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I have aiptasia inside my refugium and I have been putting chemicals to get rid of them, but they still keep appearing. Any thoughts on how to remove them now? None have made it to the main tank thankfully. If needed to, I will get rid of the whole batch of chaeto.
 
I have aiptasia inside my refugium and I have been putting chemicals to get rid of them, but they still keep appearing. Any thoughts on how to remove them now? None have made it to the main tank thankfully. If needed to, I will get rid of the whole batch of chaeto.
What chemicals are you using?

I would use berghia since it’s in just the fuge
 
Bumping this as I'd also appreciate some suggestions.

My Aiptasia are in the main DT... currently there's about 3-4 of what I'd consider larger ones.

Previously I employed the services of a lovely Copperband but I think it was attacked at some point by one of my tangs and killed. This fish looked amazing and did a great job of eliminating a bunch but clearly some survived and have started to make a come back.

Options I've considered;

Another CBB - Risky as they're finicky to settle, plus the tang/s may cause trouble again (I think namely the Tomini as that was the only one I saw chase the previous).
Peppermint Shrimp - may be too small for the size of these ones unless they'll chew them down gradually. Plus risky as I have a flame hawkfish so likely to end up as dinner.
Filefish - this was initially something I was interested in adding after the CBB died but I've been reading that they can be a nightmare when it comes to corals as well... I already have a hard enough time keeping corals as 2-3 of my fish have taken interest in eating them... therefore LPS are currently out and whilst softies seem mostly okay, there's been a few issues with some of those also.
Australian Stripey - As above, pretty much similar to the filefish. Seems like they could go for corals as well.
Berghia - I've not really seen these for sale, nor do I think they would do much? Plus I expect the hermit crabs in the tank might just munch on these too?

Manual removal using aiptasia x or equivalent- not really interested in this. I feel like they're too big to target this way and in a few awkward spots to get to.

Any other suggestions/recommendations or advice based on previous experiences with some of the above mentioned fish etc. ?
 
My peppermint shrimp decimated all the aiptasia and if it came back I never saw it! Bonus is that it eats everything your fish eat so you won’t lose it when the aiptasia are gone!
 

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