How did you successfully kill your aiptasia or majano?

redfishsc · 08/17/2009, 08:24 PM

So tell me how you successfully killed off your aiptasia or majano.

If I left anything out, or you'd like to explain, PLEASE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD SHARE IT WITH US!!!!!!!

Otherwise I'm going to check in to the local AA meeting (aiptiasia anonymous).

rifishguy · 08/17/2009, 08:34 PM

Berghia Nudibranchs best money I ever spent

Macimage · 08/17/2009, 08:34 PM

You should add berghia nudibranchs to the list.

Joyce

BuddhaKiss · 08/17/2009, 08:40 PM

yup berghias ftw

redfishsc · 08/18/2009, 04:56 AM

Well, hopefully a moderator will see this and add the nudis to the list.... I can't edit it

Thanks for sharing that though!!!

How power-head safe is the berghia? My small system is run by them, and I'd have a hard time getting rid of or otherwise blocking them.

PrangeWay · 08/18/2009, 05:35 AM

1 Pepei, 24gallon Nanocube overrun with dozens of aiptasia. 2 days. No aiptasia. Peppis rule!

PW

redfishsc · 08/18/2009, 08:11 AM

I'd love to put peppermints in both of my tanks, and will do it on one of them. But the other tank has a fuzzy dwarf lion. So.... I may be stuck with tracking down the Berghia nudis if I can find them locally. I'd only need one or two.

iFisch · 08/18/2009, 08:25 AM

1 pepermint

Brandon M · 08/18/2009, 08:57 AM

Peppermint shrimp have always worked for me. Although from what I've read its important to make sure the peppermints you get are from Florida, as they are the only ones that will eat aiptasia. There are some invert suppliers on the web that are out of Florida, so they aren't hard to find. I put 3-4 in a 72g tank.

My copperband has also demolished my aiptasia, as well.

skanderson · 08/18/2009, 09:40 AM

leave rock outside in the sun for a week. it seemed to be very effective

BuddhaKiss · 08/18/2009, 09:46 AM

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Originally posted by redfishsc
I'd love to put peppermints in both of my tanks, and will do it on one of them. But the other tank has a fuzzy dwarf lion. So.... I may be stuck with tracking down the Berghia nudis if I can find them locally. I'd only need one or two.

If you go the berghia route, get at least two. They will mate and have babies and will decimate the aiptasia. If u only get one, it will take a loooooong time depending on ur infestation

Imzadi · 08/18/2009, 09:47 AM

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Originally posted by skanderson
leave rock outside in the sun for a week. it seemed to be very effective

This method is effective... but hard on the coral and other things on the liverock... that and removing the live from the term... and just makes it ... well, a rock.

lol

THIS poll, after the Nudi's get added to the list, SHOULD be a sticky. 15 threads a month to say, 'What are these, and how do I get rid of them!?' and simply a 'sticky:yes' click would solve the onslaught of desperate reefers trying to kill of the weeds.

Imzadi · 08/18/2009, 09:49 AM

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Originally posted by BuddhaKiss
If you go the berghia route, get at least two. They will mate and have babies and will decimate the aiptasia. If u only get one, it will take a loooooong time depending on ur infestation

But, dont they ONLY eat aptasia? And they all die off after the weeds are gone? Isn't that on the same plane as using fish to cycle? "Do your job, and die" mentallity doesn't sit well with me.

Amoore311 · 08/18/2009, 09:58 AM

You can trade them around your reef club as janitors for hire lol.

They also don't have a huge lifecycle anyways, so it isn't like you are dooming the little critter to a severely shortened lifespan.

LockeOak · 08/18/2009, 10:02 AM

If it's just a few, bury them under mounds of kalk paste. Problem solved.

Imzadi · 08/18/2009, 10:07 AM

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Originally posted by Amoore311
You can trade them around your reef club as janitors for hire lol.

They also don't have a huge lifecycle anyways, so it isn't like you are dooming the little critter to a severely shortened lifespan.

Oh, I didn't realize they only lived a short time... but still... especially if they breed... that is hundreds of little lives... expendable little lives...

okay, too melodramatic... but what about the bio-load of the mass nudi-death? Especially if they did breed.

dancewithethan · 08/18/2009, 10:32 AM

I took the rock out and dip it in fresh water for many days and watch them sucker dye! BTW, every else on the rock dye too

mcoomer · 08/18/2009, 03:23 PM

One of the last frags I bought had one on the rock that came with it. I simply pulled the frag out and broke that piece of rock off with a pair of vice grips. Done! Way back when I had some in the tank and injected them with kalk and that got rid of them.

redfishsc · 08/18/2009, 03:34 PM

In my situation the lil punks have gone reproductive on me, so solutions that require rock removal wouldn't work for me. They are in the frag tank, on frag plugs, on the rock, on the glass.

When I think I have maybe a dozen.... I find another dozen...

