I hate aiptasias
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olemiss reb
Molon Labe
joes juice, aip x, kalk, berghia nudi=money
stingythingy45
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I think I had one about 2 years ago.
Did it in with Joes Juice and that was that.
Did it in with Joes Juice and that was that.
drywallninja
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You can also try boiling water in a syringe.Its has worked for me
Ricunger
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+1 on the butterfly & peppermint shrimp... just make sure you get a true peppermint.
olemiss reb
Molon Labe
If you get a butterfly , just make sure your tank can support it. If you go that route, I'd recommend a kleins and NOT a copperband.
drywallninja
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drywallninja
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dont boil the water IN the syrnge.Boil the water first
Duh
Duh
bigworm175
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+1 on CBB. My CBB made quick work of mine but they aren't the easiest fish to keep so do your research and make sure your tank can support one. I had a pep shrimp in a 20 gal about a year ago and he ate the one aiptasia I had but the several I bought for my 120 didn't touch them.
theyammieguy
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Joes juice worked for me.
offroadodge
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I used Amptasia X and CBB together they worked great
redfishsc
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I've nuked every aiptasia in my tank with kalk paste repeatedly, and they always ALWAYS come back in 3X the number.
I have a fuzzy dwarf lion in my tank, so peppermints are out of the question, as are butterflies (too large/active for my tank).
I guess my next step is the berghia nudibranch, but man are they costly.
I have a fuzzy dwarf lion in my tank, so peppermints are out of the question, as are butterflies (too large/active for my tank).
I guess my next step is the berghia nudibranch, but man are they costly.
theyammieguy
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Just buy some Joe's juice. I had probably two dozen of them, one was about an inch wide at the base with 8" arms. Joe's juice took care of them all.
I tried everything mentioned above - they all killed individual aiptasia for a while but they always came back in greater numbers...
Finally I bought four pairs of Berghia (about the price of five bottles of Joe's Juice). After allowing the Berghia to multiply by laying many egg rings in a 2.5G tank with a bubble filter, I started introducing adult pairs into a 100G sump absolutely infested with thousand of aips. Within a month, the aips were gone. If they have no predators, such as wrasses, they are aiptasia eating machines that multiply like bunnies!
When my aips were gone, I passed my Berghia along to local reefers and more than recouped my $$$. I'm still harvesting Berghia juveniles from that sump, and I haven't seen an aiptasia in my DT or sump for months... I have to plunder LFS for aiptasia to keep the juvis fed...
So do it the hard way or easy way...your choice.
LL
Finally I bought four pairs of Berghia (about the price of five bottles of Joe's Juice). After allowing the Berghia to multiply by laying many egg rings in a 2.5G tank with a bubble filter, I started introducing adult pairs into a 100G sump absolutely infested with thousand of aips. Within a month, the aips were gone. If they have no predators, such as wrasses, they are aiptasia eating machines that multiply like bunnies!
When my aips were gone, I passed my Berghia along to local reefers and more than recouped my $$$. I'm still harvesting Berghia juveniles from that sump, and I haven't seen an aiptasia in my DT or sump for months... I have to plunder LFS for aiptasia to keep the juvis fed...
So do it the hard way or easy way...your choice.
LL
BANANAHANDS
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Just use peppermints. I had aiptasia everywhere, dropped two peppermints in. Within 2 days the aiptasia was gone and haven't seen it since.
saltydog64
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Great approach...a couple of ??? ok ?
How did u setup the 2.5 tank..Specfic Gravity, temp, pH...and
did u first colonize the foam filter ?
what did u feed them in the 2.5 and
where did u get them and @ what $$$ and
what NO3 level do u think they can take ?
thank you in advance
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