Looking for aptasia control critters.

angengland · Oct 22, 2016

Anyone have any peppermint shrimp or nudibranchs or file fish, etc to help me eliminate the aptasia in my new tank? I started a new general thread with the tank move photos and aquascaping pics but there's definitely an aptasia infestation I want to deal with asap so I can begin adding corals before too long.

blacktippr · Oct 23, 2016

Berghia nudibranchs works great if there are no wrasses or peoperminth shrimp on the tank. In my case peppermint shrimp did not work at all .

angengland · Oct 23, 2016

blacktippr said:
Berghia nudibranchs works great if there are no wrasses or peoperminth shrimp on the tank. In my case peppermint shrimp did not work at all .

No peppermints or wrasses yet. Eventually I want peppermints regardless but if I can get a few berghias for a decent price I would start there I think. They are so pricy though! I am hoping to find some that have outlived their usefulness in somesone's tank or literally rent them. Lol! I wouldn't want them as permanent residents in the tank but something needs to be done.

blacktippr · Oct 23, 2016

angengland said:
No peppermints or wrasses yet. Eventually I want peppermints regardless but if I can get a few berghias for a decent price I would start there I think. They are so pricy though! I am hoping to find some that have outlived their usefulness in somesone's tank or literally rent them. Lol! I wouldn't want them as permanent residents in the tank but something needs to be done.[/QUOTE
salty underground is running a special on berghias.