starmanres
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I'm at four months without them returning. In my experience, if something's missing for four months in my tank - it's gone. 
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Finally - The Solution to Aiptasia
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iamwrasseman
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CBB= copperband butterfly fish
although there are many ways to find your tank i have used most remedies and have found that a natural approach is best . first a fish or shrimp can get in places that you simply cant see so they are much more thorough in their job . also they work 24/7/365 as we work for fifteen minutes and give up . i have used many many pre made remedies and also lemon juice ,kalk ,bionic alk ,along with some that i have already forgotten about . the proof is in the pudding ,where my CBB is there is no aptasia . where he isn't there is aptasia . i have also purchased a file fish that has ridden another of my tanks of aptasia . in saying this ,IMO natural is the only way to go if you want them gone . it is a problem that once you get you will usually have for quite a while and my CBB makes my tanks look as though there is none . there is no argument against success unless it releases toxic waste and my CBB or my file fish along with peppermint shrimp don't .
although there are many ways to find your tank i have used most remedies and have found that a natural approach is best . first a fish or shrimp can get in places that you simply cant see so they are much more thorough in their job . also they work 24/7/365 as we work for fifteen minutes and give up . i have used many many pre made remedies and also lemon juice ,kalk ,bionic alk ,along with some that i have already forgotten about . the proof is in the pudding ,where my CBB is there is no aptasia . where he isn't there is aptasia . i have also purchased a file fish that has ridden another of my tanks of aptasia . in saying this ,IMO natural is the only way to go if you want them gone . it is a problem that once you get you will usually have for quite a while and my CBB makes my tanks look as though there is none . there is no argument against success unless it releases toxic waste and my CBB or my file fish along with peppermint shrimp don't .
Metal Man 1221
FMMAS Executive Director
Iv been using lemon juice from the start about 50cc in the base and its gone for good
iamwrasseman
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Joe's juice and aptasia-x have some pretty specific directions and must be used that way or you will actually spread the aptasia . if you simply inject the "base" i would imagine that you find many offspring a couple of weeks later generally in the direction or the water flow . i have seen this with the remedies if not used correctly as they release many babies in an attempt to survive when there life is threatened . when you inject it into the base or electrocute the aptasia your only going to spread it .
even a CBB spreads it but they are there daily to get the babies and eat them up faster than the can reproduce much unlike just killing the mother and then coming back a month later to do it all over again as i believe if you honest you will admitt your have to do so .
even a CBB spreads it but they are there daily to get the babies and eat them up faster than the can reproduce much unlike just killing the mother and then coming back a month later to do it all over again as i believe if you honest you will admitt your have to do so .
starmanres
Premium Member
IME... You should not see them again.
Baltimore Bryan
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Lemon juice seems to be working for me. Some of them expelled a puff of white smoke stuff, then shrank down and never came back. However, I think on the ones that came back I didn't get the syringe in the stalk properly. I feel that natural predators would be the best option because they work harder than us and get into hard to see/reach places, but I don't think they would work in my tank. (cbb too big- it's a 30 gallon, and I tried peppermint shrimp, but they hid without eating any and disappeared within a week- cardinals ate them maybe?) So I just use a little lemon juice when I see some really big, juicy ones, and I don't really care about the little ones.
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noahm
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starmanres
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If you had a ton that you killed, you might see a spike but usually I don't see any change.
Gdevine
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Injecting in impossible places to reach is a problem. Pep's do eat Aiptasia and it's a fact. If your Peps aren't eating your Aiptasia there's a few reasons for that:
1) They are not true Peppermint Shrimp (there are imposter's!)
2) Over feeding the tank...Peps will eat other stuff before Aiptasia
3) The Aiptasia are too large
4) Not enough Peps...usually takes a small army to clean up an infested tank
1) They are not true Peppermint Shrimp (there are imposter's!)
2) Over feeding the tank...Peps will eat other stuff before Aiptasia
3) The Aiptasia are too large
4) Not enough Peps...usually takes a small army to clean up an infested tank
I think I have tried it all (except electrocution!), and most are hit or miss. Aiptasia-X worked pretty well if you over coated them and left off all pumps for an hour. Lemon juice injections seem to work equally as well. But loads of fun! Hmmm... didn't know there was "pure" and concentrate kinds of lemon juice.
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