I have a 29 gallon that is loaded with aiptasia. I have tried everything except for them. Just found a couple little ones in the seahorse tank as well. I've been debating on getting some for a while now
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Jackie,
We'll see how they do.
They give you a little (pipet) tube to suck them up and place on your rock with all pumps off.
Then you wait about 10 mins to grab hold and slowly bring all flow back online.
Just brought all flow back online and none of them were floating.
My local reef shop used to let us share them and in 2012 and they did the job.
Welp,
Heading back to work...
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OK,
First shot showing Wall Hammer when I fisrt modded in the Kessil's.
The rest are today with my two tangs in the shots and the Wall Hammer in the background.
As you can see the H pattern is gone and this coral just billows.
Sorry for the picture quality.
First shot showing Wall Hammer when I fisrt modded in the Kessil's.
The rest are today with my two tangs in the shots and the Wall Hammer in the background.
As you can see the H pattern is gone and this coral just billows.
Sorry for the picture quality.
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Now, the aiptasia outbreak.
Hope you see the pest's in the pictures.
Hope you see the pest's in the pictures.
That's how my 29g looks [emoji26]
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And the Berghia Nudibranchs that came in this morning.
They are a nice size!And the Berghia Nudibranchs that came in this morning.
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They have hidden in the rock work and suppose to hunt by night in packs.
If I see that area's are getting mowed down, then I'll post pictures as we go.
Regards, GoVols
If I see that area's are getting mowed down, then I'll post pictures as we go.
Regards, GoVols
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I was really impressed with the packing too and Salty Underground shot an email to make sure they came healthy.
Sounds great! Maybe you can peek in on them at night with a flashlight
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Sounds good.Sounds great! Maybe you can peek in on them at night with a flashlight
And the Berghia Nudibranchs that came in this morning.
I had literally a thousand Aiptasia in my system around Oct when I got in 8 of these guys for my 180. It took about 3-4 months of them eating and reproducing to reach critical mass to cure my display but they work. I haven't seen a single one since ~Feb or March.
I would check my filter socks daily and suck out any that got caught and put them back in the display.
Got any questions?
You may not see anything happen for a few days or weeks, don't worry. They are there and will start breeding right away, that's the important part. I placed all of mine on the same rock to help ensure they would find each other to breed.
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Thank you for your support.
I put most of them on my top rock and they went under the big green Digi.
I did place one on the bare bottom to see if it would be in shock but it made it's way to the live rock, under heavy flow.
They all seemed very healthy and so far I'm very impressed with Lisa and Salty Underground. It looks like this is their niche.
She told me to lower the reefs temp from 80 to 78 degrees so I reset the chiller/heater last night.
If they do the job for my reef like the pack did in 2012 then I'll be very happy.
I'm going to do my regular maintenance and just let them do their thing.
I did check my filter sock today and will keep and eye on them in the sock.
Thanks for everyone taking the ride with my reef. It means a lot.
Freddie
It's going to be a while before they make it that far, it's usually the new babies. I didn't change anything except turn my pumps down lower at night so the smaller ones could go out. The big ones seem fine with high flow but the small ones don't like it.
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Random and minor, but I assume you run your reef at 80 because it's easier to maintain temperatures? I always ran my reef at 80 when I lived in TX with MH, it was too much effort to keep it lower. Now that I live above the mason dixon line and use LEDs, I try to keep my reef at 77-78. In large part, because I never could before
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Do you know the lifespan of one?
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I've been running at 80 degrees for faster coral growth but it kicked in the spread of the pest anemones too.
We keep our home at 70 or lower so I can hold 78 very easy and I have the chiller too but it never kicks in unless I reset the temp or our AC breaks.
