Aiptasia control methods - Poll

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Carandiru

I used aiptasia x it worked and rid my system completely
However you need to be persistent everyday if one pops up during the weeks following the first time you use it on all of the aiptasia in your tank. After about 1 to 2 months I no longer saw any more spawn up in random places. So you really have to tackle it for a while before you ate completely free of aiptasia

Interesting that Aiptasia X worked for you. Did you have to sometimes treat the same aiptasia more than once before it was gone?

I only tried Aiptasia X once on about 4 different aiptasia. At first I thought I was successful, as I did not see them for a couple days. But then they came back, in the exact same spot. So, I just came to the conclusion that it doesn't work, and didn't try a 2nd treatment. Maybe I was too hasty with that?...

[reefme]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Interesting that Aiptasia X worked for you. Did you have to sometimes treat the same aiptasia more than once before it was gone?

I only tried Aiptasia X once on about 4 different aiptasia. At first I thought I was successful, as I did not see them for a couple days. But then they came back, in the exact same spot. So, I just came to the conclusion that it doesn't work, and didn't try a 2nd treatment. Maybe I was too hasty with that?...

I tried 4 times with Aiptasia X with the same aiptasia and still doesn't work.

[fishytime]

Way to go Adam.... I believe you just set the record for most options in a poll...


Filefish worked to a degree for me.... He also worked on most of my LPS

[LoJack]

I tried Aiptasia-X ... I swear it was counter productive.

I had approx 1000 aiptasia in my tank about 1 week ago. Today I see maybe 100 ... All I did was add a 4" Copperband. I guess I was one of the lucky one, this guy doesn't stop eating them all day. I can see him plucking them off the rocks and outta the sand at all times throughout the day.

I can't call it a success just yet ... maybe he'll get sick of them, maybe they'll mount a come back, but it has been a very dramatic reduction in a very short period of time.

--Tyler

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Filefish worked to a degree for me.... He also worked on most of my LPS

I've had 4 or 5 of these (suicidal f'ers) and had varying degrees of success. My first one cleaned my 90g of hundreds of aiptasia in a couple weeks. Others were less ambitious, but still did the job. My last one did an ok job, but developed a taste for SPS polyps. Had to go

Overall though, I think keeping a nutrient free tank goes a long way in avoiding these pests.

[Carandiru]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Interesting that Aiptasia X worked for you. Did you have to sometimes treat the same aiptasia more than once before it was gone?

I only tried Aiptasia X once on about 4 different aiptasia. At first I thought I was successful, as I did not see them for a couple days. But then they came back, in the exact same spot. So, I just came to the conclusion that it doesn't work, and didn't try a 2nd treatment. Maybe I was too hasty with that?...

A did apply it once to each aiptasia just above it so it would drip in then it would close and swollel it had a couple of Mojano too. Aiptasia would pop up in other spots. I did apply quite a bit each and turned off wave maker too. I just kept up with them every day spot ones here and there. It seems that if you just let them be more sprout up so you have to be persistent. Eventually no more new sprouts.

[Din Gior]

I just want to share videos of my copperband eating aptasia:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVzPa4U7Psk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TqqJLXJD-8

[lastlight]

I woke up in my tent last night on our family camping trip because I'd had a nightmare my aiptasia all came back. This thread must have been on my mind!

[ScubaGirl]

I tried peppermint shrimp and they MAY have worked but my 2 wrasses had it as a snack within 5 minutes of it being in there. They had a more expensive entre than me that night.

[cbrine]

Using a 5cc syringe and a 22gauge needle (it was on a small lonely piece of dried LR I had placed maybe a week prior) took out of tank found the side and stuck it there and injected about 2-3cc (mL) of just plain lemon juice. Never came back after that. I have heard if placing dried rock ontop to get then to move to a piece that is easier to remove and then tx that piece.