Your aiptasia experience/s?

[christyf5]

I have a couple in my tank. Been slowly nuking them with Joes Juice. I do about 2 a week or as I can find them. Its only been a couple of weeks so I don't know about those that have used JJ and had them grow back in greater numbers etc. I'm not sure how fast these things grow so I'm not sure what to expect. I think there are a group hiding in secret in the back of the tank where I can't reach but previously I had a whole (smallish) rock with lots of small ones on it that I just yarded out and put in the sump.

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Never had any. Yet. Knock on wood....

[KrazyKuch]

I am battling aiptasia right now and I found that if you inject the stem with lemon juice that it seems to kill it.....

Lemon juice - $2
Diabetic Needle - $0.99

Getting rid of all the aiptasia - Priceless!!

[mark]

Had tried injecting vinegar, seemed to work but they came back after a few weeks.

After seeing on Canreef, mixed up a little Kalk paste with water from thawing out some mysis then slowly apply paste over them with a syringe.

Little buggers eat the stuff and die right out (been months). For the few that I couldn't reach, got a couple of peppermint shrimp and they took care of them.

[fortheloveofcrabs]

I was lucky. I've only had about six ever and boiling water and a needle cooked 'em up real good.

[kwirky]

yeah i'm getting some peppermint shrimp today. If they don't work after a bit, I'm going to try to get my hands on some sodium hydroxide. heard it's the best way to deal with them. just all the places in the city want to sell 20L worth in one shot ($150 worth) when a litre's a lifetime supply for aiptasia nuking lol.

[untamed]

I'm unable to answer the poll because it seems to be assuming that Aiptasia are, or have been, a problem.

I've had a few in my tank for 3 years now. I notice small ones popping up here and there over the years, but they rarely seem to survive.

To give some idea. I had one large one in my tank two years ago...now I have two. In fact, I haven't seen the second one for a few days now. It may have died.

If it isn't Aiptasia, it is an incredibly indistinguishable close relation. My tank is mainly SPS and I dose Kalk 24/7.

Of note, I also cannot keep Xenia...and have limited success with soft corals. My star polyps survive, but don't thrive. Something in there makes my tank not right for Aiptasia reproduction.

[Scavenger]

Originally Posted by untamed

I'm unable to answer the poll because it seems to be assuming that Aiptasia are, or have been, a problem.

I've had a few in my tank for 3 years now. I notice small ones popping up here and there over the years, but they rarely seem to survive.

To give some idea. I had one large one in my tank two years ago...now I have two. In fact, I haven't seen the second one for a few days now. It may have died.

If it isn't Aiptasia, it is an incredibly indistinguishable close relation. My tank is mainly SPS and I dose Kalk 24/7.

Of note, I also cannot keep Xenia...and have limited success with soft corals. My star polyps survive, but don't thrive. Something in there makes my tank not right for Aiptasia reproduction.

This is my experience almost word for word (Just not SPS dominated or kalk'ed 24/7). I have a very unscientific and unconfirmed theory on this (in my case anyway).

I've seen apstasia once or twice and have killed off both my attempts at keeping xenia. The first "clearance" was when I did a water change in which I hadden't notice the heater had cracked in the mixing tank. The second was after I dropped a screw into the tank that took a couple of weeks to find and remove. (very rusty by then).

I suspect that both species have a very low tolerance to metal or the oxidation of metal. I also use well water run through a Brita for top up and changes. I have no idea of metal content in the water.

I don't know for sure, but I wouldn't hesitate to suspend a screw in a test tank containing apstasia to see if I'm right or not. I just haven't had the time, motivation or apstasia to confirm this.

[BCOrchidGuy]

Had a couple here and there, never a huge problem, knock on wood.

Doug

[DJKoop]

My son had a very bad infestaion of them a couple of months ago. He has a 35 gal. tank and nearly every surface was covered. Rock, overflow, pumps, you name it. He bought a Racoon Butterfly and within a month they were all gone. Now the fish nicely eats flake food and is doing great.