pest anenome. Need help in erradication

I have used AiptaisiaX with a lot os success but I only ever had one or two. Not sure what that would do for so many. Same with Kalk due to the PH swing it may cause. I would probably do one rock at a time, wait a few days, then another. Conservative approach but either way, good luck.
 
Bergia Nudibranch will eat them and the babies will eat the small ones too.
 
My pep shrimp ate every aiptaisia in my tank, but when they were gone he started to pop the heads on my frog spawn. I made sure he got a pellet when the fish ate n he never touched a coral again.
 
I had a rock that had some. I removed the rock and removed them all under the sink using hot water, scalpel, and a few drops of lemon juice where they where. Took 2 minutes. Put rock back in tank. I didn't kill everything on the rock, several bristle worms and some mini starfish still on it lived through it. Maybe not the best way, but I don't have the patience for a complicated treatment plan. They had to die, they had to die now, they had to suffer. muhahahaha.

(PS. I wore gloves. Make sure you wear gloves no matter how you decide to attack them. They may fight back.)
 
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It is the DT at the local high school not mine lol and the principle asked me for a week straight how long it would take for the aiptaisia to be gone
I want to go to your school. Pitch the Berghia idea. Ill be a lesson in food chain! (web actually but he wont know that)
 
I got them 8 berghia at the school 3 months ago. I pulled up a rock two days ago and there was 4 nudis and 12 egg whirls soooo they're doing something. I have an aiptaisia grow setup so that the berghia can go in there and live. All total 2-3000 nems that I propagate daily .... They are fast growers lol duh XD. The kids at school love the tank :) it's a great lesson too
 
My buddy had a minor problem so he took a syringe with lemon juice and put a couple drops in their mouths dead!
 
Take that rock and soak in peroxide for 5 minutes :)
Its cool!

Just curious: is this a little dangerous, assuming that there might be a stray paly or zoa on the rock? If we knew for sure there was a paly or zoa, would peroxide be dangerous? I heard somewhere that the peroxide bubbling can aerosolize palytoxin, which is something I'm neurotically afraid of. I'm no expert.
 
Nothing is dangerous about toxins if done outside.
I can not confirm that peroxide will degrade them to a point of expelling toxins.

The only articles I have read are when people boil whole colonies inside the house of palys.
 
That is exactly why I haven't bought live rock from a. Lfs in close to 15 years. I especially won't buy it unless it's fully cured as well, that way it is usually lit well and you can see exactly what's on it, although I now aptasia is 100 % impossible to avoid every time. I do have one store that had had pools of live rock going for 25 years and is in a greenhouse type place, and I know the stuff is ***** expensive, I think I paid 12/per pound last time I got some, but worth the money considered the chances of getting hitchiker pest is minimal. But as far as the pest anenomoes go I have had great success with "Joe's juice" in the past and it came with a syringe to apply it, it's somewhat pricey but is reef safe. I'm not sure if it's still available but check it out. Other than that I had an outbreak really bad like your in my 130gallon reef one one time and the only thing that worked was removing small amounts of live rock and putting them in a black 5 gallon bucket DRY BUCKET with the lid on for a couple to a few days at a time then replace the rocks you took out and repeat with the rest. I know this sounds bad and the chance of losing precious livestock is there, but when It happened in my 130gallon it was my only option at that point as I tried everything else even most of the stuff from this post /threads I know it sucks but I just had to do this with my small tank with my rocks to get rid of the green turf algae, yes... The one you gave me advice on, and thanks for that bud and all the best of luck if I hear of a better safe option I will let you know. Keep me updated to I always like to see a fellow reefer succeed in a pest battle especially when we are the underdog in these messe. GOOD LUCK!!!
 
I had one tank that had aptasia for over five years. I bought a peppermint which worked till he ate them all then moved to coral. Injecting was not always an option like under a ledge. Berghia took care of the problem in a few weeks and have not seen one in six months. The Berghia do prefer the smaller ones thou so I suppose they will go after the smaller ones first than forced to eat the larger ones.
 

HOW MUCH DOES A FISH’S FEEDING REQUIREMENTS AFFECT YOUR STOCKING DECISIONS?

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  • It depends on whether my nutrient export can handle it

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  • Not at all. Feeding demands don’t limit my stocking choices

    Votes: 5 18.5%
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