New Tank Updates

[88!shrooms]

It’s been 5 weeks since I started my tank but I have been running into a few issues
aiptasia and parameters. I’ve been doing 5 gallon water changes, slowed down eating and cleaning sand beds. I would appreciate some advice

 

[Gumbies R Us]

What are you doing currently to get rid of Aiptasia?

What does your cuc look like?

Dosing anything?

Filtration of your tank?

Personally, I am not a fan of the Aquaspin. I prefer Salifert, RedSea, or Hanna kits for testing.

 

[kevgib67]

It looks as though you are at an excellent time to rid your rock of aptasia. It doesn’t appear you have anything to feed in your tank , which can cause the population to grow or over feed causing it to explode. If you only see a couple you can spot treating using a product like F-aptasia or simply inject lemon juice or boiling water into their bodies through their mouths. If there are many and a lot of small ones you can introduce Berghia nudibranchs or aptasia eating peppermint shrimp ( careful, there are many sold as aptasia eating peppermint shrimp that look identical but don’t eat aptasia. ). If there are a lot with small ones that it would be impossible to inject I would go the peppermint shrimp route and not feed the tank the entire time they are in there so they are forced to eat the aptasia only.