Aptasia in the Refuge

[nicfo25]

Just wondering what everyone does about this, let it grow, nuke it? I dont have any in my display tank and only a couple in my fuge. I swear I have read about people letting them grow in their fuge to some how keep them from the display. What do you guys think? Thanks!

 

[Toomnymods]

put some peppermint shrimp down there.. and don't feed them they will eat it..

 

[sslak]

I would get rid of them. It's not worth the risk of them spreading to the display.

 

[WhoDat?]

I agree.... NUKE!!!.... To give you an example.... I battled aiptasia before... I set up my QT tank with water from the DT tank when I purchased a new fish .... 3 weeks later... I could see 3 or 4 aiptasia stuck to the glass in the QT tank.... WOW... so it can definately travel in the water from the fuge to the DT.... and it won't take long!!!

 

[nicfo25]

Wouldnt the shrimp eat the pods as well?

 

[njudson]

Wouldnt the shrimp eat the pods as well?

Probably. I would recommend nuking them with some kalk paste, Joe's Juice, or whatever your weapon of choice is.

 

[nicfo25]

There is only one as of now. Could I just siphon it up as it is on the sandbed?

 

[nicfo25]

anyone?

 

[tmgrash]

My fuge is loaded with them. Let them grow there eating something. My display doesnt have any, might have something to do with that copperband butterfly:uzi:

 

[mobyreef]

There is only one as of now. Could I just siphon it up as it is on the sandbed?

Yes Siphon it out asap. I found a whole group on two rocks in the refuge in my tank. I removed the rocks and placed them in a bucket of stagnant ro water and let them just die off slowly. After about 5 days they have come off the rock. Then I rinse off the rock & place it back in the sump to grow more coralline algae and chaeto. The fresh water kills any larvae as well.

 

[nicfo25]

What do they eat?