best method to eliminate aiptasia

elrey · 05/03/2012, 07:43 AM

Hi, I think that I have some aiptasia growing in my tank, and I have a peppermint shrimp but it doesn't eat it, I was thinking on using joes juice or aiptasia X but I don't know which product might work the best. Need help fast!!

f3honda4me · 05/03/2012, 08:06 AM

Aiptasia X or Joe's juice will work just fine.

noj3333 · 05/03/2012, 08:06 AM

I just used some aiptasia X this past week. It worked very well, and was easy to use. It has a syringe that comes with it, with a few different attachments to help you get to the aiptasia. It seemed to have a texture like cheese in a can, or hair mouse, I just loaded the aiptasia up with it and it was dissolved within 15 minutes.

sponger0 · 05/03/2012, 08:20 AM

Aiptasia zapper!!!!

EDJFA · 05/03/2012, 08:29 AM

If the rock is easy to get out of the tank you can just hit it with some boiling water. That's what I did with the one I had. Just shot it with about 10 ml of hot RO water out of a syringe we had for dosing kid's medicine and the thing melted. Next morning it was gone completely.

R_Hudson · 05/03/2012, 08:32 AM

I use the aptasia X. If you use their syringe, you may notice the same aptasia coming back and you may need to apply a second dose, I have found it works best when you can feel the syringe slide inside the disk before injection, It does take a little force, but itll guarentee they dont come back, Also if you have access to something like a sterile insulin syringe, or other form of hypodermic needle, there is minimal effort in killing the dirty little scoundrels.

Reeferz412 · 05/03/2012, 10:42 AM

+1 on aptasia x. It looks like tooth paste for about an hour but it vanishes. It doesn't harm anything either. Personally aiptasia had to be the easiest thing to get rid of in my tank. Hair algae was a bigger problem for me. I used Aptasia X and for the ones I could not reach I threw in two peppermint shrimps. All gone in less than a month.

clydog · 05/03/2012, 10:44 AM

boiling ro water works great and its free

Playa-1 · 05/03/2012, 11:01 AM

clydog obviously don't pay the utility bills

Lemon juice works good too.

elrey · 05/03/2012, 12:15 PM

Thanks everyone, I will buy some aiptasiaX

hope that this can eliminate all them

noj3333 · 05/03/2012, 12:42 PM

Just found a third one... nuked him with the AX! (aiptasiaX)

seapug · 05/03/2012, 04:04 PM

In my tank, it's Aiptasia X or a laser. I've tried peppermints in the past and had no luck. I'd try them again but I'm sure my fish would eat them before they had a chance. Borrowed a friend's laser yesterday. Works extremely well for ones close to the glass, but requires some serious safety precautions.

Paros · 05/03/2012, 08:03 PM

You can also try a Copperband Butterflyfish if you want to try a natural predator.

pfcreed · 05/03/2012, 09:19 PM

Ive used aiptipasia x and it made it worst for me, I bought a copper band butter fly and it ate a few then died, and I bought one pepperment shrimp and the little guy is a bum.

sad thing is when first started I remember the rock it came one, it was so small and innocent. I blinked n then I had 4, and now, well now I have a problem.

Stu Pickles · 05/03/2012, 11:53 PM

aptasia x worked good for me. I see a couple more after a month or so but for natural predators , go with the berghia nudibranch.

nlgill13 · 05/04/2012, 01:59 AM

peppermint shrimp also are a good natural predator...get two or three per 100 gallons. once they find the first apitasia, the rest will be cleared out in a week.

