Aiptasia Eating peppermint shrimp

[Crystal08]

I’m seeing some mixed answers on which kind of peppermint shrimp eat Aiptasia. Please let me know what kind is the best and won’t mess other corals and anemones. Thanks

 

[lapin]

L. wurdemanni will eat them most times. I would get a lot of them. If the aiptasia are large they might not eat them.
Berghia verrucicornis, is your other option. It will take them awhile to grow in large enough numbers to eliminate them. They will usually feed at night.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Do you have Aiptasia in your aquarium?
I had a peppermint just for looks but it ate my new mushroom so I removed it

 

[Crystal08]

L. wurdemanni will eat them most times. I would get a lot of them. If the aiptasia are large they might not eat them.
Berghia verrucicornis, is your other option. It will take them awhile to grow in large enough numbers to eliminate them. They will usually feed at night.

Right now I only see one small baby aiptasia but I understand there’s probably more. We had one on a rock but removed the rock completely. Now we see another tiny one on a shell. I have soft corals, a rock flower anemone and a bubble tip anemone. I don’t want to get anything that will eat them or hurt them.

 

[Crystal08]

Do you have Aiptasia in your aquarium?
I had a peppermint just for looks but it ate my new mushroom so I removed it

Yes one small one is all I can see right now. I don’t want to get peppermint shrimp if they will eat my soft corals or anemones

 

[lapin]

The shrimp might steal food. Maybe the nudi's are a better option.

 

[Crystal08]

The shrimp might steal food. Maybe the nudi's are a better option.

Will the nudis die after? Do they eat anything else?

 

[Dburr1014]

Shrimp have been reported to sometimes eat coral.

One aptasia, can the rock be removed?
Remove and squirt lemon juice on it and rinse well in bowl with tank water. Dump the water and rinse again, then put it back in tank.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

I brought this mushroom and found aiptasia inside, first thing I did was cut all off, first time I brought a coral frag with unwanted on it, I did this outside of my aquriam as they can spread/grow fast apparently
If you can remove without cutting or disturbing actual aiptasia growth, I would remove asap

 

[Dburr1014]

Will the nudis die after? Do they eat anything else?

Nudies only eat aptaisia then they die.
Problem with that is if you have a few more aptasia and you don't see them. Nudies may or may not find them all. Nudies work best with a tank full of aptaisia.

 

[USCfan]

I never had luck with them over many many years. i still would buy them when on sale at LFS because they swim around the tank at night .

I got the captive grown filefish and he wipe them out in a weekend. It a cool fish too and that is why i first got him. But I'm pretty sure he also wiped out my pods and bristle worms. I farm pod so it's not that big of a deal but there's a lot less in my tank.

 

[Crystal08]

I brought this mushroom and found aiptasia inside, first thing I did was cut all off, first time I brought a coral frag with unwanted on it, I did this outside of my aquriam as they can spread/grow fast apparently
If you can remove without cutting or disturbing actual aiptasia growth, I would remove asap

I’m going to take the clam shell out and try to kill it outside the tank I guess.

 

[Crystal08]

Nudies only eat aptaisia then they die.
Problem with that is if you have a few more aptasia and you don't see them. Nudies may or may not find them all. Nudies work best with a tank full of aptaisia.

Aww that kinda makes me sad then buying them

 

[Crystal08]

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Shrimp have been reported to sometimes eat coral.

One aptasia, can the rock be removed?
Remove and squirt lemon juice on it and rinse well in bowl with tank water. Dump the water and rinse again, then put it back in tank.

Yes I can remove the clam shell I saw it on. I’m going to take that advice for sure and try to kill it outside the tank, thanks

 

[Crystal08]

I never had luck with them over many many years. i still would buy them when on sale at LFS because they swim around the tank at night .

I got the captive grown filefish and he wipe them out in a weekend. It a cool fish too and that is why i first got him. But I'm pretty sure he also wiped out my pods and bristle worms. I farm pod so it's not that big of a deal but there's a lot less in my tank.

I’m buying the pods so that will add up for sure. This hobby is hard lol

 

[Rick's Reviews]

I’m going to take the clam shell out and try to kill it outside the tank I guess.

Yes in my opinion just remove as much as possible.
when I found this aiptasia in my new frag, I researched heavily.., without going into too much detail and what worried me the most was...
These can multiply from a single cell meaning, if it gets cut, brushed or damaged in any way, these single floating cells will grow into a new form

 

[edd59]

you can kill the ones you see in the tank by spraying
them with vinegar in a hyperdermic needle. i put 6 peppermints in and never seen them again. put 10 nudies and their cleaning it up very slowly. i have a lot

 

[Dburr1014]

If the clam is already attached to a rock you may not be able to take it out unless it's on a clam hammock.

 

[I never finish anythi]

I'd just pull that frag out and stick glue over it .

 

[thereeferprincess]

I’m seeing some mixed answers on which kind of peppermint shrimp eat Aiptasia. Please let me know what kind is the best and won’t mess other corals and anemones. Thanks

I used Aiptasia X before it worked wonders for me just follow the instructions and its reef safe