please, help me to get rid of aiptasia
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well with that many apstasia, i would think berghia would have been the best option. they reproduce and start a colony, and die down after they start to deplete the aptasia. i know they are expensive, but if water quality is decent and they are acclimmated correctly, i think they are the best solution. if a tank only had a few aptasia i think peppermint shrimp can work.
If Peppermint shrimp won't survive how about a CopperBand Butterfly fish. They eat Aiptasia too.
I heard very good things about Joe's Juice so I'm surprised that it didn't work. I use concetrated lemon/lime juice and a hypodermic needle. Killed 90% on the first try. One of the survivors seems to love it though.
Some guys swear by boiling water which is the safest.
I read that plucking them off is the WORST thing you can do and will result in the spawning of many, many more. Aiptasia are asexual and are capable of pod-fracture-reproduction. A broken pod will produce several new Aiptasia where there was only one.
I heard very good things about Joe's Juice so I'm surprised that it didn't work. I use concetrated lemon/lime juice and a hypodermic needle. Killed 90% on the first try. One of the survivors seems to love it though.
Some guys swear by boiling water which is the safest.
I read that plucking them off is the WORST thing you can do and will result in the spawning of many, many more. Aiptasia are asexual and are capable of pod-fracture-reproduction. A broken pod will produce several new Aiptasia where there was only one.
I know of 3 ways that have worked for me:
Inject with boiling water
inject with a kalkwasser paste
Peppermint shrimp
I still like the peppermint shrimp route. Check your water parms and make sure you acclimate them for a long period of time putting a little tank water in their bag every 15 minutes. I didn't see what other livestock you had though as maybe something is going after them. Do not feed them so you force them to eat the aiptasia.
Inject with boiling water
inject with a kalkwasser paste
Peppermint shrimp
I still like the peppermint shrimp route. Check your water parms and make sure you acclimate them for a long period of time putting a little tank water in their bag every 15 minutes. I didn't see what other livestock you had though as maybe something is going after them. Do not feed them so you force them to eat the aiptasia.