aiptasia

[reefme]

I have 280 gallons tank. I only see 5 aiptasia for now.( one grand mother, one daddy, one mommy, one guy, and one girl). So how many berghias do I need?

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by reefme

I have 280 gallons tank. I only see 5 aiptasia for now.( one grand mother, one daddy, one mommy, one guy, and one girl). So how many berghias do I need?

is your tank a reef or FO?.......that is a pretty big tank for berghias.....I tried 10 in a 260g....never saw them again and still had aiptasia (but I have wrasses).....the thing that finally ended up working for me was a matted filefish......all other fish in the tank ignored the filefish.....only problem with filefish is they are prone to nipping at corals (mostly zoanthids and meatier LPS)

[Proteus]

Kevin the big matted filefish at ma would look great in that tank. Lol

[reefme]

Fish only tank. OK I will give a matted filefish a try.

[daniella3d]

I would not use berghias in your case because the tank is too large and you have too few aiptasia to support a population of berghias, so they would not thrive.

I would use a product and nuke them right away before they spread.

Originally Posted by reefme

I have 280 gallons tank. I only see 5 aiptasia for now.( one grand mother, one daddy, one mommy, one guy, and one girl). So how many berghias do I need?

[mrhasan]

I think peppermint shrimp would be a better choice than bergia since they will starve once you have no more aptasia. Be aware, the non-reef safe camel shrimp looks almost identical to p. shrimp!