Aiptesia

[Davidbugera]

Does anyone have any thing that eats Aiptesia I have a rock that is plasterd with it .willing to buy borrow lend rent what ever I have to

[intarsiabox]

Does anyone have any thing that eats Aiptesia I have a rock that is plasterd with it .willing to buy borrow lend rent what ever I have to

Is there anything else on the rock that is worth saving?

[Mike-fish]

there's a guy in Edmonton selling bergulia nudibranches. i just go to town with lemon juice myself. if your tank is big enough a copperband butterfly or matted file fish may do the job.

[xnmuller]

You know what always seems to work for me, peppermint shrimp. I get them from Kevin at Red Coral and they always do the job. The only problem is they usually end up being the main course for my six-line wrasse.

[gregzz4]

there's a guy in Edmonton selling bergulia nudibranches. i just go to town with lemon juice myself. if your tank is big enough a copperband butterfly or matted file fish may do the job.

Here's the post if you missed it. Looks like they're goin' fast

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=85958

[Davidbugera]

2xdevils hands,zoas,feather dusters and my 3" white mantis shrimp and his 4-1/2"girl friend live inside the rock as they have hollowed it out for a den, and I don't really wana take them from there hole. I no for a fact these guy do not touch fish big or small but will eat any shrimp,snail,urchins,crabs ex... Or I would get peppermint shrimps.

Is there a fish I can buy to eat only Aiptesia

[reefwars]

2xdevils hands,zoas,feather dusters and my 3" white mantis shrimp and his 4-1/2"girl friend live inside the rock as they have hollowed it out for a den, and I don't really wana take them from there hole. I no for a fact these guy do not touch fish big or small but will eat any shrimp,snail,urchins,crabs ex... Or I would get peppermint shrimps.

Is there a fish I can buy to eat only Aiptesia



matted filefish will clear you out of aiptasia in no time, and they wiont get as big as butterflies. they are like angels so they are 50/50 whether they nip or not. they eat polyps and anemones. i added you to a 33g zoa tank with 80+ kinds of zoas and palys and he never harmed anything......but they def can so best to get one off someone who has one eating only aiptasia and prepared foods:)

[Davidbugera]

Thanks guys waiting to see if I can get some of the nudi's if not Ill pull out the rock and let it dry or read up on lemon juice??

[Davidbugera]

You know what always seems to work for me, peppermint shrimp. I get them from Kevin at Red Coral and they always do the job. The only problem is they usually end up being the main course for my six-line wrasse.

My pair of mantis shrimp kill them super quick I tried to buy 10 of them plus a few crab to distract the mantises and the still only last three days not even a nuff time to start on the problem

[Mike-fish]

for lemon juice just pick up a bottle of lemon juice and a large bore syringe and your set. just draw up a shot of juice and stick the needle into their mouth and feed them some they will retract fast typically and may "implode" if they do just about sure fire you got them. iv done this in the middle of zoa colonies before ( watch your aim)

[gregzz4]

My pair of mantis shrimp kill them super quick I tried to buy 10 of them plus a few crab to distract the mantises and the still only last three days not even a nuff time to start on the problem

If you have a sump, just temporarily banish your Mantis' while you deal with your infestation

[acepumping]

peppermint shrimp ate 25 of mine haha, took him 3 months but he got it done

[xnmuller]

My pair of mantis shrimp kill them super quick I tried to buy 10 of them plus a few crab to distract the mantises and the still only last three days not even a nuff time to start on the problem

I'm a little luckier than that, my peppermints lasted a couple of weeks, just long enough to take care of the issue. But just the other day I thought I saw one Aiptasia rearing its ugly head and now I'm torn about whether or not I should get another pepermint and send him to his inevitable death.

[Otardifus]

+1 for lemon juice and a seringe. I have also put verry salty water in seringe that works too. just make shure you poke right into it than inject
good luck!

[Rogue951]

I go for the kalk paste and smother method myself.
I seem to go through calcium pretty fast so Ive never had a problem with water chemistry.
Done it in and around hard/soft corals and the softies get ****ed for a bit but come through fine after.