Can't stand it any more
 

I have an uncontrollable amount of Aptasia in my tank. I'm j.j. everyday but there is a large number were I just can't reach.
I'm thinking about a Copperbanded Butterfly but.....
I have a 75G Tank that currently has a white Faced Surgeon (Acanthurus japonicus) 3 Chromis, a Mandarin dragonet, and Bi colour Blenny. So I have already jammed my tank full of fish. Could I add a small Copper Banded or would that just be wrong.

Thanks for the advise
Jason

What about peppermint shrimp?? Get rid of what you can and let the shrimp handle the rest.

Re: Can't stand it any more
 

IMO, you could add a small CBB, but do remember they get to be 8" in length, so you'd either have to find it a new home at some point, or eventually upgrade to a VERY large tank. Also, the CBB will eat other corals in your tank depending on what corals you keep.

Id go for the peppermint shrimp, Ive had good sucess. I had atleast 100 aptasia. I tried boiling water on them with a turkey baster, but all that did was create a bunch of baby aptasia.
One pepermint took care of them all, but it did take a month or two for him to find them all.

Juice the big ones, pepermints will take care of the rest. My brother had about 300 of those things and 2 peppermints ate them all!!

I've put about 10 Peppermint shrimp in my tank over the years and must have only had the non-aptasia eating shrimp :) but I think I will try again, I'm a little concerned about introducing another fish to my tank. Especially one that may out grow my tank before I can upgrade.

Thanks for the input

Jason

Has anyone found Berghia verrucicornis nudibranchs in Canada? Aiptasia spp. anemones are their preferred entrée.

ask jack for my copperband butterfly its proven to eat only feather dusters and aptaisa

Hey Jesse he's too big from Jack's tank LOL

I thought you were getting that back or have you started renting it out. I'll take it for 3 weeks if you put it in and then try and get it out. Will pay top $$$ :)


Jason

Re: Can't stand it any more
 

I have soft corals, LPS and SPS and my CBB does not touch any of them :cool: