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Aiptasia in my tank - How to get rid of it?
I just noticed one of these guys hitchhiked onto a frag I recently purchased. I heard that they cause issues in reef tanks with fish.
My problem is I can't seem to grab the thing because it shrinks in between a crevis in the rock before I can attempt to grab it. It also isn't very big. Any tips/ideas on capturing it? It is on the left of the rock..small lil fella. Attachment 5432 |
They are a pain as they multiply.:twised:
Inject with kalk paste or lemon juice. That or Peppermint shrimp, file fish will eat them. |
Your choice:
1. Paste...works when you can hit them... 2. Berghi...works but you have to have 3/ gallon 3. Butterfly fish....maybe works...doesn't have a long shelf life 4. Shrimp......works when you have 1/ 5gal... 5. Hack/slice and dice...works if you want more of them 6. Take you frag out of the tank and carefully apply hot water to the aiptasia |
I used four Peppermint shrimps to get rid of the Aiptasia in my tank which I had hundreds of them, which came from LR that I pick up from a tank shut down.
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I have found that a syringe and sharp needle with lemon juice works well. Stab it into the crevice right around the center of the little bugger is and give it a couple of squirts. 100% success rate for me so far but maybe I'm just lucky.
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where would you get something like that:neutral:
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:laluot_26: Worked every time for me AND I didn't have to manually inject/scrape/remove etc. said aiptasia. |
Have 2 shrimp in my overflow and they are cleaning the problem up nicely...once they are done they will be move to the main display area to be preventative maintenance.
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