Aiptasia -whatever it takes

[SoLiD]

I was going to suggest the kalk slurry. I've had a few show up so I've been hitting them with a kalk paste. I may even invest in one of those zappers Josh had.

Josh actually built that zapper. It was pretty effective and satisfying at the same time. What about this little guy. I have no knowledge about them, but maybe someone else does.

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Matted Filefish

[CoryDude]

But, what would they eat after the aptasia are gone?

[kkiel02]

I was thinking of getting some nudis but I thought you had tried them? Did yours get eaten or die off?

[StevenSeas]

That matted aka aiptasia eating file is what I used to get my 100+ in my 29 biocube gone. He ate them all within a week, and during that time however I drastically cut back my fish feeding habits so he would be forced to scavenge and pick at the rock work. I think that IA something that is overlooked often times is feeding fish or shrimp when you want them to erradicate a pest. The frozen we feed is just so much easier to get then having to work for it. Its like the drive thru at Mickey D's versus hunting and gathering food, one is much faster and easier... one is much harder bit natural.

Anyways I loved the job my Guy did.

[BSJF]

The problem I had in getting rid of mine is that I can't reach all the places that they were. They were all over the rock, in the overflow and the sump. Unless you get them all they will continue to spread. Fortunately, introducing several peppermint shrimp combined with the kalk treatment did the trick for me. And yes, kalk them every day until you haven't seen any for a while. The peps are pretty good at getting rid of those little tiny ones that are impossible to see and all the others that you can't reach. I kalk all the others so that they focus on those.