Gillguy
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I've never really had a major aiptasia problem until recently. I've always kept them under control with Aiptasia X but they kept coming back. Recently they had spread to places I couldn't reach due to the aquascape. Wanted to try some nudis but I have a melanarus wrasse and read they would chomp on them. Then decided to try a Copperband Butterfly. I read they were hit or miss when it came to aiptasia. I also read that they are difficult to keep alive because they won't eat and that some will eat corals. I have a full mixed reef and decided to take the chance because the aiptasias were ****ing me off.
I looked around but did not see any that I liked. Saw one at Blue Seas that was there for about 5 weeks that was picking away at the rocks. I was told he was not eating except for picking at the rocks and sand. Rolled the dice and brought him home. Immediately he started to pick away just like at the LFS. For the next three weeks he did not eat anything I put into the tank but he was still picking away at the rocks and sand. He obviously was getting enough from that because he looked healthy. However, he had not touched the aiptasias. One day during the fourth week I looked in the tank in the morning and everything was normal including every single darn aiptasia. Came home 10 hours later from work and I could not believe it. 3/4 of all the aiptasias were completely gone. Out of approximately 12-15 aiptasias there were only 4 left and those were in places the CB could not reach. It's now been 6 weeks since I got him and all but 2 aiptasias are gone. I can see them but even I can't reach them because they are in a cave. CB is still not eating my food but super healthy. My worry know is that he will get the taste of something else. So far he's left all corals, SPS and LPS alone.
So for those of you that want to eradicate aiptsias naturally, I can vouch that CB should do the job you just have to be patient.
Here is a pic of him chomping on an aiptsia.
I looked around but did not see any that I liked. Saw one at Blue Seas that was there for about 5 weeks that was picking away at the rocks. I was told he was not eating except for picking at the rocks and sand. Rolled the dice and brought him home. Immediately he started to pick away just like at the LFS. For the next three weeks he did not eat anything I put into the tank but he was still picking away at the rocks and sand. He obviously was getting enough from that because he looked healthy. However, he had not touched the aiptasias. One day during the fourth week I looked in the tank in the morning and everything was normal including every single darn aiptasia. Came home 10 hours later from work and I could not believe it. 3/4 of all the aiptasias were completely gone. Out of approximately 12-15 aiptasias there were only 4 left and those were in places the CB could not reach. It's now been 6 weeks since I got him and all but 2 aiptasias are gone. I can see them but even I can't reach them because they are in a cave. CB is still not eating my food but super healthy. My worry know is that he will get the taste of something else. So far he's left all corals, SPS and LPS alone.
So for those of you that want to eradicate aiptsias naturally, I can vouch that CB should do the job you just have to be patient.
Here is a pic of him chomping on an aiptsia.
