Aiptasia???

[sergiotami]

Whats the best way to get rid of them in a reef tank???

[Dean]

I have tried Joe's Juice. It kills them every now and then but they usually pop back up. The most effective way that I have found was peppermint shrimp but you have to be careful with them. I have heard and read that some will munch soft coral polyps. I haven't had problem with mine eating any coral yet though. I have peppermints in both my mixed reef tank and softie tank and have had no issues. They did eradicate all aptasia from both tanks though.

My suggestion is peppermint shrimp.

[sergiotami]

I've tried peppermint shrimp in the past, they'er kinda hit and miss.... In my first tank I used a camel shrimp and it was awesome, problem was I caught it munching on my rose anemone... I was reading on File fish, but they'r risky as well....

[Dean]

The peppermints I have are wild caught. Not sure if that makes a difference but it may. Never tried filefish but heard pretty much the same as peppermints as you said. There was someone on Maast a while back that had one they were looking to pass to the next aphasia victim. Maybe they will see this thread.

[rwells576]

Might try a copperband butterfly. I have had them for years with no issues

[sergiotami]

Copperband butterfly fish? Are they reef safe, read they can be kinda ify?

Anyone ever try Berghia Nudibranchs?

[CoryDude]

Berghia nudibranches if you can find them.

[Dkray944]

I've got a copperband butterfly in my reef tank and haven't had issues with aiptasia since. The main thing you'll say goodbye to is feather dusters. Other than that I haven't really had any issues I'm aware of.

[alton]

Berghia nudibranches if you can find them.

Adults are the best if you can find them, if you have wrasses or aggressive dragonets they will eat them. The biggest issue is getting them to lay eggs which multiplies your numbers quickly. When I have ordered them I normally order 3 and it can take up to 8 months. What people don't realize for every one you see there are 3 more hiding in and under your rock. Berghia's will tend to eat those first before getting brave at night to take on the ones in the open. If you had the patience you could set up a QT tank and place aptasia rock into this tank and as the Berghia grew and raised more you could transfer them to your display with a pipette.
Copperbands have a tendency to be a hit or miss just like shrimp. Of the three I have had the one I currently still have eats them. Although I have them sometimes in my overflows or sump, I have never seen one in my display in ten years I have had him, the other two never touched them.
Peppermints I tried once, they cleaned up the tank and then started picking on other corals so I took them out and after a few months and the aptaisa came back.
Just like bubble algae or other pest it becomes a daily routine of seeing one and zapping it with Aptasia X or something else.

[sergiotami]

So if I get rid of my pain in butt six line wrasse I should be go orderingBerghia nudibranches? I like the copperband butterfly, but I have lot of nice zoa's and spa, should I risk it? I use Aptaisia X, my tank is 36" deep, kinda hard to get to them....

[alton]

Feather dusters is the only thing he bothered in 10 years. Remember in saltwater there are no guarantees? I remember selling a Purple Tang to TT so they could sell it to Sean E. to put in his reef tank years ago, and before they could get it back out it ate $200 worth of coral.

[sealmeister]

+1 on aptaisia X


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[OrionN]

CBB almost always eat aptasia but they are hard to feed. You can get them to eat frozen table clams, but this can be costly at about 4 dollars per dozen. If a small tank, they often stave to death unless you feed frozen food at least 2 times a day and have to feed enough so that they can get their share. CBB feed slowly and will not get much unless the other fish are full and does not eat any more. I have a large tank and I often feed Nori first then flakes. After all the big eater got their share, then I feed frozen mysis. This way the CBB can get his share without me saturate the tank badly.