Aptasia Issue

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you normally won't see berghia-except at night.if you see any egg coils -that means they are reproducing.it also depends on how many berghia you put in the tank.it is recommended 6-8 berghia for a normal infestation per 100 gallons-more if you have a forest.it also matters how you place them in the tank.aptasia will eat berghia if they fall into the arms.i tell everyone after acclimation,to put them in a shot glass and sink it and let them crawl out on their own.it also takes 3 months for a egg to reach 5/8" adult.the berghia will also go after smaller aptasia first before eating the larger ones.i have put 20-30 medium aptasia in my breeding tanks at night,and they are gone by morning .(40-60 berghia)the berghia do more noticeable aptasia cleaning if they are kept in a group as they swarm the aptasia colonies. dispersing individual berghia around the tank will not only produce slower results-they can't mate and lay fertile eggs which will produce the swarms.once you start seeing the egg coils-in about 10 days they will hatch,in a month tiny berghia about 1/8" will start decimating the aptasia.it doesn't happen overnight and could take 3-6 months to get rid of the aptasia-but it will be all gone with nothing left for the aptasia to reproduce