aiptaisa

[Amadod2]

what is the best aiptaisa eater that wont pick at my corals? i have heard mixed reactions on file fish and copper bands, i dont have much aiptaisa but any is to much.

[freeze]

I dropped in 2 peppermint shrimp and my aptasia was gone in 3 days. Didn't have a lot but the went to town.

[Amadod2]

i have a mystery wrasse that was sold to me very cheap because he is known to eat shrimp, now i dont know if he will still eat shrimp

[freeze]

It depends on the wrasse. I have a yellow coris wrasse and he "could" eat my shrimp or snails but hasn't so far, just keep him fed. You won't need the shrimp for long if the are like mine, and they were only 12 bucks. Cheap aptasia killer.

[asylumdown]

My copper band will only eat small aiptasia, there seems to be a magic threshold that, once passed, he stops seeing them as food. He would be no good at cleaning up an aiptasia problem, but has been pretty effective at stopping one from coming back. I say this to illustrate the point that even with known winners like CBBs, there can be significant variation from fish to fish, so it's difficult to say how either of those two fish will react in your tank. On the upside, mine leaves ornamental clams and corals alone, while others have been known to tear in to tridacnids like they're on a sashimi special.

I think a file fish will be a more reliable predator of aiptasia, but I've also heard they're much more likely to eat other polyps like zoanthids too. If you don't have any/many zoas, this might not be a problem for you.

And I think all mystery wrasses can and will eat shrimp eventually, small crustaceans are a normal part of their diet. Adding the shrimp after the wrasse exacerbates this risk.

[Amadod2]

this might be harder then i thought, i have no clue in which one to try

[PaulCheung]

Does J & L aquatic has that?

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[GoFish]

Yes
http://www.jlaquatics.com/product/rs...-+2.02oz..html
The key is to squirt a small amount into their feeding tentacles so they swallow it, if one is closed up before you get to it just come back when it's open

[PaulCheung]

OK I will try that Thanks

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[tim the toolman]

Get a handful of Berghia Nudibranch. I threw 8 into my 180 and the aiptasia were gone in a month. A little pricey but they leave everything else alone, and they only eat aiptasia so they will hunt them out to stay alive. As well they are able to eat them right down to the root so they do not spring back up. From what I read the fish just tend to eat the body of the aiptasia so the appearance of them being gone is there, but if you ever get rid of the fish the aiptasia just spring right back up. I could be wrong about this though.