Aiptasia eating nudibranches

[drcole]

Anyone use these guys to get rid of Aiptasia?

 

[WV Reefer]

Anyone use these guys to get rid of Aiptasia?

Yes! They are awesome when you have a lot of Aiptasia.

 

[drcole]

What’s considered a lot?

 

[WV Reefer]

What’s considered a lot?

More than one? lol :)

The thing is, without the Aiptasia they starve to death. You have to decide is it worth it for the little guys.

 

[Dana Riddle]

We bred Berghia nudibranchs on a commercial basis back in the late 90s. The real problem was supplying enough Aiptasia as food to the brood stock and hatchlings. Just a couple of observations - extremely large Aiptasia are relatively unaffected by the nudis. We speculated that the larger anemones had a tougher hide to penetrate. Add Berghia carefully - hungry fishes will try to gobble them down if they are introduced in light and allowed to sink to the bottom - we suggested that they be added in darkness. We bred them in quart jars. The spiral egg cases float and can be transferred to a sterilized quart jar. Daily water changes are necessary, in my opinion.