Aptasia

Hangfire · #1 06-07-2008, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by TJ

as well as the b nudibranchs....

I've discovered four so far in my new tank. What kind of nudibranchs are those you mentioned? I'd much rather put something like that in my tank than use a chemical that might damage other stuff in the tank. All I have in the tank so far are three snails and five hermit crabs. The tank has cycled for a little over two weeks, but all the parameters of the water appear good so far. Thanks for posting this krschulz, I was beginning to wonder what I was going to do with these little buggers.

justinl · #2 06-07-2008, 04:42 PM

I personally don't recommend buying berghia nudis unless you actually know what to do with it once it has eaten all your aiptasia... and it will, and promptly starve shortly after. You also have to nudi-proof your entire tank so it doesn't get chopped up or stuck in an intake, which is just a pain. There are cases where it's perfectly suitable for using a berghia, but such cases are few and far between.

Hangfire · #3 06-07-2008, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by justinl

I personally don't recommend buying berghia nudis unless you actually know what to do with it once it has eaten all your aiptasia... and it will, and promptly starve shortly after. You also have to nudi-proof your entire tank so it doesn't get chopped up or stuck in an intake, which is just a pain. There are cases where it's perfectly suitable for using a berghia, but such cases are few and far between.

Yeah, after doing some more research it appears that this little guy only eats aptasia. I only have four or five growing in my tank so I guess he'd be pretty hungry in short order. I'll give the shrimp a shot and see how it goes. Here's hoping they have a good appetite.

Captainhemo · #4 06-07-2008, 09:13 PM

If you are only dealing with 4 , I'd just remove the rock(s) from the tank and use boiling water with a turkey baster to deal with them
I'd reccomend blasting them out of the tank just to limit the chance of any tisue contaminating the rest of the tank.
Rinse the rock well with some spare tank water before replacing it.

Hangfire · #5 06-07-2008, 09:34 PM

Taking the rocks out of the tank sounds like a real pain. All of them are on different rocks, so it would mean taking out half of the rocks in the tank, and possibly killing all the other great stuff that's living on them - one of them has a great feather worm colony that's really grown in the last few weeks, plus a green sponge that just appeared (or I just spotted). I think I'll leave taking the rocks out as a last resort.

Captainhemo · #6 06-08-2008, 05:59 AM

I wasn't suggesting basting the entire rock, just the aptaisia. Put the turkey baster directly over it and let some boiling water deal wit the aptasia then try to suck up all the remains.
Lots of people do this in the tank, I only sugested removing the rock to lessen the chance of spreading any remains around the tank.
If you don't like that idea, you could try njecting them with lemon juice, many ppl have good success with that

Reefer Rob · #7 06-08-2008, 02:49 PM

Peppermint Shrimps actually did work for me, but it's hit and miss. I put 3 of them in and never saw them again. They did nothing. A few months later out of frustration I got 3 more and in they went. They too completely dissapeared... for about 2 weeks. I thought great, more money waisted. Then I was looking in the tank one day and I realized I had no Aiptasia. They had done it!

I've been Aiptasia free for about 4 months now.