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How do you get rid of Aptasia?
Hi I have some aptasia anenomes and I am having trouble getting rid of them. They are on a rock with coral so I can't remove the rock and I have tried injecting them with Lemon juice, but still they survive. Any one have some other methods to remove them from a reef tank?
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I had the same problem, and have it just about under control now??? but I started with Joes Juice , some say Kalkwasser is the same and a CBB. I liked the Joes juice as it seemed to kill on the fist try, or maybe I was just lucky, but the copper band seems to be keeping any new ones in control.
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Copperbands are hit and miss. I lucked out and got one that eats Aiptasia, but also eats my Spaghetti worms, Brittle Stars and Featherdusters. You might also want to try a few Peppermint Shrimp. They sure helped out in my tank.
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I have a pair of peppermint shrimp in my zoa/shroom tank and they are probably the only animals in my aquariums that actually earn their keep. They even take on the large ones :mrgreen:
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I forgot to mention that pepermint shrimps are out as I have a picasso, blue linned and clown trigger. Maybe I'll try a copperband but I am worried they will eat my corals.
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just a thought.
My peppermint shrimp loves aptasia...........maybe you could lend the rock to a someone close by with a peppermint shrimp or two..for cleaning and to give their shrimp a treat....aptasia lasts in my tank only a day or two
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Sorry to change the topic but I have been wondering if Picasso triggers can be in reef tanks? Have you ever had any trouble with him picking at corals or do the picassos just kill snails/shrimp/hermits? Also what kind of corals do you mainly have? Has he killed any corals before? Again sorry for changing the subject just wondering though. |
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Having said that....maybe the corals mentioned above are zoo's. As for the Aiptasia....may I suggest doing a search on this topic :wink:. There's got to be I don't know how many threads on this. Heck, there was two just last week. JMO. Cheers, |
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