lol on the not wanting to admit we have aiptasia. Don't worry guys, EVERYONE who has live rock WILL get aiptasia. And it doesn't take a whole lot of time for a small problem to become a big problem. We all know how it is unfortunately
If you don't want to reply here please feel free to private message me. I have one person I am going to meet with aready, he pmed me so no need to even reply here if you don't want to.
HV1990 is it pretty well covered with the stuff? If it's a good amount of Aiptasia I am very interested, anything under 10 may not be worth it as I can breed them pretty fast (can't we all, lol). I live in Roseville, pm me where you are in Sacramento and we can talk
I will give nudibranchs to anyone who can give me a decent amount of aiptasia. I have to wait until they grow up a bit BUT if you would like to raise your own I have plenty of eggs I can part with when I come to get the rock. All you need to do is keep them in a container until they hatch, they don't need water movement, just change the water every day. Or if you want to get more creative, just float them in bags/containers like I do with a small amount of netting or mesh over the opening (panty hoes work great), then you won't have to do water changes and you can just float them in your DT (I use chip-clips to keep them attached to the side). They will hatch in a matter of weeks, they have no plankton stage (is that the right word?). So they will hatch for you an begin to eat aiptasia right away. And no joke these things are pretty expensive, I wish I would have just been able to get some eggs from someone. My original 5 nudies + shipping was $90 (and that was the rock bottom price I could find, and the smallest nudis available, I have seen full grown for $30 each)
I will pay $7 a pound for rock with aiptasia (more than 10 per rock), same price for rubble rock even though it's usually cheaper. I prefer rubble rock because I am raising them in 10 gallons, but if it's not TOO big, that's ok too. The more aiptasia the better. If it's a rock absolutely COVERED in aiptasia, $10 a pound or more.