Drastic measures for eradicating aiptasia

[jsmth321]

I know not everyone has luck using peppermint shrimp, but so far they have never failed me.

Worth a try and less work if it works.

[workn2hard2day]

Originally Posted by jsmth321

i know not everyone has luck using peppermint shrimp, but so far they have never failed me.

Worth a try and less work if it works.

+1

[my2rotties]

I have had great luck with peppermint shrimp and my butterfly fish. They do not eat the large monsters that were there prior to me bringing them home. I have had the shrimp for 3 months and the butterfly for four. I am just noticing the decline in the aipatsia now so it did take awhile. I do not see any new smaller ones popping out, but the big ones are big and healthy. I cannot do much about them since they are out of reach... I also found zapping them with products available for removing them just make them come back even worse.

My really badly infested rocks were removed and scrubbed off in salt water to remove some of the offending aiptasias as well, and then I did a really quick zap under tap water... I have over 400 pounds of rocks so it did not effect my system with die off and such though. I am not sure if you could get away with the same thing. These rocks were within my reach and were really bad. No more have shown up but my shrimp and butterfly have been taking care of them now...

QUOTE=jsmth321;408356]I know not everyone has luck using peppermint shrimp, but so far they have never failed me.

Worth a try and less work if it works.[/quote]

[Treebeard]

I have two peppermint shrimp in the 90 gallon tank but I still have to use other methods to get rid of the odd aiptasia. I never see the shiftless little critters venture from the rock they hide in to the other end of the tank.

Originally Posted by jsmth321

I know not everyone has luck using peppermint shrimp, but so far they have never failed me.

Worth a try and less work if it works.

[my2rotties]

I have ten in my tank and see three of them all the time. The others I am not sure about but I see the skins from them shedding a lot these days. I put them in at night in various parts of the tank by hand to make sure nobody snagged. The three I do see are where I put them... the other ones were put in the isolated areas where I am sure they still reside but I hid them. I notice the aiptasia is receding... I just wish I could get the big ones. I see my butterfly picking at the rocks all the time, but she loves my puffer's seafood medly I make for him... She is the fattest butterfly I have ever seen.

Originally Posted by Treebeard

I have two peppermint shrimp in the 90 gallon tank but I still have to use other methods to get rid of the odd aiptasia. I never see the shiftless little critters venture from the rock they hide in to the other end of the tank.

[Marlin65]

I used the Tailored Aquatics stuff works great. You might have to do it a few times to get them all.

[Treebeard]

I have some that stuff on order from OA for the 90 gallon tank, but with the amount of Aiptasia in the 46, I would need a gallon of it!

Originally Posted by Marlin65

I used the Tailored Aquatics stuff works great. You might have to do it a few times to get them all.

[snowmoon007]

Maybe you should try a pair of peppermint shrimp from Red Coral. It took care of my aiptasia problem in about 3 weeks time. Now I don't even see a trace of them anymore.

[Rippin]

Another vote for the Peppermint shrimp. If one doesn't work, try another, or another one. They are relatively inexpensive, and if you don't want them after they've finished with the aiptasia, they're usally easy to catch at night with some bait.

[Danny]

Copper band butterfly. They eat a ton ,but pick at the rock all day.