Aiptasia and other corals

[Snaz]

I had ONE Aptasia that I sorta watched for 4 months. I finally zapped it with lemon juice and now 2 weeks later I have about a dozen little ones. I should have left well enough alone.

I suspect lemon juice just causes the blighters to spore out on death.

[my2rotties]

I don't really want to add nudibranches since they cause issue of their own and I think my puffer would bite into it. I also have a nem and they eat nems so it won't work out.

I feel like the sorcerer's apprentice from Disney fame. I whack the aiptasia and 50 more show up. Out of all the things I can grow in my system I seem to have a talent at aiptasia.

They are everywhere...

[Captainhemo]

berghi nudis are supossed to ONLY eat aptasia. From what I have read, once the aptasia have been consumed, the nudi's need to be moved to new home or they will starve.

[my2rotties]

The nudis would be so obese from my infestation they would die from that, rather then starvation. Thanks for the tip, and I will look into in further. Hopefully I can find just one. I have hundreds or more of these aiptasia in my tank and everytime I try to kill one, dozens show up in the its place.

Originally Posted by Captainhemo

berghi nudis are supossed to ONLY eat aptasia. From what I have read, once the aptasia have been consumed, the nudi's need to be moved to new home or they will starve.

[lobsterboy]

have you tried Joes juice. you shoot it at them with a syrigne, then syphon them out. the juice is calicum something. it causes them to lift there base a bit, making it easy to syphon out. its about 16 or 17 bucks a bottle.

[my2rotties]

My big problem is that the worst ones are 30" to the bottom and under rocks where I cannot reach them. Even with my long reach I just can't get down far enough.. Taking my rocks out to treat them is not an option either, so I just do my best to ensure corals are not getting stung, but it is getting tougher by the week.

A member said they bought 20 peppermint shrimp and set up a different tank. They would switch rocks out of the display to the shrimp tank, and they solved their problem. I have over 250 pounds of live rock and I just cannot take the bottom pieces out with the worst aiptasia. I wish I could but it would be impossible. This is one of the main reasons I am trying to rehome my puffer, since he eats anything beneficial to my tank.

Originally Posted by lobsterboy

have you tried Joes juice. you shoot it at them with a syrigne, then syphon them out. the juice is calicum something. it causes them to lift there base a bit, making it easy to syphon out. its about 16 or 17 bucks a bottle.

[lobsterboy]

i guess you after you rehome your puffer, you could go with the P-shrimp.

[reef bound]

Regarding the peppermint shrimp idea, mine hides all day long and only comes out at night. I wonder if your puffer would still get them? (but you've probably already tried, right, and I missed that part). I have a sneaky niger trigger that I keep worrying about with my shrimps and things, but so far so good.