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What to do about Aiptasia
Looking for the best and most effective option of killing these nasty things. I took down my first reef tank several years ago because I unknowingly purchased a lot of live rock infested with aiptasia and was not able to deal with it effectively in a small tank (34 gal Red Sea). I am now seeing aiptasia start to develop in my new tank. Is there an environment that aiptasia thrive in or start to overpopulate?
I suspect purchasing peppermint shrimp will be a waste of $$ because I have a flame hawkfish. Anything else I could consider using? Has anyone had good results with using Red Sea's Aiptasia X? |
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Matted filefish and a zapper was the answer for me.
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Feed the bear goodies, make a new friend, don't feed the bear............... 8' - 165gal Reef DIY LED's Build 2012 Nano Contest Winner Febuary 2013 POTM Winner 300 gal + 60 gal Complete DIY Build |
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Hi. Plenty of discussions if you do a search on it as it was only recently discussed so good luck. I used a BBQ ligther taking each piece out and making not of where they are.
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Some research I did indicated that they will start to nip at your coral? |
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Hey Grizz.
Where'd you find the zapper?
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Lemon juice and a syringe, worked good for me but don't do to much at once tho..
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joe's juice worked really well for me!
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Quote:
Oceanic Corals
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Filefish..their awesome !!
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aptasia
lots of different options.i usually used berghia-but that takes time-bonus is that you can sell the offspring.lemonjuice in a syringe.kalkwasser mix-but after picking up the berghia book-do it in the morning so you don't get alot of baby aptasia spreading.right now my banner fish love to eat them
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