Filefish did the trick for me, my wife likes unique fish, he is currently nipping at fast growing soft corals. Win, Win, Win.
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matted seem to be the bestMy LFS sells peppermint shrimp for $15 each. It can get pretty costly if they end up as a snack to my blue throat. They also have a filefish, they call an Aiptasia Filefish. Not sure if it's just a marketing thing, or is a specific Filefish for aiptasia.
Kleins Butterf
No aiptasia, but I get Mojo's and they are harder to deal with I think.
Keep them fat and happy with regular food. At least that's how I keep mineI have a couple. F aiptasia works really well on the ones I can find.
How do people keep butterflys in their tanks with corals? Im really nervous to try that, I went the peppermint route and they demolished some acans overnight,!
Same here. Peppermints are my acans like donuts. I noticed that the peppermints tend to feed on corals in their area that they stay in. I had a pagoda that just wouldn’t open up. Moved it to the opposite end of the tank and it’s doing fine. I even see them digging in the mouth of my plates. But you know what, I’m happy to feed them occasional acans if they keep aiptasia away. I haven’t seen aiptaisa in my tank for months.I have a couple. F aiptasia works really well on the ones I can find.
How do people keep butterflys in their tanks with corals? Im really nervous to try that, I went the peppermint route and they demolished some acans overnight,!
I have plenty in my weir, but none in my display tank thanks to my file fish and to a lesser extent CBB. Here is my what some may call aiptasia scrubber:
No uneaten food can ever enter my sump. This area of my weir is also used as a training ground for new filefish. My present filefish did not touch any aiptasia initially. After three weeks living in this aiptasia heaven, he became an efficient hunter.
Furthermore, I occasionally scrape a few aiptasia to offer something different to my CBB as shown below: