Let's say you wanted an aiptasia farm...

[revhtree]

NO I'M NOT GOING TO BE RAISING AND SELLING Berghia Nudis! Just thought the question could be fun!

Let's say you wanted an aiptasia farm...

What would your set up look like and what would you do to grow thew most?

 

[Tamberav]

I already grow majanos because they are pretty. I paid a pretty penny to get these guys… hard to find when you actually want them! They like food!

Hoping to eventually find the purple variety.

 

[Oldsman]

Just buy liverock from petco..instant farm

 

[Waters]

Just pick up a SPS frag from the LFS to kick things off

 

[Fishyfish22]

I'd start a 20 gallon with just a HOB filter and ATO

Every wave of aptasia id hit with aptasia X. I notice it makes them spread after killing the main one.

Take the big ones and cut them up, then let then float around the tank.

 

[WVNed]

But I already have one.

Why would I want another?
2 x 165 watts over a 29 gallon tank and a few pellets now and then. Works really well for ulva too.
See any in here?

Go file fish.

How about here

Go Copper Banded Butterfly

Pests need love too

 

[MaxTremors]

Just some live rock, some sand, some light, some water movement, a few aiptasias, maybe a fish or two, and then a lot of food. You’ll have an aiptasia dominant reef in no time.

 

[Poof No Eyebrows]

Easy find a single aptasia and every morning poke it with your finger. Make sure to have good flow. Presto epic outbreak in a week.

 

[jgirardnrg]

10 gallon tank with HOB filter and heater. I feed them Reef Chilli and baby brine shrimp. I call this the "Nightmare Fuel Tank":

 

[ZoWhat]

If Aiptasia Farming was a thing....
I'd win the STATE FAIR Blue Ribbon every year.

They may even rename the Event after me.

 

[Peace River]

I wonder what the possibilities would be to copy some of the ideas from hydroponics and vertical farming and have a submerged rack system for growing Aiptasia!

Aiptasia farmers unite!!!

 

[Steph72]

My fail proof plan for establishing an aiptasia farm:
1. Set up a saltwater tank
2. Wait
Poof! Success guaranteed! Hahaha!

 

[GHOSTLY]

I’d go to the bad cheap section at my lfs and get aiptasia covered zoos. I’d feed daily

 

[revhtree]

Remember to upvote the best answers!

 

[Sharkbait19]

Water, sand, rock. Maybe a demon-conjuror. Doesn’t even need to be saltwater lol.

Seriously, I’d do whatever you would need for any coral or anemone (feeding, proper flow, lighting etc.) and you would see lots of growth. Evidently they survive cycles, so it shouldn’t be that hard. But I’d rather majano, at least that’s colorful...

 

[tehmadreefer]

Tank, light, power head, and a heater if you up north. Add a few aiptasia, use a toothbrush on them, insta outbreak of hundreds!

 

[Arego]

1. Go to my closest lfs 2. Take a single piece of any loc line in their frag tanks. 3. Drop it into anything with additional surface area.

 

[Sharkbait19]

I already grow majanos because they are pretty. I paid a pretty penny to get these guys… hard to find when you actually want them! They like food!

Hoping to eventually find the purple variety.

Do they spread much or are they isolated?

 

[jgirardnrg]

I already grow majanos because they are pretty. I paid a pretty penny to get these guys… hard to find when you actually want them! They like food!

Hoping to eventually find the purple variety.

Meanwhile, in Wisconsin...

 

[jgirardnrg]

I should add them when I take an Aiptasia out to feed the nudibranch tank I cut 2 Aiptasia in the tank in half. And if ONE egg from the nudibranch makes it into the tank, the entire population will be decimated VERY quickly and you'll find HUGE Berghia in there.