What option is best for ridding aiptasia from tank?

[naesco]

For a small tank, one peppermint shrimp
Acclimate her very slowly

[AquaticFinatic]

Just like doch said ........ You have such a small tank and amount of rock that you shouldn't even bother with any thing else. I had some on three pieces of rock and all I did was make a note of where they were and use a BBQ lighter to torch them. I am now and have been aiptasia free ever since. I have tried the all other methods and this is the best.

[Imlovinit]

Originally Posted by daveycoopa

Just like doch said ........ You have such a small tank and amount of rock that you shouldn't even bother with any thing else. I had some on three pieces of rock and all I did was make a note of where they were and use a BBQ lighter to torch them. I am now and have been aiptasia free ever since. I have tried the all other methods and this is the best.

K, so I tried this, hope it works and I didn't torch something cool

[daniella3d]

I don't know how to get rid of mine. Got peppermint shrimps and it did nothing, got a copperband butterfly and he does not eat them, tried Aiptasia X and it does not kill them and they just return after a week. My next option if I can find them will be berghia nudibranchs.

The most anoying are those that are popping in the middle of my zoanthids colonies and stopping the zoanthids from opening.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

I don't know how to get rid of mine. Got peppermint shrimps and it did nothing, got a copperband butterfly and he does not eat them, tried Aiptasia X and it does not kill them and they just return after a week. My next option if I can find them will be berghia nudibranchs.

The most anoying are those that are popping in the middle of my zoanthids colonies and stopping the zoanthids from opening.

daniella i was plagued with them i had over 300 heads in a 33g check out my zoa tank journal and look at the pics they speak for themselves, i have a snowflake eel so shrimp isnt an option, my tank is too small for any butterfly, too many for lemon juice or kalk...............all my zoas were dying not many opened it was sad for sure. i had success with a matted filefish in my 110g reeftank and figured i would try a juvie for my 33g.

unlike my adult one i had who picked at nothing the juvie nips alot and even wiped out a half dozen heads of nuclear greens and rpe's i had on plugs. all in all though just a few weeks later and im aiptasia free minus a few small ones hes finishing up.

so i lost a few nice ones but recovered my whole collection i say a win in the end.



i also tried breeding nudis its not hard to do but they dont work fast and they will work even slower on a bigger tank i stopped after my second batch of young, they were put into another 30g tank that still had aiptasia the day i tore it down and there were still some nudis to be found

[Nebthet]

I think I found the trick, at least for my tank, when using joe's juice or aiptasia x.

First you need to follow the instructions and drop a little in their mouth and cover the oral disk. Once that starts to disolve, shove the metal needle end into body of the aiptasia through where the oral disc was to the bottom and squirt the stuff all the way through it.

This is the only way I found, using these products that actually works to get rid of the whole anemone.

[daniella3d]

The aiptasia X product I used could not go through a needle as it was too tick. It would simply block the needle. I had to use just a seringe and just drop it on the oral disk, but a week later the aiptasia was back.

I wish there was this tool available with electricity to zap them. From the bottle I bought there was no metal needle.

Originally Posted by Nebthet

shove the metal needle end into body of the aiptasia through where the oral disc was to the bottom and squirt the stuff all the way through it.

This is the only way I found, using these products that actually works to get rid of the whole anemone.