One year in and now APTASIA?

[nibes]

So I have had my waterbox cube 20 for almost one year now, have several corals, and a couple of fun clowns. Today,while doing my daily 30 min stare/trance at my tank, noticed 2 Aptasia growing on my rock. I’ve always been told that aptasia are one of those things where, “you see one, but you can’t see the 30 more growing where you cannot see”. So I’m hoping for some advice.
1) should I remove my corals from my established live rock and reglue onto dry rock or would this screw up my bacterial populations?
2) should I get a few Burghia nudibranchs and let them run wild?
3) is aptasia X or F Aptasia even an option at this point?

I would like to avoid the shrimp solution as I understand that they are only partially successful, and will only eat “some” of the aptasia.

 

[Spare time]

Get F aiptasia. If you find more, try the peppermint shrimp species algaebarn sells

 

[Cichlid Dad]

So I have had my waterbox cube 20 for almost one year now, have several corals, and a couple of fun clowns. Today,while doing my daily 30 min stare/trance at my tank, noticed 2 Aptasia growing on my rock. I’ve always been told that aptasia are one of those things where, “you see one, but you can’t see the 30 more growing where you cannot see”. So I’m hoping for some advice.
1) should I remove my corals from my established live rock and reglue onto dry rock or would this screw up my bacterial populations?
2) should I get a few Burghia nudibranchs and let them run wild?
3) is aptasia X or F Aptasia even an option at this point?

I would like to avoid the shrimp solution as I understand that they are only partially successful, and will only eat “some” of the aptasia.

I have gone both shrimp and nudibranch. Both worked great. Nudibranch die when there are no more aptaisia. My shrimp are still patrolling my tank. I got a copperband, did not touch my aptaisia.

 

[backbayreef]

Klein Butterfly- I have one in every tank now! Works great BUT might nip your zoas.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

So I have had my waterbox cube 20 for almost one year now, have several corals, and a couple of fun clowns. Today,while doing my daily 30 min stare/trance at my tank, noticed 2 Aptasia growing on my rock. I’ve always been told that aptasia are one of those things where, “you see one, but you can’t see the 30 more growing where you cannot see”. So I’m hoping for some advice.
1) should I remove my corals from my established live rock and reglue onto dry rock or would this screw up my bacterial populations?
2) should I get a few Burghia nudibranchs and let them run wild?
3) is aptasia X or F Aptasia even an option at this point?

I would like to avoid the shrimp solution as I understand that they are only partially successful, and will only eat “some” of the aptasia.

If you've gone this long without seeing them, they may not be the fast spreading kind.

I have had excellent results when using Aiptasia-X... you just have to let the nem close over the end of the "needle" and inject until you see a "poof". My last step, right after the poof, is to suck the now-gooey nem back into the syringe.

 

[pezgal]

So I have had my waterbox cube 20 for almost one year now, have several corals, and a couple of fun clowns. Today,while doing my daily 30 min stare/trance at my tank, noticed 2 Aptasia growing on my rock. I’ve always been told that aptasia are one of those things where, “you see one, but you can’t see the 30 more growing where you cannot see”. So I’m hoping for some advice.
1) should I remove my corals from my established live rock and reglue onto dry rock or would this screw up my bacterial populations?
2) should I get a few Burghia nudibranchs and let them run wild?
3) is aptasia X or F Aptasia even an option at this point?

I would like to avoid the shrimp solution as I understand that they are only partially successful, and will only eat “some” of the aptasia.

I know you want to avoid the peppermint shrimp solution but honestly they have been super helpful to me. In general shrimp are really good at keeping things clean and tidy and it really slows glass anemones down when there is little in the way of extra food extra left over for them. Haven't had problems with them actively eating any coral in my tank just occasionally so ravenous they take food right out of the mouths of slower feeders so I hang out and haze them away from the slo-pokes while they eat. Peps won't completely eradicate the pest anemones but they do help control the numbers. And shrimps have fun personalities so for me they are a win/win.