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Originally Posted by chewie
Nudies are the best option. Pepermint shrimp are hit and miss with eating them. The main reason why is that they normally have other food selections that they will go after before eating aiptasia. I also read in the Marine Reef Aquarium Handbook second edition (page 92) that you can use an elegance coral to sting them. "Lift your elegance coral by its base and press the tentacles against those nasty Aiptasia anemones. One sting from an elegance coral should kill them." (quoted from book).
If i had an elegance coral thats what i would do, i dont so its nudibranchs for me.
Copperbands are difficult as well. First you need to find one, quarantine it, ( flukes is common with them) get it eating and healthy and then hopefully it eats aiptasia and leaves your other corals alone.
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ime nudibranches are more often hit or miss than peps, and personally i wouldnt use a elegance to sting aiptasia for one the aiptasia would more than likely close long before the elegance could get near it and besides that an elegance can get stung easily mine has on numerous occasions and my elegance is going on 20" with about 20 mouths so its def not a weak elegance and one of the largest ive seen in person, elegance have delicate flesh and do not heal fast .....plus not to mention theres something disturbing about using a $200 coral to sting pests.