Hopefully I can pick up some of the nudis soon.

merek123 · 08/18/2009, 04:54 PM

I had some hijack in on some LFS live rock for my nano. After 3 weeks they quadrupled. I tried aptaisia X but couldn't seem to keep up with them multiplying. I then ordered two peppermint shrimp and together we got them all.

Fishycreations1 · 08/18/2009, 06:22 PM

2 in a 55 gallon. I had about 5-10 growing throughout the tank it was gone in days

reefing102 · 08/18/2009, 07:00 PM

since ive only had one or two I just completely buried them in the sand. Dug the rock out and it was gone, hasn't grown back since

Macimage · 08/18/2009, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Imzadi
Oh, I didn't realize they only lived a short time... but still... especially if they breed... that is hundreds of little lives... expendable little lives...

okay, too melodramatic... but what about the bio-load of the mass nudi-death? Especially if they did breed.

It doesn't sound like you've ever had them, as you do not end up with hundreds of them. You are lucky if they reproduce enough to take care of a moderate aiptasia problem. If breeding berghias were that easy, they would not be so hard to find to purchase. Very few vendors carry them. You can also check the RC livestock selling and you will not find very many for sale.

BuddhaKiss · 08/18/2009, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Imzadi
But, dont they ONLY eat aptasia? And they all die off after the weeds are gone? Isn't that on the same plane as using fish to cycle? "Do your job, and die" mentallity doesn't sit well with me.

It all depends on how you look at some of the things we put or find in our tank. Why kill aiptasia? They are alive as well, don't they deserve the same chances at life a berghia nudi does? Most would say no, b/c they are undesirable in our tanks so they deserve the death penalty. Sorry, but if some berghias die b/c they couldn't find enough aips to eat, I'm not going to lose much sleep. Matter of fact I will be happy b/c that means they've done their job. Maybe its just me, but I don't equate the value of the berghias the same that I've placed on my fish, corals, feather dusters, etc

When my tank was clear of aips, I caught as many berghias I could find (I started with 2) and traded them back to my LFS, and I know most of the babies didn't make it....and that's okay

phurst · 08/18/2009, 08:15 PM

I took a combination approach on a 55 that was quite well infested. Copperband, peppermint shrimp and Aptasia X. The peps and copperband got most of them, hit the rest with Aptasia X.

View Poll Results: What did you use to kill off aiptasia or majano? (check all that have worked for you!
Joe's Juice or Aiptasia-X (or similar product... tell us how it worked)	30	31.25%
Fish (butterly, filefish, wrasse, etc...)	13	13.54%
Peppermint shrimp (tell us how many and what size tank!)	36	37.50%
boiling water	6	6.25%
Lemon Juice	6	6.25%
Kalk paste	21	21.88%
homebrew concoction (recipe please!)	4	4.17%
PBITAWA	2	2.08%
prayer and fasting	8	8.33%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 96. You may not vote on this poll

08/17/2009, 08:24 PM	#1
redfishsc Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,696	How did you successfully kill your aiptasia or majano? So tell me how you successfully killed off your aiptasia or majano. If I left anything out, or you'd like to explain, PLEASE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD SHARE IT WITH US!!!!!!! Otherwise I'm going to check in to the local AA meeting (aiptiasia anonymous). __________________ "The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation." Corrie Ten Boom “The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins” -- Søren Kierkegaard Current Tank Info: ghetto grad school reef.....11g rimless tank, 36X9X9, lit by Cree and Rebels scobbled together. Stocked mostly with free stuff I got from panhandling my fellow reefers.

08/18/2009, 04:56 AM	#5
redfishsc Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,696	Well, hopefully a moderator will see this and add the nudis to the list.... I can't edit it Thanks for sharing that though!!! How power-head safe is the berghia? My small system is run by them, and I'd have a hard time getting rid of or otherwise blocking them. __________________ "The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation." Corrie Ten Boom “The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins” -- Søren Kierkegaard Current Tank Info: ghetto grad school reef.....11g rimless tank, 36X9X9, lit by Cree and Rebels scobbled together. Stocked mostly with free stuff I got from panhandling my fellow reefers.

08/18/2009, 05:35 AM	#6
PrangeWay Duke of Monte Fisto Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 722	1 Pepei, 24gallon Nanocube overrun with dozens of aiptasia. 2 days. No aiptasia. Peppis rule! PW __________________ Dumbest Quotes Ever..... "Great color, great growth" closely followed by "all water parameters fine"

08/18/2009, 08:11 AM	#7
redfishsc Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,696	I'd love to put peppermints in both of my tanks, and will do it on one of them. But the other tank has a fuzzy dwarf lion. So.... I may be stuck with tracking down the Berghia nudis if I can find them locally. I'd only need one or two. __________________ "The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation." Corrie Ten Boom “The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins” -- Søren Kierkegaard Current Tank Info: ghetto grad school reef.....11g rimless tank, 36X9X9, lit by Cree and Rebels scobbled together. Stocked mostly with free stuff I got from panhandling my fellow reefers.

