Aptasia Help

[BMahura]

So after transferring tanks i have seen way to much aptasia for my liking. I have never had much success with peppermint shrimp and im not to sure where i should go from here. i want to get this problem under control before it gets to bad.
What are some suggestions that you guys might have?
Thanks in advanced

[Corbin]

The cute little slugs?
http://www.seaslugforum.net/bergverraq.htm
Berghia verrucicornis (its proper latin name, Aeolidiella stephanieae??)

i just got some peppermints to see if they will handle the couple ive noticed popping up

[BMahura]

I have been thinking about berghia nudibranchs but im afraid that my tank is not stable or mature enough for them as im just working on stabilizing my tank. Has anybody had success with these little guys?

[reefwars]

unless your system is small and you want to set up a breeding tank for them nudis imo are a waste of time and money. either lemon juice the ones you can or use kalk or buy a matted filefish, their hardy and eat frozen or flake/pekllet, they can nip at some corals mainly lps and zoanthids but theres ones that dont touch a thing.in a matter of a couple weeks they can clean your whole tank up and then afterwards they make a unique addition to your system

peppermints will work most of the time but theres strength in numbers so you need a few of them and they do a better job in tanks that theres not an overabundance of available food.....why go for kraft dinner when steak is served 3 times a day right

butterflys are hard to keep

electricity is always fun if your not dealing with plague proportions

[BMahura]

I think im going to pick up 3 or 4 pepperments in the next few days to see if that will help. i currently have mostly lps and zoas so i dont think a filefish would do any good to me. I dont want to take a risk though.
Would you suggest target feeding my fish then once i put the pepperments in?

[reeferious]

don't know if seagrass equates to matted file fish. have seagrass file fish in my tanks that chow down on aptassias and mojanos and don't touch any lps, sps etc and when these are under control they're just as quick to go for any meaty food i feed my tanks with.

[BMahura]

I was thinking about posting something for anybody who has an old zapper. I have also seen a couple DIY Zappers. I was just unsure if they worked or not

[Aquarium_Medics]

Actual Paul Baldassano, who has a patent pending, has produced his Apitaser. You can purchase them through this retailer and it's the only one i know of.

http://tropicalreefcorals.com/produc...id_product=155

[The Grizz]

No Canadian shipping yet from what I can tell.

[Aquarium_Medics]

they ship to Europe, so I would think they would ship to Canada.