FirstContact · 05/04/2012, 05:12 PM

hey what about kalk mixed with ro water and applied via syringe. Of course, you probably have to have a need for the kalk first.

ejanastacio · 05/04/2012, 05:32 PM

You could also buy a filefish

agruetz · 05/04/2012, 08:47 PM

aptasia-x +1 peppermint shrimp took out may aptasia problem. aptasia-x the big ones, let the shrimp deal with the rest.

velrui · 05/05/2012, 01:33 AM

berghia is the best i have tried all of them ......

johnike · 05/05/2012, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ejanastacio

You could also buy a filefish

I agree, mine wiped 'em all out and is a model citizen.

spluchino82 · 05/05/2012, 06:22 AM

I was using aipistia x for a while. It works but not to prevent them, just kill them. Someone here told me to get rainbow shrimp, so I did..... They are amazing!!!! They only eat the small ones. But if you kill the large ones, they eat the small ones, and POOF they are all gone!

StevenSinger · 05/05/2012, 07:44 AM

I used aipistia x for a month and than started just boiling RO water and using a small baster to hit it daily with a blast for 3 days it was gone.

abellia · 05/05/2012, 11:05 AM

I had big aiptasia problem at one time. The solution was to do the following

1. Address any water quality issues first.
2. I used aiptasia-x to rid large aiptasia
3. 4 peppermint shrimps took care of the rest over 2/3 week period.

abellia · 05/05/2012, 11:06 AM

I had big aiptasia problem at one time. The solution was to do the following

1. Address any water quality issues first.
2. I used aiptasia-x to rid large aiptasia
3. 4 peppermint shrimps took care of the rest over 2/3 week period.

05/03/2012, 07:43 AM	#1
elrey Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 123	best method to eliminate aiptasia Hi, I think that I have some aiptasia growing in my tank, and I have a peppermint shrimp but it doesn't eat it, I was thinking on using joes juice or aiptasia X but I don't know which product might work the best. Need help fast!!

05/03/2012, 08:32 AM	#6
R_Hudson Just having fun Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tulsa, Ok. Posts: 990	I use the aptasia X. If you use their syringe, you may notice the same aptasia coming back and you may need to apply a second dose, I have found it works best when you can feel the syringe slide inside the disk before injection, It does take a little force, but itll guarentee they dont come back, Also if you have access to something like a sterile insulin syringe, or other form of hypodermic needle, there is minimal effort in killing the dirty little scoundrels. __________________ I don't pay to have my dirty work done for me. I do it myself. Ted Nugent

05/03/2012, 10:42 AM	#7
Reeferz412 Coral Hoarder Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 2,247	+1 on aptasia x. It looks like tooth paste for about an hour but it vanishes. It doesn't harm anything either. Personally aiptasia had to be the easiest thing to get rid of in my tank. Hair algae was a bigger problem for me. I used Aptasia X and for the ones I could not reach I threw in two peppermint shrimps. All gone in less than a month. __________________ Alex FMAS Member Current Tank Info: 400 Gallons of frags... 30 gallon Deep Blue mixed reef ... 70 other tanks throughout south FL

05/03/2012, 04:04 PM	#12
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	In my tank, it's Aiptasia X or a laser. I've tried peppermints in the past and had no luck. I'd try them again but I'm sure my fish would eat them before they had a chance. Borrowed a friend's laser yesterday. Works extremely well for ones close to the glass, but requires some serious safety precautions. __________________ insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.

05/03/2012, 09:19 PM	#14
pfcreed Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 162	Ive used aiptipasia x and it made it worst for me, I bought a copper band butter fly and it ate a few then died, and I bought one pepperment shrimp and the little guy is a bum. sad thing is when first started I remember the rock it came one, it was so small and innocent. I blinked n then I had 4, and now, well now I have a problem. __________________ Bash me if you must but help me if you can.

05/03/2012, 08:06 AM	#2
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	Aiptasia X or Joe's juice will work just fine.

05/03/2012, 08:06 AM	#3
noj3333 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Albany, New York Posts: 235	I just used some aiptasia X this past week. It worked very well, and was easy to use. It has a syringe that comes with it, with a few different attachments to help you get to the aiptasia. It seemed to have a texture like cheese in a can, or hair mouse, I just loaded the aiptasia up with it and it was dissolved within 15 minutes.

