Best aiptasia kills

jasonrstewart79 · 02/06/2011, 07:53 PM

Hey all looking for the top aiptasia killing strategies employed by the reef gods...

Catastrophi · 02/06/2011, 07:54 PM

Aiptasia x, peppermint shrimp, electrocution.

mortis13 · 02/06/2011, 11:00 PM

copper banded butterfly, nice looking fish and an aptasia killer. in two weeks he cleaned a 180gal of a serious infestation, now i grow it in the fuge on rubble and drop him in a piece every now and then.

headless · 02/06/2011, 11:08 PM

peppermint shrimp...work well and don't bug much of anything else...

nsmith_mma · 02/07/2011, 12:09 AM

Berghia. Berghia Berghia Berghia.

boogas · 02/07/2011, 12:20 AM

Use Aiptasia x and turn your lights off for at least 2-3 days.

maikoa02 · 02/07/2011, 12:55 AM

Berghia nudibranch easiest and most effective!

newtank · 02/07/2011, 11:55 AM

My aptasia were left too long and grew everywhere. I dropped one pepermint shrimp in my 150g and can't find any aptasia anywhere. Note that he has only been in the tank for less than a week and ate them all.

sslak · 02/07/2011, 12:42 PM

Joe's Juice

Ritten · 02/07/2011, 12:55 PM

Mrs. Wages Pickling Lime.

Rayzback · 02/07/2011, 06:34 PM

Aptasia X has always been instaKill for me... it just disolves.

t4zalews · 02/07/2011, 06:56 PM

only cure for aptasia and majanos for me was a bristle tail filefish. Work like machines...didn't touch any coral

vono · 02/07/2011, 07:54 PM

+1 peppermint shrimp

Seajuice · 02/07/2011, 08:30 PM

What about large Aptasia. will CBs take care of them? I have a 90g with a fair amount of these monsters! Bought 6 peppermints 6 weeks ago and they don't touch them. I really don't want to go in and manually remove them. I am moving the tank in about a month any suggestions how to treat the rocks while I move them?

wolfar15 · 02/07/2011, 08:55 PM

Best way i have found is Joes juice if its a coral tank and suck up the excess paowder after like 15 minutes just make sure u turn off all movement in the tank. If its not a reef Coral banded is great. I have also used liquid calcium and prime water conditioner is all else fails ill will just scrub the hell out of the rock. After the large ones are taken care of peppermints should take care of any babys that might be left behind rocks or anywhere else.

headless · 02/08/2011, 12:46 AM

peppermints will eat them, no matter what the size...apparently, the nudis do as well. There are videos online showing peppermints eating the stuff...very cool.

I keep peppermints in my tank...good to have around.

As far as filefish goes, they are not always reef friendly...this can be a matter of concern! However, filefish are very cool looking if you get a mellow one (no way to know)...

Prince916 · 02/08/2011, 01:10 AM

aptasia zappers.

huskysglare1 · 02/08/2011, 05:19 AM

1 Peppermint shrimp keeps my 175g tank clean of Aiptasia.

Humu Humu · 02/08/2011, 10:22 AM

Yes on the peppermint shrimp.

ski360 · 02/08/2011, 11:20 AM

I was fortunate enough that I only had a couple of them. Once they moved to a rock that I could grab and take out, I squirted them with boiling water. Put the rock back in the tank and never saw one again.

Nanook · 02/08/2011, 12:12 PM

Klein's Butterflyfish is the best solution I have ever had up to this date. They will pick at fleshy LPS and nip at SPS, but other than that, they take the aiptasia out very well. They are safer than Raccoon Butterflyfish and not difficult to keep like Copperband Butterflyfish.

Kalk and other "products" tend to cause the aiptasia to spread like wildfire in my experience. Berghia are expensive and don't work well in larger tanks, they thrive in lower flow tanks that are smaller, but when the aiptasia are gone they die off. Peppermints work for smaller anemones, but they need to be kept hungry and you need a LOT of them for larger tanks. The zapper looks interesting and I was entertaining it before I got these two Klein's.

