Alexy7 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 (edited) Does anyone have any spare Berghia nudibranchs or eggs to sell?Need them to handle aiptasia outbreak in my tank.Copperband,butterflyfish & aiptasia eating filefish not reef safe.Tried peppermint shrimp shown in pic and works but quickly eaten by wrasse.PM me if u can help me or u have any other advice of natural predator other than using chemicals like Red Sea Aiptasia X/lemon juice/etc or removing the live rocks out for deconamination,thanks a lot fellow reefers Edited November 4, 2018 by Alexy7 Add in photos of aiptasia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Zhi Long Oh Posted November 4, 2018 SRC Member Share Posted November 4, 2018 Remove ur wrasse since peppermint works for u? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Does anyone have any spare Berghia nudibranchs or eggs to sell?Need them to handle aiptasia outbreak in my tank.Copperband,butterflyfish & aiptasia eating filefish not reef safe.Tried peppermint shrimp shown in pic and works but quickly eaten by wrasse.PM me if u can help me or u have any other advice of natural predator other than using chemicals like Red Sea Aiptasia X/lemon juice/etc or removing the live rocks out for deconamination,thanks a lot fellow reefers Hi Bro,The second picture looks like a serious infestation. If the infested rocks have no corals on it, I would suggest to remove and dry the rocks in hot sun to kill those buggers. Sent from my RNE-L22 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member aidil257 Posted November 5, 2018 SRC Member Share Posted November 5, 2018 Wow..my butterfly fish would love those..Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member DottyClown Posted November 5, 2018 SRC Member Share Posted November 5, 2018 Your infestation looks really bad. If pieces of the LR are removable and not having any corals, maybe take it out and kill it. Then let the peppermint shrimps take care of the balance. Alternatively, remove the LR with corals, isolate them in your sump/refugium/separate tank together with the peppermints and let them slowly eat it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member JMW Posted November 5, 2018 SRC Member Share Posted November 5, 2018 Yea agree with the bros who have commented above; the sheer volume of Aiptasia would make natural predation or manual intervention an uphill battle. It’s a numbers game, & plus a whole new anemone can regrow from a new fragment. My approach would be to remove the rock, soak in vinegar, then bleach. This guarantees 100% removal of the aiptasia on this rock. Just note that the bleach & vinegar must be done separately, not together as together they generate gases that are dangerous for our respiratory system!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichelReef Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 I went through this before. Some Copperband will feast upon the aiptasia immediately. Some only after a week or two. There are those that do not. Peppermint shrimp will also do the work. Place LR without corals in a tub with salt water and away from light. Without light, the aiptasia will die out along with some organisms on the rocks. You have to keep changing water because it will smell bad. Then cycle the rocks with new salt water for weeks or better months. As for the rest in your tank, let the copperband and peppermint shrimps do the job. You have to be patience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member DottyClown Posted November 5, 2018 SRC Member Share Posted November 5, 2018 6 minutes ago, JMW said: Yea agree with the bros who have commented above; the sheer volume of Aiptasia would make natural predation or manual intervention an uphill battle. It’s a numbers game, & plus a whole new anemone can regrow from a new fragment. My approach would be to remove the rock, soak in vinegar, then bleach. This guarantees 100% removal of the aiptasia on this rock. Just note that the bleach & vinegar must be done separately, not together as together they generate gases that are dangerous for our respiratory system!! Yes, if you use this method, please make sure all Vinegar are washed away before introducing Bleach. These 2 liquids mix to produce Chlorine, which is toxic/poisonous at high levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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