aiptasia

[saltlife305gio]

i have a couple where i cant reach them with out destroying my LR work is it bad to

have them?

 

[Clownfishfan]

Peppermint shrimp can get them!

 

[saltlife305gio]

thanks

 

[corrado007]

+1 on the peppermint shrimp.

 

[Stretch]

Just so you are aware its a bit of a crap shoot with the peppermint shrimp.

I recently bought 10 of them and have yet to see a difference in the amount of aiptasia in the tank. I thought that having 10 of them in the tank would cause them to compete for food and make the aiptasia's a prime target. Not so as of yet.

If you decide to try the peppermint shrimp, attempt to control the amount of left over food in the tank after feeding. I was warned by fellow RS members that they are great scavangers and may not eat the aiptasias if they can get the other food.

I have since started treating the aiptasias with a very small syringe and lemon juice. It seems to work.

 

[saltlife305gio]

well ill try both shrimp and aiptasia x

 

[Clownfishfan]

Simple starve the tank and see if they eat it and if some are too big for the peppermints APTAISA X!

 

[saltlife305gio]

its just i cant get to them with the : aiptasia x

 

[Clownfishfan]

It should be okay unless they get really big and you have semi small fish.

 

[yvr]

Whenever I see any Aiptasias in my tanks, I inject Tropic Marin Elimi-Aiptas directly into the stalk as opposed to into the mouth. I find that the product has a better kill rate when injected into the stalk rather than the mouth and it has worked well for me.

 

[bshady]

I have heard on the peppermint shrimp that it depends on the region they are from whether or not they will eat aiptasias

 

[dmatt88]

Peppermints. Do the research n get a few. They do eat em.

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[saltlife305gio]

thanks will try

 

[JoeG]

Cut tank feedings down a bit, Peppermint shrimp took care of all the aptasia. Note: Peppermints do there best work at night

 

[Dougal]

I added two peppermint shrimp last weekend to deal with several small aptasias, next day they were all gone. havent seen the shrimp since though!

 

[Dougal]

Cut tank feedings down a bit, Peppermint shrimp took care of all the aptasia. Note: Peppermints do there best work at night

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[dmatt88]

I have Aiptasia that in a nano would be bigger than most the corals in the tank. Keep the swimmers off your beloved corals n enjoy the rest. Peppermints keep the little Aiptasia at bay. The bigguns good luck I've heard ap x works well.

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[Robzilla]

If you go the peppermint route, make sure they are actually peppermints....there are several species of shrimp that look VERY similar but only real peppermints are aip eaters. Do your research and make sure what your LFS says are peppermints are actually peppermints!