Seajuice · 02/08/2011, 02:05 PM

hey husky, how much for your killer pep shrimp! Why doesn't 8 of em work in my 90! All I see is there antennas under the rocks - little bas**ds
Would a Klein be good take mates to a well est. pair of purple and sailfin tangs!?

huskysglare1 · 02/08/2011, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nanook

Peppermints work for smaller anemones, but they need to be kept hungry and you need a LOT of them for larger tanks.

The large anemone, you'll have to deal with. However, the part about needing a lot of them for a large tank is false. I have 1 Peppermint and he cleans out my whole 175g tank of anemone.

headless · 02/08/2011, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seajuice

hey husky, how much for your killer pep shrimp! Why doesn't 8 of em work in my 90! All I see is there antennas under the rocks - little bas**ds
Would a Klein be good take mates to a well est. pair of purple and sailfin tangs!?

They're being too well fed with what you'e putting in the tank, most likely...I have probably about 5 now in my 92 and they cleaned out a recent aiptasia bloom in no time!

Nanook · 02/08/2011, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by huskysglare1

The large anemone, you'll have to deal with. However, the part about needing a lot of them for a large tank is false. I have 1 Peppermint and he cleans out my whole 175g tank of anemone.

I respectfully disagree

02/06/2011, 07:53 PM	#1
jasonrstewart79 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 271	Best aiptasia kills Hey all looking for the top aiptasia killing strategies employed by the reef gods... __________________ -20 years of saltwater fish/reef experience... *$%# I'm old.. lol Current Tank Info: Custom DAS 110g Reef Tank Project - 20g Sea Reef fuge, 100g basement sump, CPR Bak-pak2 "modded" skimmer, Red Sea Ozonator, Magdrive280, mangroves, DSB with plenum, 400w Custom Sea Life MH with 64watt U-Actinic PCs, dosing kalk, total 200 gallons

02/06/2011, 11:00 PM	#3
mortis13 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: melbourne australia Posts: 205	copper banded butterfly, nice looking fish and an aptasia killer. in two weeks he cleaned a 180gal of a serious infestation, now i grow it in the fuge on rubble and drop him in a piece every now and then. __________________ that was then, this is now. Current Tank Info: 180 gal

02/06/2011, 11:08 PM	#4
headless Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: MD Posts: 325	peppermint shrimp...work well and don't bug much of anything else... __________________ 92g bowed corner tank, 15 gallon sump w/ phosban reactor + skimmer...live rock, chiller and heater, compact fl. lighting, sea swirl, 4 koralias, hermits, snails, sand-sifter stars, leather coral, Ylw Tang, Blk Domino, Clarkii Clown, Lawnmover Blenny, Aiptasia Eating Filefish, + Spotted Garden Eel.

02/07/2011, 11:55 AM	#8
newtank Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Peru In Posts: 319	Pepermint Shrimp worked for me My aptasia were left too long and grew everywhere. I dropped one pepermint shrimp in my 150g and can't find any aptasia anywhere. Note that he has only been in the tank for less than a week and ate them all. __________________ Just because you can... doesn't mean you should. Current Tank Info: Newest new tank- 300G DEEP

02/07/2011, 12:42 PM	#9
sslak Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,705	Joe's Juice __________________ Steve Current Tank Info: 58 Oceanic/20g Sump/250w XM 20k/2x39w T5 True Actinic 03/2010 Reef Octopus NW Cone Skimmer

02/06/2011, 07:54 PM	#2
Catastrophi Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Beaumont, TX Posts: 326	Aiptasia x, peppermint shrimp, electrocution.

02/07/2011, 12:09 AM	#5
nsmith_mma Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 232	Berghia. Berghia Berghia Berghia.

02/07/2011, 12:20 AM	#6
boogas Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 6	Use Aiptasia x and turn your lights off for at least 2-3 days.

02/07/2011, 12:55 AM	#7
maikoa02 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: RSM Posts: 456	Berghia nudibranch easiest and most effective!

02/07/2011, 12:55 PM	#10
Ritten Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,164	Mrs. Wages Pickling Lime.

02/07/2011, 06:34 PM	#11
Rayzback Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Northwest Arkansas Posts: 27	Aptasia X has always been instaKill for me... it just disolves.

