Aiptasia question

thompson2224 · 09/24/2016, 09:41 PM

I'm currently getting a 90 gallon tank started. Today I filled the tank with sand and live rock. Some of the live rock had some aiptasia on it and I want to get rid of it before I get any fish or coral in the tank.

How can I elminate it? right now all thats in the tank is the live rock and sand, so is there anyway to kill the aiptasia that won't harm the tank for the future? My initial thought was don't heat, or light the aquarium but I know the aiptasia can be strong

SeaCucumberFan · 09/24/2016, 11:55 PM

Berghias, kalk paste, lemon juice, filefish, Aiptasia X...
Dr. Holothuria's 3 step guide to killing Aiptasia, 100%!
1. Take rock out
2. Set it out in the sun for a week
3. The aiptasia is dead

Grimreaperz · 09/25/2016, 02:27 AM

yeah I have a couple aptasia. Pretty small. I put super glue over one but it found a hole.....I have heard boiling water and lemon juice work.

I will just be getting aptasia X next time im at the LFS. have some brown palythoas that came on my rock that are spreading worse then the Aptasia.

jake87 · 09/25/2016, 04:15 AM

I had a lot of them. Two peps ate them within two weeks but they then ate my torch and trachy. They're still in the tank but now eat tank food

Sohal Tang Tim · 09/25/2016, 05:05 AM

If you catch it early enough you can nail it all with Joe's Juice...
You have to keep treating it because 20% of what you thinkkk you killed
comes back in a week... So..keep nailing it every week till not a single head is seen anywhere... Now...iffff that does not work then I would get a copper banded butterfly...Mine completely eradicated every single one in my large 280 gallon.... I did not check size of your tank or your parameters etc...Copper bands are a CHALLENGE to even the best reefers so..be well aware of their needs and challenge before you buy one... An alternative is an apatasia eating file fish.... easy to keep..but NOT as effective as the copperband.

Best of luck
Tim

Mikereef1 · 09/25/2016, 08:00 AM

Nudibranchs are the one exspensive but nothing comes close to them

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Sohal Tang Tim · 09/25/2016, 08:26 AM

I put two nudis in my large reef one time..never saw them again....something made snack out of them I suspect... have you ever used them and had luck with them Mikereef1 Yes?

LED Jack · 09/25/2016, 10:48 AM

A combination of Joes Juice (kalk paste) and no light would work well since you do not have any livestock yet.

jason2459 · 09/25/2016, 07:46 PM

Not having any light will do nothing to aiptasia. I have plenty in my non-light sump.

Squirting things at them will just tick them off and pop up little ones from pieces left over. It can help but having something to eat those little clones is what will be needed to really finish them off.

jason2459 · 09/25/2016, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikereef1

Nudibranchs are the one exspensive but nothing comes close to them

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And could be come expensive treats for some wrasses. Happened to me.

FirstContact · 09/25/2016, 08:28 PM

Take all the rock out and let the aiptaisia die. Maybe bleach the rock, and return to tank when done.

Grayhead · 09/26/2016, 04:44 AM

Matted file fish did the trick for my. My old set up had them in the sump and overflow, but the display was clear. He also made short work of my palys and zoa's.

fishgate · 09/26/2016, 08:21 AM

I think the only reason you would consciously put Aiptasia in a tank is if you have never seen an Aiptasia infestation.

sde1500 · 09/26/2016, 09:03 AM

You just put the rock in yesterday? Take it back out and burn them off. They make satisfying little pops and sizzles when you take a lighter to them

thompson2224 · 09/26/2016, 10:22 AM

Is there anyway to kill them without putting livestock in to kill it or without killing the live rock?

fishgate · 09/26/2016, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thompson2224

Is there anyway to kill them without putting livestock in to kill it or without killing the live rock?

Nope!

sde1500 · 09/26/2016, 11:22 AM

Spot killing it won't kill the live rock.

Sohal Tang Tim · 09/26/2016, 11:33 AM

Aptasia is easy you just have to be relentless...every day you go in and squirt every single animal...the next day youDO IT AGAIN...repeat until they are all dead...it takes a week or two at nailing every day! done.. easy...
at least easier then some algae problems I can tell ya.

Tim

09/24/2016, 09:41 PM	#1
thompson2224 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Kissimmee, FL Posts: 604	Aiptasia question I'm currently getting a 90 gallon tank started. Today I filled the tank with sand and live rock. Some of the live rock had some aiptasia on it and I want to get rid of it before I get any fish or coral in the tank. How can I elminate it? right now all thats in the tank is the live rock and sand, so is there anyway to kill the aiptasia that won't harm the tank for the future? My initial thought was don't heat, or light the aquarium but I know the aiptasia can be strong

09/25/2016, 05:05 AM	#5
Sohal Tang Tim Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Collingwood , ON, Canada Posts: 928	Aptasia If you catch it early enough you can nail it all with Joe's Juice... You have to keep treating it because 20% of what you thinkkk you killed comes back in a week... So..keep nailing it every week till not a single head is seen anywhere... Now...iffff that does not work then I would get a copper banded butterfly...Mine completely eradicated every single one in my large 280 gallon.... I did not check size of your tank or your parameters etc...Copper bands are a CHALLENGE to even the best reefers so..be well aware of their needs and challenge before you buy one... An alternative is an apatasia eating file fish.... easy to keep..but NOT as effective as the copperband. Best of luck Tim __________________ "My God Reefs are Gorgeous!" Current Tank Info: 25 gallon reef

