In my reef tank, Aiptasia anemone has been multiplying for some time and has become a severe problem. If you have any bright idea how to control or get rid of it, I will be glad to hear from you.
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Control of Aiptasia enemones in reef tank
In my reef tank, Aiptasia anemone has been multiplying for some time and has become a severe problem. If you have any bright idea how to control or get rid of it, I will be glad to hear from you.
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Peppermint shrimp work IF they decide to. They did in my tank. However, I've seen tanks where they jus sit around an wait for you to feed them. I understand that there's a butterfly fish that will work on them as well. Also, bergia (spelling?} nudibranch will work.
dow
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Hi! Copperbanded butterflies may work, but I know you are trying to keep the fish mostly out of your reef. I had a lot of them on some rock I recently got and was told to get a syringe and inject them with Kalk calcium. It worked wonderfully and took very little time to do.
You didn't use the needles, Josh? That was the fun part!
That sounds easier than the way that I did it! I got a TB syringe (fine guage, long needle) and went to stabbing into the rock in the areas that they were. I paid attention and stabbed in the same place that they withdrew into. (I used the boiled DI/RO water mix.) I do not know if the mix just chased them down the hole or the needle injected it into the bodies, but it was very satisfying to do it with a needle!
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I have found copperbanded butterflys to work the best, hands down. They are also a great addition to any reef.
Tim Marvin
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When I first set up my tank, there were Aptasia. A friend got some pepermint shrimps from the jetti and gave them to me. I put 12 of them in my 450 g tank. They just wipe out the Aptasia population. After sevral months, I trapped them and release them back to the bay. My tank have being Aptasia free eversince. (3.5 years).
Minh Nguyen
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