02/07/2011, 06:56 PM	#12
t4zalews 65g Ritteri Tank Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Royal Oak, MI Posts: 2,673	only cure for aptasia and majanos for me was a bristle tail filefish. Work like machines...didn't touch any coral __________________ - Taylor - 65g - Radion XR30 G3 Pro x2 - Deltec SCA 1351 - APEX - Tunze - Vortech

02/07/2011, 07:54 PM	#13
vono Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 50	+1 peppermint shrimp

02/07/2011, 08:30 PM	#14
Seajuice Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Plymouth, MA Posts: 146	What about large Aptasia. will CBs take care of them? I have a 90g with a fair amount of these monsters! Bought 6 peppermints 6 weeks ago and they don't touch them. I really don't want to go in and manually remove them. I am moving the tank in about a month any suggestions how to treat the rocks while I move them?

02/07/2011, 08:55 PM	#15
wolfar15 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Manchester, CT Posts: 59	Best way i have found is Joes juice if its a coral tank and suck up the excess paowder after like 15 minutes just make sure u turn off all movement in the tank. If its not a reef Coral banded is great. I have also used liquid calcium and prime water conditioner is all else fails ill will just scrub the hell out of the rock. After the large ones are taken care of peppermints should take care of any babys that might be left behind rocks or anywhere else.

02/08/2011, 12:46 AM	#16
headless Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: MD Posts: 325	peppermints will eat them, no matter what the size...apparently, the nudis do as well. There are videos online showing peppermints eating the stuff...very cool. I keep peppermints in my tank...good to have around. As far as filefish goes, they are not always reef friendly...this can be a matter of concern! However, filefish are very cool looking if you get a mellow one (no way to know)... __________________ 92g bowed corner tank, 15 gallon sump w/ phosban reactor + skimmer...live rock, chiller and heater, compact fl. lighting, sea swirl, 4 koralias, hermits, snails, sand-sifter stars, leather coral, Ylw Tang, Blk Domino, Clarkii Clown, Lawnmover Blenny, Aiptasia Eating Filefish, + Spotted Garden Eel.

02/08/2011, 01:10 AM	#17
Prince916 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 549	aptasia zappers.

02/08/2011, 05:19 AM	#18
huskysglare1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: San Jose Posts: 1,406	1 Peppermint shrimp keeps my 175g tank clean of Aiptasia. __________________ Since Jan 2008 Current system: 170G+50g Sump/Bio-Pellet Reactor. 2x400w Radium+2x110w VHO. 2 x HYDRO Magnum 8 + 1xMP60w (removed 2 x Koralia 4). SWC 300A Cone (had SWC 200 w/ Red Demon); it's AWESOME! BRS DOSER(Cal, Alk, and Mag). Current Tank Info: 170g+50g sump

02/08/2011, 10:22 AM	#19
Humu Humu lost in the pelagic zone Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 207	Yes on the peppermint shrimp.

02/08/2011, 11:20 AM	#20
ski360 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 58	I was fortunate enough that I only had a couple of them. Once they moved to a rock that I could grab and take out, I squirted them with boiling water. Put the rock back in the tank and never saw one again.

02/08/2011, 12:12 PM	#21
Nanook Ancient Eskimo Legend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 41,852 Blog Entries: 11	Klein's Butterflyfish is the best solution I have ever had up to this date. They will pick at fleshy LPS and nip at SPS, but other than that, they take the aiptasia out very well. They are safer than Raccoon Butterflyfish and not difficult to keep like Copperband Butterflyfish. Kalk and other "products" tend to cause the aiptasia to spread like wildfire in my experience. Berghia are expensive and don't work well in larger tanks, they thrive in lower flow tanks that are smaller, but when the aiptasia are gone they die off. Peppermints work for smaller anemones, but they need to be kept hungry and you need a LOT of them for larger tanks. The zapper looks interesting and I was entertaining it before I got these two Klein's. __________________ The wind blew, the chit flew, and then they came two by two. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Tank Info: 375g Tanganyikan Tank & 470g mixed reef

02/08/2011, 02:05 PM	#22
Seajuice Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Plymouth, MA Posts: 146	hey husky, how much for your killer pep shrimp! Why doesn't 8 of em work in my 90! All I see is there antennas under the rocks - little bas**ds Would a Klein be good take mates to a well est. pair of purple and sailfin tangs!?

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