Berghia, who has experience with them?

[Fcamdog]

I have some aiptasia I need gone. I seem to remember someone doing a small group buy sometime in the last year, who was it?

I'd love to hear how they did for you and where do you recommend getting them? Thanks,

Fcamdog

A.K.A.

Fidel

 

[sandalscout]

Fidel, the peppermint shrimp that Pet Palace has are the good ones, I had two in the 90, they took care of the aiptasia in a few days once they found it a few weeks after I got them.

 

[gannmann9876]

i read an article that said to inject the aiptasia with concentrated lemon juice. i have some that i am gonna do that to.

 

[sonnybob]

Copperband Butterfly worked great for my tank. Tried everything but the Copperband keeps them gone. Good luck!

 

[zef004]

+1 on every body
I like useing kulk past myself.

 

[fastpcuser]

Got some berghias for sale. they are very good for getting rid of aiptasia... $10.00/ea + Shipping

 

[gannmann9876]

how much for shipping

 

[pelagic7]

Inject with hot water works too

 

[SRT80]

I've always had good luck with peppermint shrimps. Either from AC, Petland (when it was open), and reeftopia.

Steve

 

[NeedBiggerTank]

We ended up getting a Copperband Butterfly - which worked wonderfully on the small and medium aptaisia (we tried peppermint shrimp first, but they didn't seem interrested in the aiptasia). We had two aiptasia that had simply gotten too large for the butterfly to deal with and those I had to inject with a mixture of marine buffer and hot water. Worked like a charm - and it didn't add any foriegn substances or chemical to my tank. I mixed about a teaspoon of buffer in about a quarter cup of very hot water - and drew that into the syringe. The hot water alone (for me at least) did not work and the aiptasia recoved in a day or so.

The butterfly is doing great, no return of aiptasia in the main tank... now if he would only fit in my refugium (where I evidentially picked up several aiptasia from my last order of algae from IPSF)!

Jennie