Aiptasia

[Tebonus]

I think aiptasia are stinging my zooanthids. What to do?

 

[cardgenius]

Get some Joe's Juice or buy a couple berghia nudis

 

[Mikeeal]

I took one of my needles, (diabetic) and filled it up with Kent's liquid calcium and nuked em. They just melt away.

 

[DaRealDvs1]

Inject them right in the mouth with Joes Juice or Kalk.
Turn off your flow before doing this.


Some might say peppermint shrimps will eat them, but I never had luck with that.

 

[CoralNutz]

Kalk paste has always worked for me. Just mix some up so it's at about a toothpaste consistency. You can use a little syringe like you get with the test kits and just drop a little drop of the paste on them and they will grab it with their tentacles and eat it dying shortly after.

If you have a lot of these you might not want to do too many at once (10-15 is fine) otherwise you might get a little precip in the tank.

 

[sarai826]

I had a pretty serious apistatia problem in my first tank... and I only use chemicals as a last resort... so I got a peppermint shrimp. I know they don't work consistently for everyone, but that was the last I saw of the apistatia!

 

[twon8]

peppermint shrimp worked for me, as did a cbb. i think you need to put in a few peppermints, and preferably at night to let them get busy right away.

 

[cardgenius]

I think its too hit or miss with the peppermints.

 

[jasutton]

yeah but the hit makes everything soooo much easier!