aiptasia

[Brewman12er]

best way to get rid of it..

 

[MinnFish]

[welcome]

You might find some good solutions and reading here. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=803632

 

[singold]

Aiptasia Control by Blue Life or Joe's Juice. Kills them almost instantly. Comes with a syringe where you squirt liquid chalk like substance by its mouth, it aborbs it and Aiptasia seems to dissolve immediately.

 

[snorvich]

Well if it were that simple, there would not be all the postings on the subject. Chemical control is semi-effective sort of in that they grow back unless you do it perfectly. I use a combination of chemical and biological (peppermint shrimp).

 

[kbaker721]

Red Sea Apitasia X worked great for my tank. I tried other stuff, but this actually worked!!

 

[dflowers]

I had a ton of it and then got a kliens butterfly. He took care of 99% of it and he is a cool fish!

 

[sps1-2-b]

+1 on the kleins butterfly. He took care of all the aiptasia in 2 days. I had to take him out because he nipped on my sps. Peppermint shrimps also worked for me. Tried Joes Juice but they always came back.

 

[STREAMLINEGFX]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13100699#post13100699 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kbaker721
Red Sea Apitasia X worked great for my tank. I tried other stuff, but this actually worked!!

X2. This stuff really works, and they don't come back, and its reef safe. I have used it quite a bit in my mixed reef tank, and have had no ill side effects.

 

[smoknta]

Will any of the products mentioned above hurt zoos? I have some in a colony.

 

[Brewman12er]

Peppermint shrimps what do they eat?

 

[Brewman12er]

well pumped the aiptasia with boiling hot water.. got a few to release from the rock but still have a to go ;/

 

[Magnus6208]

Caribbean Peppermint shrimp....don't feed the tank for a couple of days and the aptasia will be gone pretty much overnight.

 

[STREAMLINEGFX]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13103569#post13103569 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by smoknta
Will any of the products mentioned above hurt zoos? I have some in a colony.

I don't personally have any zoos in my tank anymore, but a friend of mine actually got some of the Red Sea product on some of his zoos and nothing happened. I have gotten some on my sps's before and no damage.

 

[dkirchoff]

I have 2 aiptasia heads on a zoanthid colony rock and I was wondering if taking it out and drilling the aiptasia out of the rock would help?

 

[paraletho]

Paraletho back online
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3 days no power
0 casualties unless you count the grandkids trampoline or the dogs house

I have a few aptasia and would love to have some peppermints but I have a Coral Banded and I've heard they will make mincemeat of other shrimps