Aptasia help needed

[Cubman777]

I am getting overrun by aptasia.
Someone please help me.
Suggestions wanted, needed

Thank you very much
Cubman

 

[twon8]

peppermint shrimp, copperbanded butterfly, inject them with vineger/boiling water/kalk paste. All work for some but not for others, currently the copperbanded is decimating my aiptasia problem.

 

[Cubman777]

thanx

 

[SunnyX]

copperbanded butterfly.

Thats all it takes.

I put one in my system and he destroyed the aptasia with a Vengence.

 

[Grayout]

I have two peppermint shrimp in my reef. They have completely consumed all my aiptasia. Before introducing them I tried EVERYTHING with no luck. Nuking them with kalk or vinegar just solves the problem in the short term. They can migrate from their position to another if not siphoned immediately.

 

[Cubman777]

I have heard that once the CBB's eat all of the aptasia, they will starve as they are reluctant feeders. Also I have a wide array of corals and clams and am worried that he could be a nipper. Any truth to this?

Do peppermint shrimp really do a good job of this? Do they all eat it or just some? THe ones that do, do they eat it quickly or consume just a little each day?
thanx

 

[SunnyX]

My copperband has yet to attack any clams or corals.
If I had an Anomenone I bet he would eat it.

 

[Cubman777]

What about like semi anemones such as mushrooms and such?

 

[twon8]

I have zoanthids and a rbta, along with many mushrooms, and the cbb has'nt touched anything but fanworms, aiptasia, and mysis shrimp. THat is my experience, however brief. He did get too close to the anemone one day, but the clownfish quickly let him know he was not welcome in that neighborhood.

 

[SunnyX]

Mushrooms will be fine.
If the Anemone has a host clown fish it should be fine.
I have know of them eating Zoo's, but never seen it.

 

[BobB]

Forgive me for asking but what do you guys recommend for aiptasias inside the overflow? I bet there are 20-30 big suckers in the overflow of my 90G. I put a peppermint shrimp in there, but I don't think it survived the turbulence.

Bob

 

[Grayout]

Calfo recommends using aiptasia to export nutrients in his book.

Personally, I think it's a good thing to have them in the overflow. As long as they don't spread to the main tank they are consuming excess food. Nothing to sting and kill within the overflow.

 

[twon8]

I don't know how you could keep them from spreading into the display

 

[Grayout]

Generally, they stay where they get the most food. I don't have any issues with them spreading to my main display. I have a few in my refugium but don't worry about it.

 

[acroconut]

Berghia nudibranchs got rid of every aip in my 30G.