05/03/2012, 08:20 AM	#4
sponger0 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 6,659	Aiptasia zapper!!!!

05/03/2012, 08:29 AM	#5
EDJFA Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: St. Charles, MO Posts: 1,025	If the rock is easy to get out of the tank you can just hit it with some boiling water. That's what I did with the one I had. Just shot it with about 10 ml of hot RO water out of a syringe we had for dosing kid's medicine and the thing melted. Next morning it was gone completely.

05/03/2012, 10:44 AM	#8
clydog Moved On Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 112	boiling ro water works great and its free

05/03/2012, 11:01 AM	#9
Playa-1 Moved On Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Laguna Niguel, CA Posts: 7,497	clydog obviously don't pay the utility bills Lemon juice works good too.

05/03/2012, 12:15 PM	#10
elrey Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 123	Thanks everyone, I will buy some aiptasiaX hope that this can eliminate all them

05/03/2012, 12:42 PM	#11
noj3333 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Albany, New York Posts: 235	Just found a third one... nuked him with the AX! (aiptasiaX)

05/03/2012, 08:03 PM	#13
Paros Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Parma Posts: 89	You can also try a Copperband Butterflyfish if you want to try a natural predator.

05/03/2012, 11:53 PM	#15
Stu Pickles Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Savannah, Ga Posts: 132	aptasia x worked good for me. I see a couple more after a month or so but for natural predators , go with the berghia nudibranch.

05/04/2012, 01:59 AM	#16
nlgill13 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Boulder,CO Posts: 1,291	peppermint shrimp also are a good natural predator...get two or three per 100 gallons. once they find the first apitasia, the rest will be cleared out in a week.

05/04/2012, 05:12 PM	#17
FirstContact Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Glenn Dale, MD Posts: 1,613	hey what about kalk mixed with ro water and applied via syringe. Of course, you probably have to have a need for the kalk first. __________________ No man is an island entire of itself; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. John Donne Current Tank Info: 120g Reef 100g Rubbermaid Sump, 20g Refugium; previous tank: 46g Drilled; Self Plumbed, Birds Nest, Anchor, Xenia, Zoas, Yuma Yuma Ricordea, Chalice, Mushrooms, Brain, Acan, Anenome Plate; Clams, Other Inverts, Fish, Live Rock

05/04/2012, 05:32 PM	#18
ejanastacio Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 168	You could also buy a filefish

05/04/2012, 08:47 PM	#19
agruetz Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 591	aptasia-x +1 peppermint shrimp took out may aptasia problem. aptasia-x the big ones, let the shrimp deal with the rest. __________________ 27 Gallon BioCube - 1 Gold Striped Marroon Clowns, Assorted Zoa's, and a clean up crew running around

05/05/2012, 01:33 AM	#20
velrui Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Waterford . CALI Posts: 233	berghia is the best i have tried all of them ......

05/05/2012, 06:22 AM	#22
spluchino82 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 228	I was using aipistia x for a while. It works but not to prevent them, just kill them. Someone here told me to get rainbow shrimp, so I did..... They are amazing!!!! They only eat the small ones. But if you kill the large ones, they eat the small ones, and POOF they are all gone!

05/05/2012, 07:44 AM	#23
StevenSinger Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: South Jersey Posts: 60	I used aipistia x for a month and than started just boiling RO water and using a small baster to hit it daily with a blast for 3 days it was gone.

05/05/2012, 11:05 AM	#24
abellia Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3	I had big aiptasia problem at one time. The solution was to do the following 1. Address any water quality issues first. 2. I used aiptasia-x to rid large aiptasia 3. 4 peppermint shrimps took care of the rest over 2/3 week period.

05/05/2012, 11:06 AM	#25
abellia Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3	I had big aiptasia problem at one time. The solution was to do the following 1. Address any water quality issues first. 2. I used aiptasia-x to rid large aiptasia 3. 4 peppermint shrimps took care of the rest over 2/3 week period.