Aiptasia plagues...

Proven Anti-aiptasia solutions...

  • Anti-aitpasia chems (AiptasiaX, Joe's Juice & others)

    Votes: 27 40.3%

  • Butterfly fish (Chelmon Rostratus)

    Votes: 7 10.4%

  • Bristle-tail/File-fish (Acreichthys Tormentosus)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Peppermint shrimps (Lysmata Wundermanii/Lysmata Seticaudata [Mediterranean cousin])

    Votes: 32 47.8%

  • Other (please post your other proven solution)

    Votes: 10 14.9%
  • Total voters
    67
  • Poll closed .
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kylemidland21

New Member
i have only had a couple aptasia. i tried joes juice and it worked almost instantly. but its 20 dollars a kit. so i got 2 peppermint shrimp. i shouldnt have to buy anything else to get rid of them. since i added the shrimp ive not seen 1 aptasia in my tank.
 
nightfire76

nightfire76

Active Member
thats what i say,why pay 20 bucks for a dang kit,might as well buy a shrimp or two,they are attractive would help that prob and even help clean the tank :D
 
Blurp

Blurp

Member
Well I finally bought an Acreichthys Tormentosus, ugly guy though, I'll keep you informed on its diet ;)

Much more easy to get than Berghia nudibranchs...
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Kingfish

New Member
nightfire76 said:
i only have one that i know of,so any lemon juice will work or might work?
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You got to get rid of these things fast. They reproduce like a *****. Back in the day with my old tank, I had one spawning every 2 minutes. At first I thought they were coral, since it came on one of my live rocks that I bought. A couple of months later they were everywhere. Killing my other corals. I ended up taking all the LR out for a few days and mixed it with about three times as much salt then salt water. And I bought some aiptasia control for the suckers on my coral rocks. :rocket: I hate aiptasia
 
lcstorc

lcstorc

Well-Known Member
? for those of you who have the Berghia. Do they have any chance of surviving with a six line and red corris wrasse? How big do they get? Lerger ones may have a chance in my tank but any small cleaners seem to become lunch rather quickly.
 
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johnvic

Member
I seem to always have one or 2 aiptasia. One keeps re-apearing in the same spot, but it's a tough spot to hit with aiptasia-x. I kill it and then another one appears a week or 2 later.

I asked my lfs about peppermint shrimp and they said that they will eat certain types of corals.
 
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BLAKEJOHN

Active Member
the six line or any wrasse is likely to eat the nudi's. Thats why I have not gotten any yet. I just cant see dropping $150 to watch my sixline have a few good meals and nothing get done about the aptasia. I tried joes juice and it dint work fro crap. They would appear to die, then a couple days later there was still half an anenome and a few more also (i think it made my problem worse). I am gonna try to inject them with lemon or lime juice and see how that works.
 
lcstorc

lcstorc

Well-Known Member
That is what I was afraid of. I had some lettuce nudibrach that managed to stick around a while but then they became snacks. No way of catching the wrasses. They eat the peppermints as well so I guess I am stuck (Some are in places that cannot be reached.)
 
Jess

Jess

Member
BLAKEJOHN said:
the six line or any wrasse is likely to eat the nudi's. Thats why I have not gotten any yet. I just cant see dropping $150 to watch my sixline have a few good meals and nothing get done about the aptasia. I tried joes juice and it dint work fro crap. They would appear to die, then a couple days later there was still half an anenome and a few more also (i think it made my problem worse). I am gonna try to inject them with lemon or lime juice and see how that works.
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I've had my 6line for several months now as well as the Berghias which I still see around... luck of the draw I guess. Probably only a matter of time though.

IMHO, the whole injecting method has the same results no matter if its lemon juice/Joe's Juice/Aiptasia X, etc. It just makes things worse. But that's just my experience so far..
 
Jess

Jess

Member
BLAKEJOHN said:
the six line or any wrasse is likely to eat the nudi's. Thats why I have not gotten any yet. I just cant see dropping $150 to watch my sixline have a few good meals and nothing get done about the aptasia. I tried joes juice and it dint work fro crap. They would appear to die, then a couple days later there was still half an anenome and a few more also (i think it made my problem worse). I am gonna try to inject them with lemon or lime juice and see how that works.
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I've had my 6line for several months now as well as the Berghias which I still see around... luck of the draw I guess. Probably only a matter of time though.

IMHO, the whole injecting method has the same results no matter if its lemon juice/Joe's Juice/Aiptasia X, etc. It just makes things worse. But that's just my experience so far..
 
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Randallstarz

Member
aptasia x worked well in my tank when my live rock was infested after i got the large ones under control i put some peppermint shrimp in there they always seemed to leave a few but never let them get out of hand again smart little guys they were just making sure they had future meals i guess.
 
isoterix

isoterix

Member
I had aiptasia starting to grow in my tank. I purchased two peppermint shrimp and within two days it was gone. And no sign of it!
 
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cheeks69

Wannabe Guru
RS STAFF
I've been successful using the Peppermint shrimp but if the problem has turned into a plague then the issue is water quality as they will multiply quickly if there's excessive dissolved organics. Are you using a skimmer and if so which model ?
 
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