Copperband and aptasia

stlrams88 · 06/27/2006, 12:34 PM

Its been a while since i have had an aptasia problem in my 90g, and i let it get pretty bad without doing anything. Is a copperband still a pretty effective thing for aptasia control? i have tried everything else including joes juice and it doesnt work.

Tu Ku · 06/27/2006, 12:39 PM

If you add a copperband I guarantee he will eat all of your spaghetti worms and white feather dusters before he will touch your aptasia. Then he might eat on your aptasia, but that's a huge maybe. Just get a syringe and a lime. Inject those bastards right into their mouths with lime juice straight out of a lime. It works instantly and it's reef safe.

stlrams88 · 06/27/2006, 12:49 PM

Okay ill try that. thanks

LBCBJ · 06/27/2006, 12:51 PM

mine would never touch aptasia

Johnson7 · 06/27/2006, 12:57 PM

mine ate every aptasia in my tank

64Ivy · 06/27/2006, 02:22 PM

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Originally posted by bthomas
mine ate every aptasia in my tank

Ditto here. And I recently discovered that mine will also nip at Majanoes!

Crusty Old Shellback · 06/27/2006, 02:25 PM

Never actually saw mine eat them but I don't have anymore in my tank.

I also added some peppermint shrimp and berghi nudies as well. Don't know who got them all but they are gone.

tkeracer619 · 06/27/2006, 02:30 PM

probably the pepperments.......mine go ape over aptasia and wait for me to kill the big ones then devour those as well

sry to hijack but blown63chevy you get your motorcycle audio sorted out?

J4Life · 06/27/2006, 02:40 PM

My copperband kicks aptasia butt! I love watching him when he gets a hold of one. I believe he will chow down on bristle worms as well if he can get them. between him and my sixline they can throw down the gauntlet on some worms.

By the way my CBB was the best investment I made to keep aptasia at bay. It just took a long time to get him to eat. That is the problem with a lot of CBB. They can acclimate poorly in an established tank. I had a Yellow Tang in mine already before I added him, but eventually they adjusted to each other.

Hope that helps,
Bill

Crusty Old Shellback · 06/27/2006, 02:47 PM

Yea for the most part. I think my amp is not all that good.

I still wonder about the peppermints as I've never seen them in the tank but I do occasinaly see a shell. In any matter, my apstia are gone. Unfortunatly, I also lost one of my CBB's.

Not for sure what happend to him. They were even eating pellet food as well as picking off the rocks.

stlrams88 · 06/27/2006, 03:25 PM

I have tried peppermints but they didnt do anything, the copperband is eating a lot of it actually, and hasnt touched any feather dusters or anything.

whats wrong with the amp.

xcreonx · 06/27/2006, 04:10 PM

My peppermints never touched any that I could see. However, my Copperband destroyed my aiptasias in a matter of hours. Ate all of the feather dusters too.

stlrams88 · 06/27/2006, 04:19 PM

I may just take it back to the lfs after it takes care of the aptasia but i always hate doing that. it like renting a fish.

xcreonx · 06/27/2006, 04:23 PM

You can feed it clams from the grocery store after the aiptasia is gone. Mine goes crazy when I feed them.

thor32766 · 06/27/2006, 05:16 PM

mine never ate the aptaisa either. He sure loved all the feather dusters though.

stlrams88 · 06/27/2006, 05:20 PM

Ill try some clams once its done eating my aptasia. i have algae clips in there too, but i doubt itll eat off those.

xcreonx · 06/27/2006, 06:09 PM

No, he won't eat algae off a clip. The clams should work great, as well as frozen mysis if you're lucky!

06/27/2006, 12:34 PM	#1
stlrams88 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newport News, Virginia Posts: 577	Copperband and aptasia Its been a while since i have had an aptasia problem in my 90g, and i let it get pretty bad without doing anything. Is a copperband still a pretty effective thing for aptasia control? i have tried everything else including joes juice and it doesnt work.

