Too many Aiptasias

[Snoopyhamburger]

Hi,my tank has TONS of Aiptasias.Its like impossible to eliminate all the Aiptasias.One one particular rock,there's 42!But how can I kill the Aiptasias?Im afraid that they might sting my corals.Thanks.

[richreef]

Hi,my tank has TONS of Aiptasias.Its like impossible to eliminate all the Aiptasias.One one particular rock,there's 42!But how can I kill the Aiptasias?Im afraid that they might sting my corals.Thanks.

Go get a copperband butt. good aiptasia buster.

[Snoopyhamburger]

But I already added a Niger trigger yesterday.The trigger will kill it,right?And besides,I get NO luck on copperbands.

[Snoopyhamburger]

Aiptasia X does not work on these Aiptasias.It shrinks them down but those little buggers bounce back after a few days.

[Kelvin81]

I get peppermint shrimp. From caribbean better than bali shrimp.

[Kakani]

Spkentchai got very good file fish. Try borrow from him few of my friend aiptasias clear by this fish.

[Snoopyhamburger]

But my trigger will probably kill them

[Sengreef]

trigger will not eat aiptasia ... seagrass filefish is a good aiptasia killer but not reefsafe especially for brain coral ... copperband, peppermint shrimp and berghia nudi etc is 50/50 depends on luck ...

[yellowtang]

Get a large copperband. And keep it in your tank unless it starts eating your zoas.

Large, so that the initial survival chance is greater.

If not, get two yellow band. One will need to be sacrifice. The weaker one will be bullied, leaving the other alone.

Yt

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[Snoopyhamburger]

Those Aiptasias are huge!Can a copper eat them?

[yellowtang]

Those Aiptasias are huge!Can a copper eat them?

Yes.yummy.... Delicious. Upsize please

Yt

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[Snoopyhamburger]

Ok,will try to get one!Thanks guys!Will post updates.

[PordingPrime]

is copper and trigger a selective eating fish?

or Aiptasias eating fish?

will they eat Aiptasias first before corals (e.g. zoas,softies,lps) ?

[Snoopyhamburger]

*extra post*

[Snoopyhamburger]

Erm,I din add the trigger to eat the aiptasia and it can't...Filefish will and its based on its personality.

[brojj]

Copper butterfly & filefish are generally reef safe. I have kept 2 copperband butterfly before & they dun bother my corals. For filefish, 1 of them dun bother but the bigger one likes to eat my zoas. It all depends on their own taste buds. But 80% of the filefish shld be reefsafe.

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[Snoopyhamburger]

Ok.So which to get?File or copper?

[brojj]

Copperband butterfly difficult to feed after aiptasias are all gone. But can be trained to accept prepared frozen food. Filefish readily accept pellets within a week. The down side to this once they choose to accept better food compared to aiptasias, they might not tackle any more new aiptasias that spur out later. IME i will choose filefish as i have higher survival rate with this.

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[Snoopyhamburger]

Will filefish get killed by my Niger Trigger?

[Snoopyhamburger]

Sealife has 2 small copperbands,should I get it?

[Snoopyhamburger]

Anyone?