Aiptasia Majano Anemones Solution

[sfsuphysics]

My best luck with aiptasia is just to keep on them, and consider them as part of your tank maintenance. Maybe corals will grow over their holes eventually.

 

[Otakuthugster]

[quote author=Lyn link=topic=5935.msg75118#msg75118 date=1232151975]
My peppermint ate my Ricordia. It left the aiptasia alone though. >
[/quote]

Boo, that sucks. Never had aiptasia and ricordia at one, tho'.

 

[Gomer]

I have an aiptasia growing through the large pores in one of my sponges. I tried to nuke it with kalk and it reappeared out another hole... bastage....

 

[Vincerama2]

[quote author=Lyn link=topic=5935.msg75118#msg75118 date=1232151975]
My peppermint ate my Ricordia. It left the aiptasia alone though. >
[/quote]

Hmmm... I may reconsider the use of peps then!

Currently there are about 500 Aiptasias in my tank...I will slowly nuke them one at a time...sigh...

V

 

[Paradox]

Ive never completely solved an aptasia problem with a product and Ive tried many.However,I have cleaned a tank infestation with a swarm of peppermints a few years back and I recently cleared my 150 gallon reef with a copperband and a some peppermints. Although I think the copperband id all the work.

 

[Lyn]

[quote author=Vincerama2 link=topic=5935.msg75140#msg75140 date=1232156756]
[quote author=Lyn link=topic=5935.msg75118#msg75118 date=1232151975]
My peppermint ate my Ricordia. It left the aiptasia alone though. >
[/quote]

Hmmm... I may reconsider the use of peps then!

Currently there are about 500 Aiptasias in my tank...I will slowly nuke them one at a time...sigh...

V
[/quote]

It might just be my one crazy peppermint shrimp.

I also have a Klein's butterfly. After he ate all the Aiptasia, he started going after LPS and SPS, so I put him in a separate tank. I decided to try an experiment to see if he would "spot clean" my rocks. I got a rock with Aiptasia and coral growing on it, then put it in with him. He ate the Aiptasia first. When they were gone, I removed the rock. I know this would be almost impossible to do in a large system, or with large rocks, but I plan on putting him in a softy/polyp tank (I don't care if he picks at the GSP) and use him to 'spot clean" rock from my other tanks every so often.

I realize it is not a solution for all, though.

 

[GreshamH]

[quote author=Lyn link=topic=5935.msg75118#msg75118 date=1232151975]
My peppermint ate my Ricordia. It left the aiptasia alone though. >
[/quote]

There are a few different "peppermint" with only one having a true appetite for aptasia. I bet you got one of the ones with out it.

 

[Roc]

[quote author=Lyn link=topic=5935.msg75199#msg75199 date=1232180064]
[quote author=Vincerama2 link=topic=5935.msg75140#msg75140 date=1232156756]
[quote author=Lyn link=topic=5935.msg75118#msg75118 date=1232151975]
My peppermint ate my Ricordia. It left the aiptasia alone though. >
[/quote]

Hmmm... I may reconsider the use of peps then!

Currently there are about 500 Aiptasias in my tank...I will slowly nuke them one at a time...sigh...

V
[/quote]

It might just be my one crazy peppermint shrimp.

I also have a Klein's butterfly. After he ate all the Aiptasia, he started going after LPS and SPS, so I put him in a separate tank. I decided to try an experiment to see if he would "spot clean" my rocks. I got a rock with Aiptasia and coral growing on it, then put it in with him. He ate the Aiptasia first. When they were gone, I removed the rock. I know this would be almost impossible to do in a large system, or with large rocks, but I plan on putting him in a softy/polyp tank (I don't care if he picks at the GSP) and use him to 'spot clean" rock from my other tanks every so often.

I realize it is not a solution for all, though.

[/quote]

It could be, maybe we just all bring you our aptasia covered rocks for cleaning, kinda like a dry cleaner :rofl

 

[Lyn]

LOL ;D

 

[zambavi]

I've had success with keeping aptasias under control with peppermints also. The only place I will typically use some joes juice is if I find one + in the overflow area.