Eric,
I read your insider article and well I am in the midst of getting rid of aiptasia myself. In my current 120g they are everywhere. It started with one and I didnt take too evasive of action, and well now like you I agree... throw out whatever it is on, no messing around.
I am upgrading my 120g to a 180g. I am only keeping a few pieces of rock which I have already boiled, dried out, and then let sit in warm freshwater for about a week to get all the stuff to decay. I purchased all new rock, and now my rock is curing with those pieces i killed mixed in to seed them. I will be starting my 180g with all new water, and it will be set up next to my old tank so I can let it get established before i move my livestock. I will be transfering only my fish, inverts, and coral into the new tank. I will be breaking every coral piece(sps) off their rocks and just re-gluing them to my new rock. I do have some zoo's/ricordia and I plan to not transfer these over as there are aiptasias growing between them.
So now to my question. Will aiptasias attatch to my sps coral? I dont physically see any, but i know that doesnt mean they arent there. And i also am worried about my snail shells, Should I just start with a new cleanup crew? I will not be tossing my sps collection however, I just cant chance it. I did think about quarantining, them, however I really dont have the means to do this for my large collection.
Is there anyway to ensure that aiptasia wont be on the sps?
Thanks!
I read your insider article and well I am in the midst of getting rid of aiptasia myself. In my current 120g they are everywhere. It started with one and I didnt take too evasive of action, and well now like you I agree... throw out whatever it is on, no messing around.
I am upgrading my 120g to a 180g. I am only keeping a few pieces of rock which I have already boiled, dried out, and then let sit in warm freshwater for about a week to get all the stuff to decay. I purchased all new rock, and now my rock is curing with those pieces i killed mixed in to seed them. I will be starting my 180g with all new water, and it will be set up next to my old tank so I can let it get established before i move my livestock. I will be transfering only my fish, inverts, and coral into the new tank. I will be breaking every coral piece(sps) off their rocks and just re-gluing them to my new rock. I do have some zoo's/ricordia and I plan to not transfer these over as there are aiptasias growing between them.
So now to my question. Will aiptasias attatch to my sps coral? I dont physically see any, but i know that doesnt mean they arent there. And i also am worried about my snail shells, Should I just start with a new cleanup crew? I will not be tossing my sps collection however, I just cant chance it. I did think about quarantining, them, however I really dont have the means to do this for my large collection.
Is there anyway to ensure that aiptasia wont be on the sps?
Thanks!
