runningstix
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Im devastated with this hobby, I started in October of 08 and the tank and fish were fine. There were no pests in the tank and everything was swell. I got bit by the coral bug and sought after some softies and some zoas. Enter mistake 1 as a newbie. Bought frags and was given free aiptasia. It took about 6 months til the tank had millions of these things that I couldnt get rid of.
I decided to upgrade and start over in hopes to rid the aiptasia. Like a moron I used the same water not knowing that would produce more aiptasia, I started trying to kalk them as one would pop up here then there. This turned 1 into 5 and now its popping up all over again.
I bought frag after frag after frag and recieved red bugs, sadly I was dipping all coral and what I was using didnt kill redbugs. The coral really looked fine but you could visually see the redbugs on multiple corals. I treated interceptor and lost a few inverts but there are no sign of redbugs.
Two weeks later I had massive amounts of rtn and stn going on. I believe I now have AEFW, which I have lost about all my acros, which was about 90% of my coral. Really the only thing in my tank that hasnt died is 4 montiporas, acans, and zoas. I spent about $1000 in february in sps all of which has rtn'd. All parameters are spot on and check religously as you can visually see all is not happy.
How can I successfully get rid of aiptasia. I have a peppermint shrimp that is worthless, kalk past doesnt work when you have marco rock, I would buy a copperbanded butterfly but the chances of it working are...
AEFW in the display lovely. Yeah my wife isnt going to let me buy coral ever again. I dont even know where to start.
This hobby is so depressing why cant I find success in this, I try to do things right but still get plagued by anything possible. It makes me want to get out.
I decided to upgrade and start over in hopes to rid the aiptasia. Like a moron I used the same water not knowing that would produce more aiptasia, I started trying to kalk them as one would pop up here then there. This turned 1 into 5 and now its popping up all over again.
I bought frag after frag after frag and recieved red bugs, sadly I was dipping all coral and what I was using didnt kill redbugs. The coral really looked fine but you could visually see the redbugs on multiple corals. I treated interceptor and lost a few inverts but there are no sign of redbugs.
Two weeks later I had massive amounts of rtn and stn going on. I believe I now have AEFW, which I have lost about all my acros, which was about 90% of my coral. Really the only thing in my tank that hasnt died is 4 montiporas, acans, and zoas. I spent about $1000 in february in sps all of which has rtn'd. All parameters are spot on and check religously as you can visually see all is not happy.
How can I successfully get rid of aiptasia. I have a peppermint shrimp that is worthless, kalk past doesnt work when you have marco rock, I would buy a copperbanded butterfly but the chances of it working are...
AEFW in the display lovely. Yeah my wife isnt going to let me buy coral ever again. I dont even know where to start.
This hobby is so depressing why cant I find success in this, I try to do things right but still get plagued by anything possible. It makes me want to get out.