aiptasia control

garyw68 · 04/08/2007, 04:14 PM

ok...i have been in this hobby for three+ years now and never had a problem with aiptasia until now. a few weeks ago, i bought a LR from my LFS. little did I know a hitchhiker came with it . i kinda freak out when i first saw it but kept my cool. I zapped it with boiling hot ro/di water..problem solved?....wrong. I now see two more growing on different LR now. I donâ€™t think the boiling water method did very well for me. what is the best way to control these pests? copperband....peppermint shrimp...joes juice...???? what has been your experience and what works the best?

musty baby · 04/08/2007, 05:38 PM

100% control with peppermints, but evidently doesn't work for everyone. I think that aptasia are low on a peppermint's menu, so anything they can eat the will eat first. Personally, I'd pull the rocks if you only have a couple, cut off the parts with the aptasia on them, and place them back in the tank.

04/08/2007, 04:14 PM	#1
garyw68 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 648	aiptasia control ok...i have been in this hobby for three+ years now and never had a problem with aiptasia until now. a few weeks ago, i bought a LR from my LFS. little did I know a hitchhiker came with it . i kinda freak out when i first saw it but kept my cool. I zapped it with boiling hot ro/di water..problem solved?....wrong. I now see two more growing on different LR now. I donâ€™t think the boiling water method did very well for me. what is the best way to control these pests? copperband....peppermint shrimp...joes juice...???? what has been your experience and what works the best? __________________ My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn’t need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle. Current Tank Info: 180 gal AGA reef - 55 gal sump/refuge - 235 lbs of LR - 3x250 14k MH w/ 4x96 blue actinic PC's - SRO 5000ext skimmer - 2 Vortech MP40w/es

04/08/2007, 05:38 PM	#2
musty baby Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: over yonder Posts: 1,751	100% control with peppermints, but evidently doesn't work for everyone. I think that aptasia are low on a peppermint's menu, so anything they can eat the will eat first. Personally, I'd pull the rocks if you only have a couple, cut off the parts with the aptasia on them, and place them back in the tank.