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You wish to get rid of the Zoanthus?
Yeah I had a frag fall into a hole months ago and this happened. My fault for not doing something sooner. I would love a natural predator as I'm not looking forward to cutting them out.You wish to get rid of the Zoanthus?
There is somebody on R2R with sea spider that decimated his Zoanthus. Maybe you can get some from him.
They have worked for me 100% of the time also. Plus, they get along with everything in the tank and are fun to watch. They keep everything clean. Unfortunately, they won't eat bubble algie but thats another problem.Peppermint shrimp have worked for me 100% of the time
You need to teach the fish to swim into the overflow and get them if you want 100%, and of course into the sump and in all the pipes. I have mine in a tank without any aps and I need to move him into the fish tank in the house but I am worried about aggression in that tank. These things always seem to have some complication.Great post @Dburr1014. I have a Copper banded butterfly fish that is the Michael Phelps of my 180g. “Unstoppable”! 100% 7 plus years no Aptasias! At least in my “tank proper” There are dozens of them in my two overflows. I mostly forget about them. Anyhow maybe not 100%.
F aiptasia works on xenia, maybe on zoa, too?Yeah I had a frag fall into a hole months ago and this happened. My fault for not doing something sooner. I would love a natural predator as I'm not looking forward to cutting them out.
Generally not if the tank is well fed. They do have a tendency to pick food out of corals if they’re not well fed and sometimes that can irritate coralsWill peppermint shrimps eat Zoanthus after the Aiptasia gone?
I've been using 3M Sodium Hydroxide + Calcium Chloride for long while now.Everyone has or will have these buggers if you don't QT everything. They have adopted to living in our tanks quite well and are really good at survival.
I have used many ways to kill aiptasia I still find them. I have only seen one in my system in the past couple years until a couple days ago. I probably have a dozen since trying to kill that one a couple months ago.
There are several ways to kill aiptasia but I have never found any to be 100% effective.
Not even the Berghia nudibranch is 100%, they eat what they can find and die. Others have success with shrimps and certain fish but if they leave the system certainly the aiptasia will return.
Kalk paste, lemon juice, and commercial remedies at the LFS, all the same. If not used correctly they don't kill 100%. Most likely they lead to the aiptasia getting worse.
I came across this article today and it's the first I've seen it so I wanted to share.
This method says it's about 90% effective. It will burn the aiptasia as long as it's gets onto the target.
This is NOT to be taken lightly by any means. This is a chemical that can do some damage if you don't take your precautions. Wear your personal protective equipment (PPE).
Happy Reefing
Why not just keep an aptasia eating file fish in there? When they see them they eat them.
They do seem to be able to resurrect from the dead. I have tried the pastes and injection therapy; I watched them return after seeing them disintegrate with vinegar, Muriatic acid lime juice, and still they would spontaneously generate on the live rocks after repeated treatments.I've been using 3M Sodium Hydroxide + Calcium Chloride for long while now.
Works pretty well at nuking them, but they pretty much always come back 3-12 months later no matter what you use.
They're just a part of reef keeping which I've accepted
Hmmm, seems like the more I drink the better they look!You need a couple things to kill aptasia effectively
Mini Majano Wand Aiptasia and Majano Eliminator
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