Aiptasia
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soflo_chuck
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pics?
mcgyvr
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Have you tried doing a search?
Cliff notes..
Lemon juice injection
Kalk paste injection
Hot water injection
commercial aiptasia juice injection (joes juice/aiptasia x,etc..)
Peppermint shrimp
matted filefish
Berghia nudibranch
and a few more (lasers, lighter,etc..)
In general aiptasia population seems to follow water quality.. poorer water = bad outbreaks... good water = rarely reach problem levels..
Cliff notes..
Lemon juice injection
Kalk paste injection
Hot water injection
commercial aiptasia juice injection (joes juice/aiptasia x,etc..)
Peppermint shrimp
matted filefish
Berghia nudibranch
and a few more (lasers, lighter,etc..)
In general aiptasia population seems to follow water quality.. poorer water = bad outbreaks... good water = rarely reach problem levels..
Pet Detective
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Matted File Fish will handle it, trust me, my tank was that bad or worse, for me, this was the only option that worked towards an end result of ZERO Aiptasia remaining, again, in MY experience all those other options were just barley stop gaps, Matted File Fish is awesome and is is very good natured tank mate.
Fish4udog
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Never had any that massive, i would take the rock out put it in a bucket till you kill it or break off the rock where it is attached tried the matted file fish ate more LPS than aiptasia got a copper banded butterfly he does a better job than the file fish for me
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I had a bad outbreak one time. I tried nearly everything (kalk paste, lemon juice, boiling water, nudibranchs (I had a wrasse and I think he might have ate them SOOO...)). What worked for me was going down to the gulf in Texas and collecting like 100 peppermint shrimp. For big aiptasia, I killed them with lemon juice. The peps at all the little ones. However, I was then left with a large population of peppermint shrimp that would munch some on LPS and softies (anything really).
I would say nudis are your best bet but they're expensive and if you have a wrasse, they may get eaten before they can do anything. I would just reboot my tank before I used solely aiptasia x, kalk paste, lemon juice, etc. If anything, I think those products just stress them and they release some slimy stuff (highly technical term) that make more aiptasia. It's anecdotal but it seems like the more I tried to spot kill them, the worse they'd get.
I would say nudis are your best bet but they're expensive and if you have a wrasse, they may get eaten before they can do anything. I would just reboot my tank before I used solely aiptasia x, kalk paste, lemon juice, etc. If anything, I think those products just stress them and they release some slimy stuff (highly technical term) that make more aiptasia. It's anecdotal but it seems like the more I tried to spot kill them, the worse they'd get.
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Joe's juice work awsome
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WYA123
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For fishes and peppermint shrimps it's a hit or miss as some eat it some don't. I read somewhere that if you squeeze an aiptasia, the scent will reach the peppermint shrimp and encourage it to eat them. If you have a marine aquarium club around you, see if they are passing around a fish that eats aiptasia as some owners pass the fish around to others with aiptasia problem once their's is solved. For the large ones try lemon juice or remove them manually.
pkstylez
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Red sea aiptasiaxSorry about the gruesome pic. I don't want to risk putting another fish through this
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All that ever did for me was cause it to throw up then a few days later I'd have babies everywhere. I never found any chemical solution that would not cause this to happen.
pkstylez
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Don't touch it when u do it. Stay back and do t spook them. Then blast them. There is a right and wrong way to do it. If you spook them...say hello.to more spores
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Pet Detective
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Again.....let nature handle it, MATTED FILE FISH, will it nip your LPS, yes, will it kill it, no, trust me on this, I've been there, still have my file fish, still have LPS.
WYA123
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Oh I never knew that. Thanks for telling me. The one that seems to have the highest chance of eating aiptasia is a matted filefish based on multiple experiences.
Empty Bottles
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If you follow the directions aiptasia x is a good product. I'm battling it now. What I've done is remove and bleach the rocks I could, and then used aiptasia x to kill the ones In the tank. If used as directed it is effective, even though some may take a couple extra applications. Even when you have to repeat on the bigger ones you can tell their weaker after each application. It works, you just have to make sure the entire disk is covered and stick with it.
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