Stripies for aiptasia?

[The wet one]

Both shops telling me they will eat them. Anyone else have experience with this? Sounds improbable. I hate using that syringe stuff it obliterates my zoas.

 

[bluemon]

How are you using the syringe things that it kills zoas?

Unless your aiptasia is in the middle of zoa colonies, it shouldn’t kill zoas.

Also stripies are very effective, but the problem is that they are TOO effective and readily eat other coral as well. More so than other aiptasia eaters

 

[KrisReef]

They have a high success rate reportedly, but I have not used them myself?

 

[The wet one]

How are you using the syringe things that it kills zoas?

Unless your aiptasia is in the middle of zoa colonies, it shouldn’t kill zoas.

Also stripies are very effective, but the problem is that they are TOO effective and readily eat other coral as well. More so than other aiptasia eaters

Unfortunately in the middle of colonies. Even if I’m careful it makes a nice little dead spot. So limit one per system? Have you had or do you have any?

 

[The wet one]

They have a high success rate reportedly, but I have not used them myself?

Think I’ll get one and try it out. $100 is pricey but I hate shipping fish.

 

[Eggs]

Think I’ll get one and try it out. $100 is pricey but I hate shipping fish.

$100 is not too bad. They do the job. I’m not sure about zoa’s but LPS will be very tempting.
Kleini Butterfly should also work, and more reef safe “with caution”.

 

[JonoH]

Have guys over here that use them and they work - but be prepared to move them on as they will eat your LPS also.

 

[Lavey29]

They will really take care of aptasia but then go after coral. You want to get small one and after his work.is done bring him back or sell him to another refer. Once they go past the juvenile stage they go after corals.

 

[areefer01]

Milletseeds (Chaetodon miliaris) will also work. I have one in my mixed reef and it behaves well. My gut tells me that some soft corals may be at risk such as Xenia and corals that look like it. Like Blue Cespitularia. I kept both before but both my Pyramid and Zoster cleared it out in short order and the Milletseed was added later.

It is from Biota. I've also had great luck with Matted Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus) but again some report challenges. I've seen mine nip at new frags of LPS such as Frogspawn. Colonies are safe in my experience.

It goes without saying that if you go the route of a fish buy it first because you want it and utility second. This way if it does not do what you want you won't be upset.

 

[BryanM]

How about nudibraches?