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![]() Mine didn't eat aiptasia either...
![]() They don't eat algae to my knowledge but will be eating the little bugs and worms from your rock and sand. |
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![]() this really sucks... i bought the copperband to eat the aptasia in the tank and he hasn't eaten one. there's more aptasia and they're getting really big.
what else can i do to get rid of aptasia? should i take back the copperband, and then get the racoon butterfly? i'm not sure when we'll change into a full out reef tank, but i have a feeling that it won't be anytime soon. |
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![]() peppermint shrimp have always worked for me.
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![]() i've heard that peppermint shrimp are less likely to eat aptasia than copperband butterflies, that's why i got the fish and not the shrimp. maybe i should get the shrimp also... that may increase my chances of ridding the tank of aptasia. thanks.
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![]() my copperband died this morning. i'm not sure why. it didn't look like he was eating what i was giving him, but i thought that if he was going to starve himself, then eventually he'd go for the aptasia. i guess he wasn't the type to eat aptasia
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![]() This product has been getting a lot of attention over at Reef Central. Don't know if you can get it here, or have to order direct from the supplier, but I've been thinking about giving it a try.
http://www.joesjuice.com
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![]() Sorry about your copperband butterflyfish. I have never owned one ,but I have read the trick to them is to get them to aclimate and eat . It seems reasonable that a well fed and adjusted butterfly would be motivated to eat aiptasia, after fasting, but aclimate and fatten him up a little first. Once "trained" the word is they are aiptasia eating machines...and then some small polyps, tubeworms,zenia.... etc, depending on the individual fish. The best obligate aiptasia eater is a nudibranch called: Berghia verrucicornis.
here is a couple of sites you might find helpful: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/in...a/aiptasia.htm http://www.wetwebmedia.com/nudifaqs.htm From one rookie to another, John |
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![]() sorry about your CBB I'd love to keep one but I like small polyps, etc and hear they will eat the polyps. For aiptasia I just squirt a bit of white vinegar on them, do it again the next day on what ever bit of stump is left and that's one dead pest.
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![]() Sorry for not being clear, I just use a dispenser from the Sea Chem stuff, a syringe from the drug stor will work as well. I've not seen any thing else bothered by the vinegar, lots of people use Kalk paste with out any trouble too. I just find the vinegar is easy and quick. Just make sure you are as close to the aiptasia as you can get, if it shrinks down into a hole and you can see the hole you can still squirt it but you'll definately need to follow up the next day. Best if you can get a tiny needle and put it right into the pest. Some people say you have to remove the dead aiptasia after you kill it, I never did.
Doug |