LF APTASIA eating CopperBand Butterfly Fish

[htfn]

JL also has a nudibranch or peppermint shrimp. I never succeeded with CBB but always Peppermint Shrimp works.
Maybe buy 2 or 3 shrimps if you don't have an aggressive wrasse.

[vanreefer]

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I'm watching them eat aptasia right now !!

[Cujo#31]

Man....everyone looks for Aiptasia eaters. The BEST way IMHO is to nuke em with Muriatic acid. It works awesome AND u don't have to worry about introducing a potential coral eater to ur system

[rishu_pepper]

I bought 3 peppermints when I had an aiptasia problem last year. Combined with syringe+lemon juice (for the big ones), it did the job within a month and my rocks are all now aiptasia free. Only one shrimp left now (lost one in the tank move, the other I'm not sure), rarely see it unless I look for it with a flashlight in the rocks.

Not sure how CBB does with aiptasia, from what I've read it's hit/miss, like many other options. My CBB forages and hunts around the tank all the time though.

[KPG007]

Pick up a crosshatch butterfly fish. Much hardier then Copperbands, and they have all gone for aptasia in just a short while. I had one that picked a bit at some SPS, but it didn't take long for him to take to mysis and then the aptasia.

[michaelis88]

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[htfn]

Peppermint shrimp are cheaper and low risk. Any fish will eat aiptasia might eat polyps.

[michaelis88]

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[michaelis88]

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