06/27/2006, 12:51 PM	#4
LBCBJ Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Richmond, Va Posts: 1,332	mine would never touch aptasia __________________ Brent

06/27/2006, 12:57 PM	#5
Johnson7 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: St Louis Posts: 195	mine ate every aptasia in my tank __________________ In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport. In Chicago not only your vote counts, but all kinds of other votes--kids, dead folks, and so on. -Dick Gregory Current Tank Info: AGA 75RR

06/27/2006, 02:25 PM	#7
Crusty Old Shellback MASVC OG Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Home of the FREE, Thanks to the BRAVE! Posts: 5,089	Never actually saw mine eat them but I don't have anymore in my tank. I also added some peppermint shrimp and berghi nudies as well. Don't know who got them all but they are gone. __________________ Have you THANKED a Veteran lately for the freedoms you take for granted each day? Best quote ever! "This is a hobby for God sakes and so many people get so uptite. A "hobby" so it should be fun and not a cause to worry or go broke." Paul B Current Tank Info: Tankless for a while. RIP my 8+ yr old pair of Naso tangs, 4 + yr old Moorish Idol

06/27/2006, 02:30 PM	#8
tkeracer619 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 17,289	probably the pepperments.......mine go ape over aptasia and wait for me to kill the big ones then devour those as well sry to hijack but blown63chevy you get your motorcycle audio sorted out? __________________ Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k.

06/27/2006, 12:39 PM	#2
Tu Ku Moved On Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 353	If you add a copperband I guarantee he will eat all of your spaghetti worms and white feather dusters before he will touch your aptasia. Then he might eat on your aptasia, but that's a huge maybe. Just get a syringe and a lime. Inject those bastards right into their mouths with lime juice straight out of a lime. It works instantly and it's reef safe.

06/27/2006, 12:49 PM	#3
stlrams88 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newport News, Virginia Posts: 577	Okay ill try that. thanks

06/27/2006, 02:40 PM	#9
J4Life Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 1,397	My copperband kicks aptasia butt! I love watching him when he gets a hold of one. I believe he will chow down on bristle worms as well if he can get them. between him and my sixline they can throw down the gauntlet on some worms. By the way my CBB was the best investment I made to keep aptasia at bay. It just took a long time to get him to eat. That is the problem with a lot of CBB. They can acclimate poorly in an established tank. I had a Yellow Tang in mine already before I added him, but eventually they adjusted to each other. Hope that helps, Bill __________________ Go Panthers! Got JC? <o)))>< Current Tank Info: 75 gallon, Reef tank

06/27/2006, 02:47 PM	#10
Crusty Old Shellback MASVC OG Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Home of the FREE, Thanks to the BRAVE! Posts: 5,089	Yea for the most part. I think my amp is not all that good. I still wonder about the peppermints as I've never seen them in the tank but I do occasinaly see a shell. In any matter, my apstia are gone. Unfortunatly, I also lost one of my CBB's. Not for sure what happend to him. They were even eating pellet food as well as picking off the rocks. __________________ Have you THANKED a Veteran lately for the freedoms you take for granted each day? Best quote ever! "This is a hobby for God sakes and so many people get so uptite. A "hobby" so it should be fun and not a cause to worry or go broke." Paul B Current Tank Info: Tankless for a while. RIP my 8+ yr old pair of Naso tangs, 4 + yr old Moorish Idol

06/27/2006, 03:25 PM	#11
stlrams88 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newport News, Virginia Posts: 577	I have tried peppermints but they didnt do anything, the copperband is eating a lot of it actually, and hasnt touched any feather dusters or anything. whats wrong with the amp.

06/27/2006, 04:10 PM	#12
xcreonx Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 1,362	My peppermints never touched any that I could see. However, my Copperband destroyed my aiptasias in a matter of hours. Ate all of the feather dusters too. __________________ Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. -Mark Twain Current Tank Info: 90g shallow with H. Barbouri Seahorses

06/27/2006, 04:19 PM	#13
stlrams88 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newport News, Virginia Posts: 577	I may just take it back to the lfs after it takes care of the aptasia but i always hate doing that. it like renting a fish.

06/27/2006, 04:23 PM	#14
xcreonx Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 1,362	You can feed it clams from the grocery store after the aiptasia is gone. Mine goes crazy when I feed them. __________________ Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. -Mark Twain Current Tank Info: 90g shallow with H. Barbouri Seahorses

06/27/2006, 05:16 PM	#15
thor32766 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chuluota, FL Posts: 6,072	mine never ate the aptaisa either. He sure loved all the feather dusters though. __________________ "Live your life so no one has to lie about who you were at your funeral" click on my red house to see my tang compound! Current Tank Info: 29 gallon in Wall!

06/27/2006, 05:20 PM	#16
stlrams88 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newport News, Virginia Posts: 577	Ill try some clams once its done eating my aptasia. i have algae clips in there too, but i doubt itll eat off those.

06/27/2006, 06:09 PM	#17
xcreonx Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 1,362	No, he won't eat algae off a clip. The clams should work great, as well as frozen mysis if you're lucky! __________________ Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. -Mark Twain Current Tank Info: 90g shallow with H. Barbouri Seahorses