Aiptasia?

DaveR11

DaveR11

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Just been playing with my scape and using to coral putty to fix the bits I like when I saw this on one of my two new pieces of live rock. Its right at the back on the tank so difficult to get a decent picture of...



Off to the LFS for some Aiptasia X?
 
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JKT

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I struggled with aptasia for over a year. I used Aptasia X and it helped, but never really got rid of the little buggers for good. I finally bought 4 peppermint shrimp and that finally did the trick. I haven't seen a single aptasia in months.
 
DaveR11

DaveR11

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Oxylebius said:
Yes, aiptasia. Check out this thread, lots of great info and suggestions on it:
Aiptasia: taking care of business
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Brilliant Oxy, great link. I've just had a quick scan through the thread and I like the idea of the biological control over the chemical. At present I can only see two anemones so maybe a peppermint shrimp if I can find the right species. Copperband butterfly is on my reserve fish species list but would I lose my little tube worms and other small inverts with a copperband? Also mine is a very new tank so probably not a good idea to put something like a copperband in at this stage.

I will have to see what the LFS has.....
 
Snelly40

Snelly40

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DaveR11 said:
Brilliant Oxy, great link. I've just had a quick scan through the thread and I like the idea of the biological control over the chemical. At present I can only see two anemones so maybe a peppermint shrimp if I can find the right species. Copperband butterfly is on my reserve fish species list but would I lose my little tube worms and other small inverts with a copperband? Also mine is a very new tank so probably not a good idea to put something like a copperband in at this stage.

I will have to see what the LFS has.....
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all good ideas... some people have trouble with copperbands because once the aiptasia is gone sometimes there's no more viable food source. Not quite as pretty is a Tahitian Butterfly, sorry to any tahitian butterfly fish reading this, but still a good looking fish and they love some aiptasia and they readily take mysis as well...
i never personally had luck with pepermints eating them but i've heard they can be hit or miss...
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+25+306&pcatid=306
 
Oxylebius

Oxylebius

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The copperband will most likely wipe out all your feather dusters as well. So, you may not want to go that route. I've used aiptasia-x with some success. With the really large aips you may have to hit them a couple of times w/aiptiasia-x (they may shrivel for a couple of days and then rebound, when this happens squirt them again).
 
frisbee

frisbee

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If you can remove that rock with ease you might want to try burning the Aiptaisa off with a cigarette lighter or something. The rock will turn a little black, but this can usually be rubbed off with a little water and your finger.
 
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