Aiptasia anemone problem early on (1 Viewer)

[G-reef]

hello all... I have a good friend that is having a problem with Aiptasia anemone...im guessing someone has dealt with these pest and can help me ,help him get rid of them...they are small and about three of them we can find...can he just remove the frag that they are on and be done with it ...or does it go beyond that...HELP... thanks

 

[gm357]

Filefish or copperband butterfly. Downside, copperband will probably starve once eradicated and the filefish will eradicate your zoa colonies pretty quickly. Both are fairly easy to net though. If you see 3, you have 6. Good luck.


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[G-reef]

thanks
................................I hope this works....

 

[Reefahholic]

Lasar therapy!

http://youtu.be/Cbk7mA5PuAQ

 

[G-reef]

where can I get one of those lasers...lol.....and some aiptasia...to kill... maybe ill start an aiptasia ..removal service to get my money for the laser back...thanks

 

[webster1234]

I think peppermint shrimp will eat them

 

[Reefahholic]

A guy on RC named Ron Reefman I believe had a bad ********* laser. Better than any I had ever seen. If you want a real laser, contact Ron!

a real aiptasia laser - Reef Central Online Community

 

[Jason]

I didn't have good luck with file fish. He ate the aptasia then my torch coral and snails. Later on the aptasia grew back anyway. Joes juice worked better for me.

 

[DaAznGuy]

Peppermint shrimp usually works pretty well. Make sure you are buying real peppermint and not the camal back shrimp.

 

[BigRick]

6/6 with berghia nudis. Expensive but never has one come back

 

[Bakapuma]

peppermint shrimp collected locally in Galveston will do the trick.

 

[OceansX]

If you have them on a frag, I recommend taking out the frag and using a dry cloth or tissue,
and a screwdriver to rub it off. Try to get every bit. Tiny left over pieces will regrow.

If they recede into a small hole, you can epoxy the hole closed. (Jeff Dean told me that trick.)
Seal the hole well. They will sneak out of tiny cracks.

Good luck. I'm dealing with an infestation myself

 

[BigRick]

Berghia just wiped out around 300 aips in a 40 tank in 1 month for me.

 

[cacarnold3]

Rick, Where did you get your Berghia?

 

[dark8nge1]

Berghia just wiped out around 300 aips in a 40 tank in 1 month for me.

If you have any left maybe we can "bank" a few

 

[inigomontoya]

Berghia made a really expensive treat for my wrasses in my case

Filefish did the trick, haven't seen him pick on anything else yet...

 

[GenSkiR6]

I squirt the aiptasia with boiling rodi water using a children's medicine dropper a cpl times and then suck them up into the dropper. Or I just glue over them like said before, put some GSP next to it and it grows over the glue.

 

[G-reef]

thanks to all of you ...............advise well used..... I keep telling everyone I know ...marsh is the .......... well u know...thanks guys

 

[Midwinter]

I just squirt them with some Kalk. My filefish not doing the job ='(