh

 

[orlandobrian]

You wont see them for awhile. Mine hide under (and in) the rocks and are very hard to spot. My tank is smaller and there is less rockwork than I remember yours having. They will show up in time I'm sure. I would watch for them at night. If you have a red light that works too (fish dont see the red).