new wa to kill aptasia

[ZooShark1029]

Ok guys im not sure if any1 has has mentioned this before but itested my new idea on 37 aptasias and it has worked. For all you guys who have aptaisia on prize corals and zoos or on little rocks.... just super glue them and they never come back i have done it to 11 of my frags and its been 2 weeks and my zoos are perfect and just about to grow over the hardened glue!!!!!!!!!
Well i hope this helps some people

[graveyardworm]

I'm assuming you completely encase the aiptasia with the sg.

[ZooShark1029]

yeah....... i cover the entire aptasia with sg and then once it hardens it traps the aptasia

[tmz]

Good tip, thanks. I also have a small problem from time to time with spreading small brown polyps. Whenever I see them, I cover them with a bit of expoxy.Never tried the crazy glelue on aiptasia though.

[jfw60]

Anyone ever tried Berghia nudibranches to kill Aiptasia? I found a site that sells and has folks that swears by them.

http://www.berghia.net/marketprice.html

[tmz]

I have not tried them. But I beleive they are an obligate feeder. Once the aiptasia are gone so are they.

[ZooShark1029]

look i actually have talked to alot of people about berghia and they have all told me the same thing.. they are very expensive and i will not be satisfied....... all of them said to get your fish out and put peppermint shrimp in and they will do a better job

[tmz]

Originally posted by ZooShark1029
look i actually have talked to alot of people about berghia and they have all told me the same thing.. they are very expensive and i will not be satisfied....... all of them said to get your fish out and put peppermint shrimp in and they will do a better job

I've heard the same thing about bergia. Pepermint's work for me. Why get your fish out?

[Devil Man]

perpers didnt work for me. i put like 5 in my 58 and not one touched them

[tmz]

I have found that if you attack the larger aiptaisia with kalk paste the pepermints will do the rest given a week or two. They get them at night for the most part so it's not likely you'll see one eating an aiptasia but the aiptasia dissapear or at least move to the sump or overflow boxwhen botherd where it's easier to pick them out.

[vanmo92]

Good tip. Might try that one.

[jeffreyliu838]

I put 5 into my 20 which had a pretty bad aip. problem, and it was cured in two days. I'm not even sure if 100% of the peps survived. In those two days, I really did cut on feeding though. I have one sebae, so I just fed one flake at a time until I felt like it was enough.

[DarthBaiter]

Berghia is not an overnight solution. I put a few in my tank a few months ago and once in awhile, I'll see some but they are much bigger then when I put em in the tank, so they must be feeding on something. And yes, I do see a big improvement in the two-three months that I put em in the tank.

[smitty06]

Berghia are fine if you plan on passing them on once your problems are gone. They will not survive without the aptasia.

[kzooreefer]

i saw this was on another thread over a year ago. i tried it and initially the aiptaisa appeared to be gone but it eventually popped back out of the live rock 2 weeks later. it somehow worked its way around the glue. so i bought a peppermint shrimp which finally did it in.

[FishNFun]

Peppermints worked for me! All gone in about a week (even a pretty big one). They definitely hunter better in packs. I've seen some places selling peppermints that weren't peppermints so make sure you get the real thing.

[jimwat]

Originally posted by FishNFun
Peppermints worked for me! All gone in about a week (even a pretty big one). They definitely hunter better in packs. I've seen some places selling peppermints that weren't peppermints so make sure you get the real thing.

Inexperienced LFS salespeople often get peppermints and camel shrimp confused.

[jimwat]

If your tank can support it, a copper band butterfly will take care of it.

[tmz]

Originally posted by jimwat
If your tank can support it, a copper band butterfly will take care of it.

Tough fish to keep. Ships poorly. Over rated as an aiprasia eater and may harm other corals, in my experience.

[fuschia_red]

copperbands are nice but are ALL hit/miss when it comes to reliability in aiptasia control, feather duster busters. But, my ultimate worry has always been them going on their usual hunger strike.

Beautiful fish...but are just way too delicate.

[jimwat]

BTW, I would not get one either if I did not see it eat first at the LFS. My first one died of starvation. I've had my current CBB for almost a year, which is how long it has been since I've seen any aiptasia.

On the flip, he has also wiped out my feather dusters, and will occasionally pick on a snail (likes to grab my Nassarius snails by the snout). But I have never seen him touch any corals (all I have are softies and LPS).

I decided to try the CBB after I had some limited results with the Peppermints. Now the CBB is one of my favorites. A very pretty fish and, as it turned out, he is also very friendly.