Aiptasia (sp) removal ?

[saltwater-virgin]

I've used a kalk and water slurry administered with a needle with good success. Drop it on their mouth and they eat it up.

I also had a copperband butterfly (RIP) that did a great job.

[Johnny Reefer]

Originally Posted by Electric eel

what do the shrimp eat after the Aiptasia is gone?

Originally Posted by awa1979

My peppermint shrimp will eat krill, plankton, brine shrimp, and mysis shrimp. .....

...and newly budding Aiptasia. They help keep them from coming back.

[naesco]

100% success with peppermint shrimp. Try two, acclimate them very slowly and drop them in the dark.

[baker_jeff]

Why in the dark? I picked up two the other day and put them in during the day...

[naesco]

Originally Posted by baker_jeff

Why in the dark? I picked up two the other day and put them in during the day...

Because even a fish that would never attack any shrimp in the wild may attack a shrimp(or a very small fish) as you drop it in your tank. The fish thinks you are feeding it.
With the lights off this won't happen and the shrimp scurries safely into the rock.

[baker_jeff]

Ah yes I see. Luckily my two little guys are doing great!

[my2rotties]

Peppermint shrimp are not an option for me since my large puffer would eat them in a split second. I have one shrimp but he went to my overflow and is now hiding in 120pounds of live rock in my sump.

I don't know if it is breeding season for aiptasia or what... but I suddenly have a pretty serious outbreak. Of course they are on impossible to reach places, and I know I am in trouble here.

I know I can take the rocks out, and soak them, but these little buggers hide so well I know I won't get them all. I also have so much like in my rock and I don't want any die off. I also have over 200 pounds of rock in my display... All stacked into tunnels and caves which I will never be able to get this way again if I touch it. It took six hours or more to get it like this...

What do you do when there is a big issue with this pests? I am thinking I will have to take the rock out piece by piece and hope I can get the pests with lemon juice when they pop up in some salt water in a boucket. I have the chemical which I would use outside of the tank. I have tried to nuke the odd one in the display but my fish always come up to my hand and I don't want them burned.

I notice the lemon juice in the needle has not worked on the ones I just tried to get within my reach. I keep staring at the problem, and think I have to reserve myself to more invasive and time consuming methods. What have you done?