Berghia verrucicornis for aiptasia control
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twon8
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i got four of them, they did lay eggs a number of times. I put them in a five gallon containter, and i kept exchanging rocks as they ate the aiptasia, but i think some got put back into the main tank. they are very tiny and hard to see, and if you have a 180, i don't think you want to get the 15 or so nec. for that size tank. I suggest peppermints or a copper banded.
donfishy76
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see here perhaps a PM or something, ...
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=416417
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Snowboarder2757
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I just got this new stuff called Joes Juice, it come with a little suringe(spelling) and all you have to do it put this liquid stuff on them, you dont necessarily have to inject them, and then they are gone the next day. I tried it out about 4 days ago, and I have not seen and of the apitasia since. It is harmless to everything else in your tank, and I think I got it for 7.99.
I noticed that the selling thread was closed last Friday, but that was also what I was going to suggest.
As for peppermint shrimps for aiptasia control, make sure you get the Atlantic variety, the Pacific peppermints won't touch the aiptasia. We have had little to no problems with our peppermints and they did a great job in cleaning up the aiptasias. But we always ask where they were collected from when we buy them
(had to repopulate after the Interceptor RB treatments)
As for peppermint shrimps for aiptasia control, make sure you get the Atlantic variety, the Pacific peppermints won't touch the aiptasia. We have had little to no problems with our peppermints and they did a great job in cleaning up the aiptasias. But we always ask where they were collected from when we buy them
(had to repopulate after the Interceptor RB treatments)Good advice, but it is not so new
. For spot treatment Joe's Juice is the best aiptasia killer out there, and as Snowboarder2757 noted, unlike other treatments, you don't need to inject it intot he aiptasia, but only need to "feed" it to the pest. It is not really that harmless to everything else in your tank (I wouldn't feed it to your mushrooms or zoas, either on purpose or accidentally ), but it is relatively safe . But for a major infestation spot treatment is not always an option, which is where the nudis and shrimp come into play, along with a reduced nutrient environment (less feeding, more skimming/water changes)Whatever path you choose, I wish you the best of luck.
P.S. It has often been quipped that it is a foolish reefer that believes he is aiptasia free
. About the only way to be aiptasia free is to start that way, in other words no live rock or other rocks added to the tank (including frag mounts). Using the agrocrete (sp?) rocks and dried out base rock only. Other than that the best we can hope for is to keep the population under control.
twon8
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I have used Joe's Juice, and I think you will get the same usefulness out of a kalk slurry. But neither one worked for me long term. Days to weeks after feeding them the kalk I would see a number of tiny ones near where the big one met its fate. So now I am watching my new copper banded take out both fanworms and aiptasia. I feel bad about the fanworms, i had some neat little red ones, which still exist in the spots the fish can't get too. While watching him scour the tank I realized how narrow a role his mouth had evolved to. I watched him eat mysis in the store, so I feel confident I have handed off the duties. It is nice now that I am having to really search to find an aiptasia.
i had the aiptasia bad so i got 2 peppermint shrimp and a bottle of joes juice. took about 2 months and most of the bottle but the problem is uder control. now every once and a while i see one get the juice out and in 3 days or so its never to be seen agin. as stated above its never totaly gone though. 100gallon with 170lb o rock , lps , fish and stuff. the key for me was (is) to just stay on it
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