Apatisia

[Mik_101]

What can I do to kill apatasia anemone without Copper banded fish or peppermint shrimp? Any chemicals suggested.

[NateL]

try joe's juice, boiling water, or lemon juice, or kalk, in a syringe, maybe the search function every once and a while.

[Redrover]

Just a sugestion go to Google Search for info on reefing ,there is some good info out there...read...read and read

[digital-audiophile]

The search function will bring up lots of good suggestions to your questions.

Also check out the reference library section http://canreef.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=40 a lot of what you have been asking has been answered many times before.

[0sprey]

If you have a severe infestation, if injection is too tedious and you have a bit of spare pocket money, berghia nudibranches are an excellent solution. I ordered mine from www.saltyunderground.com

[crystalz]

I'm not much of a fan of Joes juice.(had poor luck with it) I found another product called Aptasia Control which is vetrinarian endorsed and for me worked like a charm. My tank is aptasia free. I only had two to begin with though.

[fishoholic]

I'm not much of a fan of Joes juice.(had poor luck with it) I found another product called Aptasia Control which is vetrinarian endorsed and for me worked like a charm. My tank is aptasia free. I only had two to begin with though.

Where did you buy the Aptasia Control? does it work like Joes juice or is it different. Just curious because I have a tank full of aptasia and if the peppermint shrimp (I just bought) don't eat it I might buy something to help get rid of it. Thanks Laurie

[MikeP]

Peppermints took care of mine but I had to buy two. There was no change until the second one showed up. I have heard that there is a type of peppermint that doesnt eat it and another type that does. I have also heard that they are more effective when there is 2 or 3. Not sure if my aptasia was eaten because the second one I bought had a taste for it or if they both started to eat it because they were together.

HTH

[michika]

I vote for the lemon juice method. I've done the peppermint shrimp, and the copperband butterfly route (both duds in my case), and had great sucess with injecting lemon juice using a syringe. It was cheap, simple, and they never came back.

[likwid]

Will lemon juice hurt any corals or fish that are around? Wouldnt it contaminate the water at all?

[michika]

I've never had a problem with it. I'm always careful to use as little as possible though. I use so little, that I doubt it impacts anything.

[shelleyr]

I have had success with hot vinegar too - doesn't hurt anything else.

[Captainhemo]

If you have a bit of spare pocket money, berghia nudibranches are an excellent solution. I ordered mine from www.saltyunderground.com

How did the berghia nudibranches work out for you and what did it end up costing you to have them shipped up ?

-captainhemo

[0sprey]

The berghia were brilliant. They bred in the tank and kept going until all the aiptasia were utterly destroyed; took 3-4 months. At that point they were starting to starve, so I caught as many as possible and brought them in to my LFS for store credit. I hope Colby has success breeding and selling them, I think it would be awesome for berghia to be available at the retail level.
Total cost... hmmm. I think it was around $100. But I got $40 of that back, and I probably could have recouped more expenses if I had been more diligent about catching and selling them. If you have a small tank, it probably wouldn't be worth it; the shipping minimum is 8 when they ship outside the states. But for a larger tank (I have a 90g system), I felt it was well worth the money.