09/25/2016, 08:26 AM	#7
Sohal Tang Tim Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Collingwood , ON, Canada Posts: 928	I put two nudis in my large reef one time..never saw them again....something made snack out of them I suspect... have you ever used them and had luck with them Mikereef1 Yes? __________________ "My God Reefs are Gorgeous!" Current Tank Info: 25 gallon reef

09/25/2016, 07:46 PM	#9
jason2459 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Iowa Posts: 9,671	Not having any light will do nothing to aiptasia. I have plenty in my non-light sump. Squirting things at them will just tick them off and pop up little ones from pieces left over. It can help but having something to eat those little clones is what will be needed to really finish them off. __________________ rebuild and recovery log: No more red house, you'll have to click on my name and visit my homepage! You can check out my parameters at reeftronics dot net website and look for my username. Current Tank Info: 180g mixed reef w/ a beananimal overflow to a dolomite RRUGF. \| 20g long G. Smithii Mantis Tank

09/25/2016, 08:28 PM	#11
FirstContact Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Glenn Dale, MD Posts: 1,613	Take all the rock out and let the aiptaisia die. Maybe bleach the rock, and return to tank when done. __________________ 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

09/24/2016, 11:55 PM	#2
SeaCucumberFan Moved On Join Date: May 2016 Location: Sleman, Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia Posts: 858	Berghias, kalk paste, lemon juice, filefish, Aiptasia X... Dr. Holothuria's 3 step guide to killing Aiptasia, 100%! 1. Take rock out 2. Set it out in the sun for a week 3. The aiptasia is dead

09/25/2016, 02:27 AM	#3
Grimreaperz Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: British Columbia Posts: 518	yeah I have a couple aptasia. Pretty small. I put super glue over one but it found a hole.....I have heard boiling water and lemon juice work. I will just be getting aptasia X next time im at the LFS. have some brown palythoas that came on my rock that are spreading worse then the Aptasia.

09/25/2016, 04:15 AM	#4
jake87 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 17	I had a lot of them. Two peps ate them within two weeks but they then ate my torch and trachy. They're still in the tank but now eat tank food

09/25/2016, 08:00 AM	#6
Mikereef1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 11	Nudibranchs are the one exspensive but nothing comes close to them Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk

09/25/2016, 10:48 AM	#8
LED Jack Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Evansville, Indiana Posts: 152	A combination of Joes Juice (kalk paste) and no light would work well since you do not have any livestock yet.

09/26/2016, 04:44 AM	#12
Grayhead Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 581	Matted file fish did the trick for my. My old set up had them in the sump and overflow, but the display was clear. He also made short work of my palys and zoa's. __________________ 240 Gallon mixed reef, Apex Controlled Radion gen4 pro/T-5 hybrid combo, TBS Liverock Lifereef sump, skimmer, and Fuge 2- MP 40, 1- Vectra M1 return pump, Build thread below http:

09/26/2016, 08:21 AM	#13
fishgate Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Damascus, MD Posts: 3,340	I think the only reason you would consciously put Aiptasia in a tank is if you have never seen an Aiptasia infestation. __________________ 125RR in-wall, 40B Sump, CS180 BM Skimmer, ATI 4x80 watt, eheim 1262, custom wrap around rock wall, ReefKeeper Elite 120g in-wall, 40B Sump, PC 54wx4, Jabao DC-6000 (full siphon), future seahorse t Current Tank Info: 125g, 120g, 2x40b sumps, ATI 4x80 T5HO

09/26/2016, 09:03 AM	#14
sde1500 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Glocester, RI Posts: 3,336	You just put the rock in yesterday? Take it back out and burn them off. They make satisfying little pops and sizzles when you take a lighter to them __________________ My build thread: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2548422 Current Tank Info: 65 gallon mixed reef, Eshopps sump and HOB overflow, RO-110int skimmer, Reefbreeder 32" photons V1.

09/26/2016, 10:22 AM	#15
thompson2224 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Kissimmee, FL Posts: 604	Is there anyway to kill them without putting livestock in to kill it or without killing the live rock?

09/26/2016, 11:22 AM	#17
sde1500 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Glocester, RI Posts: 3,336	Spot killing it won't kill the live rock. __________________ My build thread: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2548422 Current Tank Info: 65 gallon mixed reef, Eshopps sump and HOB overflow, RO-110int skimmer, Reefbreeder 32" photons V1.

09/26/2016, 11:33 AM	#18
Sohal Tang Tim Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Collingwood , ON, Canada Posts: 928	easy Aptasia is easy you just have to be relentless...every day you go in and squirt every single animal...the next day youDO IT AGAIN...repeat until they are all dead...it takes a week or two at nailing every day! done.. easy... at least easier then some algae problems I can tell ya. Tim __________________ "My God Reefs are Gorgeous!" Current Tank Info: 25 gallon reef