Need Recommendation for Fish for AIPTASIA
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Amoore311
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What kind of corals are you keeping?
My baby 2 spot butterfly devours aiptasia. He will pick on corals as well though. Mine will seek out aiptasia before it goes to town on any coral though.
My declivis butterfly eats aiptasia as well, and he leaves all my other corals alone.
Another fish would be the Aiptasia eating Filefish, Acreichthys tomentosus . I personally never had luck with this fish though.
All of these fish are hit or miss at best with LPS and Softies.
My baby 2 spot butterfly devours aiptasia. He will pick on corals as well though. Mine will seek out aiptasia before it goes to town on any coral though.
My declivis butterfly eats aiptasia as well, and he leaves all my other corals alone.
Another fish would be the Aiptasia eating Filefish, Acreichthys tomentosus . I personally never had luck with this fish though.
All of these fish are hit or miss at best with LPS and Softies.
small alien
The fungus is among us.
Try the file. Mine is awesome. Ate every aptasia.
NatureNerd
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For a SPS reef, mixed reef, or LPS and clams, the Peppermint Shrimp is still the best answer in my opinion. Not a fish as you asked but the highest success rate with the minimum amount of risk. Just make sure you get the right species as they are often mis-labled. Also get more than one, as some individual pep's are more hungry for aiptasia than others. After the last pest is gone, keep them in your tank for another month or so (may have to feed them) and you will never see another aiptasia in your tank again.
