Aiptasia in overflow

[Gtinnel]

As much as I have tried to avoid aiptasia I have recently found a few in my tank. The problem is that there are a couple in overflow. My tank is the standard 125g rimmed tank with corner overflows and I can't reach them. Is there any way to kill them if I can't get my hand down there?

 

[vetteguy53081]

As much as I have tried to avoid aiptasia I have recently found a few in my tank. The problem is that there are a couple in overflow. My tank is the standard 125g rimmed tank with corner overflows and I can't reach them. Is there any way to kill them if I can't get my hand down there?

Shut down pump and take a plastic putty knife and scrape off at the base into a small 2" net and discard

 

[BeMoto]

Stop the flow and shop vac all the water out of overflow. Premix citric acid and water in a bucket. Fill your overflow up with the citric acid mix, don't fill past the drain. Let that sit awhile. Shop vac the citric acid out and rinse the overflow out with water, shop vac the water again.

 

[mdb_talon]

 

[Tony the Fish]

Peppermint in action

 

[Gtinnel]

Peppermint in action

I was looking into getting peppermint shrimp but I'm worried that they will eat my lps. I've found where I can get captive bred Lysmata boggessi which from what I understand are one of the safest species.

Do you know what species yours are and have you had any issues with them eating corals, assuming you have some in your display tank also.

 

[305]

Scrape em?? Pour citric in my overflow?? Yea negative
i have two resident peppermints in my overflow… they even breed in there
Your welcome!

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Scrape em if u can safely do so and keep em mostly intact lol.
D

 

[waynel]

Scrape em?? Pour citric in my overflow?? Yea negative
i have two resident peppermints in my overflow… they even breed in there
Your welcome!

how do you keep them from getting sucked on down into your sump?

 

[Chrisv.]

Put burghia everywhere. They work extremely well.

 

[vic5hands]

I found out by covering my overflow's there is no light and the aiptasia disappeared

 

[billyocean]

I found out by covering my overflow's there is no light and the aiptasia disappeared

If this works you could just buy some plexiglass or acrylic, cut to size and spray paint black

 

[Ashish Patel]

Removing them from a flat solid surface is easy! Removing them from a weir or inside overflow is very difficult. Your best bet is to find a good natural predator and just leave them alone. However, if you can reach them I would siphon them out, scrape them with the a card or something flat, and they are gone,

 

[WVNed]

 

[Lazys Coral House]

Heat some saltwater or ro water to 120f. Turn off return pump and pour it in. Instant death. Let it cool for about an hour and turn back on return pump.

 

[billyocean]

Heat some saltwater or ro water to 120f. Turn off return pump and pour it in. Instant death. Let it cool for about an hour and turn back on return pump.

That's like 2.5 gallons

 

[Gtinnel]

I found out by covering my overflow's there is no light and the aiptasia disappeared

I don’t know why but blocking all light never occurred to me. I wonder if they die from no light or do they just drift off somewhere else to just re attach.

 

[Gtinnel]

Removing them from a flat solid surface is easy! Removing them from a weir or inside overflow is very difficult. Your best bet is to find a good natural predator and just leave them alone. However, if you can reach them I would siphon them out, scrape them with the a card or something flat, and they are gone,

I could get a hose for a siphon down there but there is no chance I can reach my hand in there to scrap them off. I just got back from a trip where I bought a few peppermint shrimp and added them to my overflow. I guess I’ll see in a few days if they will eat them, if not I’ll try some other method.

 

[billyocean]

I have acrylic cut to size and painted black over mine. I have an aptasia pop up every now and then..but non in the overflows. Same tank..125 corner overflows

 

[Glenner’sreef]