Your aiptasia experience/s?

[Finaddict]

I had a bout 20 or some came on some live rocks, got 2 peppermints and i two week they have all disapeered evn large ones.
I also recently added some joe juice to a few that were on a coral.
so far so good!

fyi , red coral has lots of peppeermint in right now!

[Cam]

I have two peppermint shrimp that took care of my aiptasia but cant keep them because im adding a picaso soon that will eat them. If someone has an aiptasia problem in edmonton and wants to buy them pm me.
Thanks
Cam

[BMW Rider]

I keep a couple of peppermint shrimp, they keep the aptasia under control. I do have a patch of mojanos that I need to nuke though.

[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.