Aiptasia and other corals

[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.

[my2rotties]

My puffer sleeps all day, and parties all night I see see him scanning the rock walls after lights out under the LEDs. He looks like a big huge ghost, eating whatever is slow enough to get within his reach.

Originally Posted by 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.

[JDigital]

There's a reason puffers on considered non-reef safe...