08/17/2009, 08:34 PM	#2
rifishguy Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Westerly RI Posts: 283	Berghia Nudibranchs best money I ever spent

08/17/2009, 08:34 PM	#3
Macimage Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Quartz Hill Posts: 4,078	You should add berghia nudibranchs to the list. Joyce

08/17/2009, 08:40 PM	#4
BuddhaKiss Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Northern Va Posts: 1,068	yup berghias ftw

08/18/2009, 08:25 AM	#8
iFisch Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: FL Posts: 3,068	1 pepermint

08/18/2009, 08:57 AM	#9
Brandon M Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,116	Peppermint shrimp have always worked for me. Although from what I've read its important to make sure the peppermints you get are from Florida, as they are the only ones that will eat aiptasia. There are some invert suppliers on the web that are out of Florida, so they aren't hard to find. I put 3-4 in a 72g tank. My copperband has also demolished my aiptasia, as well. __________________ Brandon Current Tank Info: 315g 84"x24"x36" FOWLR

08/18/2009, 09:40 AM	#10
skanderson Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: baraboo,wi Posts: 428	leave rock outside in the sun for a week. it seemed to be very effective

08/18/2009, 09:58 AM	#14
Amoore311 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ulster County, NY Posts: 2,521	You can trade them around your reef club as janitors for hire lol. They also don't have a huge lifecycle anyways, so it isn't like you are dooming the little critter to a severely shortened lifespan. __________________ 30 Gallon FOWLR 2004-2006 90 Gallon LPS Reef 2006-2008 180 Gallon SPS Reef 2008-20012 100 Gallon Custom Rimless Mixed Reef 2012-2014 29 Gallon Biocube Reef! Current Current Tank Info: 29 Gallon Biocube, StevesLED Upgrade, Neptune Apex

08/18/2009, 10:02 AM	#15
LockeOak Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 839	If it's just a few, bury them under mounds of kalk paste. Problem solved.

08/18/2009, 10:32 AM	#17
dancewithethan Ethan M Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Rafael, California Posts: 673	I took the rock out and dip it in fresh water for many days and watch them sucker dye! BTW, every else on the rock dye too __________________ Good things come to those who’re patiently wait - Ethan - Current Tank Info: Tank:~ 70 Gs Cadlight + 20 Gs sump\| Lights: 36" ATI Sunpower Dimmable T5x6 39W \| Skimmer: Octo\| Vortech M1 return\| GeoReef Cal Reactor \|2 MP10 VorTech + MaxSpect GyreXF150\|Neptune APEX Controller\|Skimz Bio Pellets\| Emperor Aquatics UV 18W Sterilizer

08/18/2009, 03:23 PM	#18
mcoomer Rat Bastard! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sammamish, WA Posts: 1,487	One of the last frags I bought had one on the rock that came with it. I simply pulled the frag out and broke that piece of rock off with a pair of vice grips. Done! Way back when I had some in the tank and injected them with kalk and that got rid of them. __________________ Spending exorbitant amounts of money on this hobby since 1998! My wife thought the tank would be cheaper and easier to keep than a dog...no seriously! Current Tank Info: 180 gallon mixed reef; Reeflo Barracuda, Tunze 6105 (X3), 250W Radiums with dual HQI Blue Wave 7, Reefkeeper Elite controller, custom sump with ASM G4, carbon and GFO reactors

08/18/2009, 03:34 PM	#19
redfishsc Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,696	In my situation the lil punks have gone reproductive on me, so solutions that require rock removal wouldn't work for me. They are in the frag tank, on frag plugs, on the rock, on the glass. When I think I have maybe a dozen.... I find another dozen... Hopefully I can pick up some of the nudis soon. __________________ "The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation." Corrie Ten Boom “The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins” -- Søren Kierkegaard Current Tank Info: ghetto grad school reef.....11g rimless tank, 36X9X9, lit by Cree and Rebels scobbled together. Stocked mostly with free stuff I got from panhandling my fellow reefers.

08/18/2009, 04:54 PM	#20
merek123 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bayfield CO Posts: 56	I had some hijack in on some LFS live rock for my nano. After 3 weeks they quadrupled. I tried aptaisia X but couldn't seem to keep up with them multiplying. I then ordered two peppermint shrimp and together we got them all.

08/18/2009, 06:22 PM	#21
Fishycreations1 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Tamarac Posts: 12	2 in a 55 gallon. I had about 5-10 growing throughout the tank it was gone in days

08/18/2009, 07:00 PM	#22
reefing102 Who Am I Here? Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 1,155	since ive only had one or two I just completely buried them in the sand. Dug the rock out and it was gone, hasn't grown back since __________________ Shane Life's a climb... but the view is great. ______________________________ Current Tank Info: 2.5 Gallon Nano

08/18/2009, 08:15 PM	#25
phurst Richmond Reefer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 5,837	I took a combination approach on a 55 that was quite well infested. Copperband, peppermint shrimp and Aptasia X. The peps and copperband got most of them, hit the rest with Aptasia X. __________________ _______ Pearson _______ Current Tank Info: Various tanks of various sizes with various gear.