what am i supposed to do?

[Notsolostfish]

Seriously, I am tired and on the verge of quitting the hobby all together, my tank doing great 3 years old mixed reef,stacked with coral, i have big aiptasia, popping everywhere, i have 2 wrasses hard to catch one exquisitte and one christmas wrasse. i cant add berghias as far as i know they them. also i have a blue jaw trigger fish i dont know if that works with peppermint shrimp. What do i do here? cant reach anymore to kill them with F aiptasia. Please help me.

 

[Fish Fan]

How large is your tank? If your tank is large enough you can try a Copper Banded Butterfly fish. An Aptasia Eating Filefish may be another option, and not as large or otherwise difficult to care for.

#reefsquad any further ideas?

 

[tbrown]

If you add the Berghia after lights out they can work. The Peppermint with the Blue Jaw is unlikely to be a good combination though.

The best I've had was a captive bred Aiptasia Eating Filefish. Mine did eventually nip at an Acan but it ate all the Aiptasia first and never actually killed the Acan. Didn't appear to damage it, just annoyed it.

Copperband is a difficult option. I hear too many stories of them dying after 2-3 months in the tank, even when they're eating. Best guess is that they were caught using cyanide and it eventually kills them.

 

[tbrown]

Also the Klein's Butterfly can do good. Some people swear by them.

 

[Mickle]

You can use tanago hooks to catch fish. Its my main method nowadays if its a tear down required situation. Fish eat same day, doesnt hurt them