I have had great luck with peppermint shrimp and my butterfly fish. They do not eat the large monsters that were there prior to me bringing them home. I have had the shrimp for 3 months and the butterfly for four. I am just noticing the decline in the aipatsia now so it did take awhile. I do not see any new smaller ones popping out, but the big ones are big and healthy. I cannot do much about them since they are out of reach... I also found zapping them with products available for removing them just make them come back even worse.
My really badly infested rocks were removed and scrubbed off in salt water to remove some of the offending aiptasias as well, and then I did a really quick zap under tap water... I have over 400 pounds of rocks so it did not effect my system with die off and such though. I am not sure if you could get away with the same thing. These rocks were within my reach and were really bad. No more have shown up but my shrimp and butterfly have been taking care of them now...
QUOTE=jsmth321;408356]I know not everyone has luck using peppermint shrimp, but so far they have never failed me.
Worth a try and less work if it works.[/quote]
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