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08-12-2011, 02:23 AM
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At the End of My Rope
I"m at the end of my rope folks!!!
The darn Aipstasia battle! I've lemon juiced it I've started Torching it last night And the F*@#ing bastards keep coming back The salt is fine Everything is fine, I just can't kill them!! I have a 55 gallon with the 2 peppermint shrimp and of course some hermits Should I get more? I have never been so frustrated in my life with a tank before and I did have before a 230 gallon with stingrays that I had trained to eat worms out of my hand! Please Please Please help! what do I do next? 
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08-12-2011, 02:30 AM
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Any corals like zoanthids? If not then a Matted Filefish may be your best friend. Bergia Nudibranchs are great too if you can find some.
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32"x32"x20" Cube-ish tank
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08-12-2011, 02:44 AM
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Candy cane, sun coral, frogspawn, torch coral, and starting a montipora (reddish) piece, pulsing xenia
Can't seem to keep the darn zoos alive, though I really love them Oh and I have a feather worm I don't want to buy anything in case of the darn apistasia killing or harming it! And who may have a matted filefish? Ill buy one tomorrow! I called about the nudibranchs, $24 a piece and they don't live long 
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08-12-2011, 02:56 AM
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Berghia Nudibranches work for some. They didn't work for me though.
http://www.saltyunderground.com/ As suggested, a matted filefish might also work. Instead of 2 peppermint shrimp, you could try adding 10 more for a dozen or so total. Whatever approach you take, it's a numbers game. You need more predators than prey, so to speak. I solved my problem by throwing out all of my live rock (150 pounds) and starting with new base rock. So far, the strategy seems to have worked. Honestly, the financial loss was worth the end result of being aptasia free. - Brad
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08-12-2011, 03:01 AM
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I have 2 peppermints in my 30 & haven't see one in ages. I had them going crazy in my 12gal JBJ, put a peppermint in, and then had a Bergia Nudibranch show up (friend borrowed one of my rocks to feed some he ordered). That one cleaned my tank clean in 3 days!
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08-12-2011, 03:12 AM
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The first time I bought a filefish, as soon as I dropped it out of the bag it started eating the aptaisia. I had about 200-300 of them, and they were gone in about a month. These are now standard fish for all my tanks.
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08-12-2011, 03:20 AM
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Berghia worked great for me.......
good to hear about the success with filefish though.
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08-12-2011, 03:27 AM
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08-12-2011, 03:28 AM
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Thanks for the info Brad!
I sent an email to salty underground to see what shipping is I known for a while that I should maybe get more shrimp, this just maybe "encourages" me to do so! Just so darn frustrated. I don't think I'll be getting rid of the rock, too pricey... THOUGHT of it though! Love the ideas, thanks guys!
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