Best way to kill aiptasia

[andrepeixoto]

To day I notice a couple of aiptasia on my tank, what is the best way to kill it?
1.Lethal injection
2.Matted Filefish
3.Berghia

BTW I have 2 peppermint shrimp and they don't care about it.

 

[Jlentz]

I got a copperband butterfly about a month ago and he wiped most of them out within two weeks.

He also started to eat my wellso, acans, and derasa... I'm still trying to decide if I like him more than my wellso.

 

[frost0fractal]

I've had good luck with AptasiaX. Any that I spot I squirt with that stuff and I never see one in that spot again. They do keep coming back every few months, but as long as I spot them and deal with it there are never more than a few.

I have a rather large bottle of the stuff if you care to try it.

 

[swk]

Fwiw - my peps aways leave a couple. I'm of the opinion that they don't want to completely eliminate their snacks, and that's probably wrong. The more likely scenario is that the aips are in the territory of something that chases them away before they get a chance. I have 2 that are always hanging about in one single rock in my tank. I blast them with aiptasia X and they disappear for awhile then eventually return. No biggie.

 

[johnike]

Raccoon Butterfly.
Guaranteed.

Oh they eat corals too.

 

[telamont]

peppermint shrimp, the more the better. starve them.

 

[gbdrywall]

i love my file fish.and he is a model citizen in my aquarium now that the aipstasia is gone.doesnt touch any of my corals.

 

[spike76]

I am having great success with 4 medium size berghia I purchased 4 weeks ago. I had a good size colony of aiptasia in and around one my zoa colonies and the berghia have wiped them out. There are some aiptasia still spread out through the tank so we will see how long it takes before it is all gone.

 

[apex003]

I've also heard people using high wattage lasers (with eye protection!)

 

[Steve Ruddy]

I second Aiptasia-X. Can't be easier than that.

 

[FortyFour]

If it's just a few, get aptasia X and rid them by hand. No need to get livestock that most likely won't flourish in your tank in the long run, or will cause problems.