Hey Fudsey, Man the tank has turned around and everything is looking good. How did you beat the dino's ? I had another breakout this week. the rock is just covered, did you scrub with a brush or what?
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Thanks ! ! ! I was blowing off the sand/rock with a turkey baster and changing filter socks very frequently. I raised my NO3 to 10 and PO4 to .05-.07 and I added Pods & Phyto to out compete the dinos. It took a few weeks but it beat them back.
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Do I finally got a decent pic of all the heads of these. Up to 7 now 
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Don't you love the awesome looking aip?!?!?!?! Stupid things...
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That's just one of many I got going now..... Filefish is disinterested in them.... Peppermint shrimp couldn't care less.... Kalk paste just makes them multiply but I will still do it to make them disappear for a few days... No idea where to go. Wish I could go the berghia route but I just don't think they will survive and for the stupid cost they want for them, it's really not an option....
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Ha, I didnt even notice it.... wanna trade?
This photo makes me love my CBB even more....
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I should have gone this route....
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Have you tried Copperband butterflies? Once acclimated, they decimate aptasia.
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My Christmas Monti is encrusting like crazy. I swear I can see the growth daily.
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I think I might try it next, my LFS has one that has been there for a few weeks. I should have gotten it instead of the filefish.
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I hear you. Stupid money for them. I made the mistake of forgetting to turn off all flow in the 40B when using the laser. Population obviously exploded but now am considering an order to breed and sell locally.
Copperband might work well for you actually.
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In my experience, filefish are hit or miss. Peppermint shrimp are the devil and never to be trusted. Berghia are just to darn expensive.
CBB just work.. the trick is getting a good one. If your LFS has one, make sure it eats at least mysis. The other thing I always tell people is look at the prospective fish face to face. If he is thin and tapering from the eyes up, he probably isn't a good choice. CBB's lose weight along their dorsal area first. Usually a tapered and thin fish is to far gone. Not impossible, but tough.
Feeding live blackworms, if you can get them in your area, will add weight quickly
CBB just work.. the trick is getting a good one. If your LFS has one, make sure it eats at least mysis. The other thing I always tell people is look at the prospective fish face to face. If he is thin and tapering from the eyes up, he probably isn't a good choice. CBB's lose weight along their dorsal area first. Usually a tapered and thin fish is to far gone. Not impossible, but tough.
Feeding live blackworms, if you can get them in your area, will add weight quickly
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Looks a lot like my Duncan colony, LOL.
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That look like the cursed apitasiaHa, I didnt even notice it.... wanna trade?
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Ive got the dreaded mutant version in that tank. Pretty sure they have heads and eyes ;Wideyed
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Salty Underground used to have eBay listings for 20 1/4” Berghia for $100. Doesn’t look like it anymore. They destroyed the aiptasia in my old 20g. I tried to set up a tank to breeed them but couldn’t do it before they starved.
I think they would work for you since the wrasses sleep at night while the nudi eats.
They are extremely pricey though.
I think they would work for you since the wrasses sleep at night while the nudi eats.
They are extremely pricey though.
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Well there are 3-4 peppermints in there as well and they are nudi's arch nemesis from what I have read...
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I ended up getting 24 nudibranchs during a 1/2 off sale. Still not cheap.
No real activity the 1st couple weeks like they said. Then BAM! Everyday there would be less and less. Haven’t seen one in months now.
Never had a peppermint shrimp touch them.
Aiptasia X was like using miracle grow.
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