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Old 04-15-2015, 05:25 PM
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I think he meant Pearlscale Butterflyfish.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...84&pcatid=3284

I am curious too? Are they reef safe?
Mine are, but you have to train them properly in the QT tank. I have talked about this before, and you can look at my journal link below. Went from tank and rocks totally infested with hundreds of aiptasia to nothing. Have a few in my overflow and sump, but they don't survive in my DT's. Have had one Pearlscale in each of my tanks, along with all kinds of SPS, LPS and softies for almost 5 years now. Best fish I ever had... Tried Copperbands before, but they are not nearly as good as these.
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Thanks for all the tips and suggestions. As someone pointed out, I could have just googled this, and have extensively, but there is so much contrasting info available and it was nice to hear what has worked for people.

I think I will just try to change my attitude towards aptasia. It seems like it is just something that I will have to occasionally deal with and shouldn't stress about it. I don't think my tank is big enough for most options (60 gallons) and if it gets out of hand I will look into nudibranches or something. Maybe I'll try another peppermint shrimp.

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Thanks for all the tips and suggestions. As someone pointed out, I could have just googled this, and have extensively, but there is so much contrasting info available and it was nice to hear what has worked for people.

I think I will just try to change my attitude towards aptasia. It seems like it is just something that I will have to occasionally deal with and shouldn't stress about it. I don't think my tank is big enough for most options (60 gallons) and if it gets out of hand I will look into nudibranches or something. Maybe I'll try another peppermint shrimp.

Thanks everyone.
The issue is that you can kill every single aiptasia anemone you see, but there will be many more in cracks, crevices and such that you just can't get with a laser or syringe.

Every aiptasia infestation is different, some worse and some fairly benign.

You should look at getting a couple of peppermint shrimp, then focus on doing as much manual removal as you can with whatever method you like.

eventually, you will win the war.
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