Pest Anemone - Please help to eradicate !

[angmoh]

Any idea what type of reef-safe fish/inverts will eat these buggers?

I have a peppermint shrimp but apparently he's not doing the job.

[CFOh]

Bro Alan, may be you check with Steve(LCK201), I forgot which nudibranches he bring in yesterday.. as they still unpack when I left.. If it is Berghia then you can try.. Cheers..

[Mellow]

I have a similar issue in my current tank. Bought 2 peppermint shrimps to try 2 days ago. Will report back on status after a week. So far not too promising as they are in hiding most of the time. Not sure if berghia nudis might help as I thought they control flatworms mostly? Might be wrong

[angmoh]

Mellow,

There have been mix reviews of these peppermint shrimps consuming glass anemones.

I have one in my tank for about 3 weeks, which it never touch them. I guess once they were introduced tasty fish food, they will forget about the anemones.

I subsequently tried berghia (have to remove peppermint), too bad i only bought one for my 50gal system. No sign of missing anemones . I guess probably need a group of few to be effective.

[Mellow]

Thanks for sharing. Yup, I'll try the berghias too if all else fails. Looking at their size, I suspect a handful minimally in a 50g tank to show some results. All the best in eradicating them!!!

[julius]

Any idea what type of reef-safe fish/inverts will eat these buggers? I have a peppermint shrimp but apparently he's not doing the job.

Peppermint might not eat if those anemones are big. Injure them with sharp object. Those injured ones will entice peppermint to eat them.

[gdc0910]

Peppermint might not eat if those anemones are big. Injure them with sharp object. Those injured ones will entice peppermint to eat them.

where to buy peppermint shrimps?

[angmoh]

gdc0910, LCK201 have one shipment recently, but not too sure if have sold out.

[gdc0910]

gdc0910, LCK201 have one shipment recently, but not too sure if have sold out.

thanks, will check with them

[Snoopyhamburger]

Well,my tank had tons of those.I got a copperband butterfly and he wiped the tank clean of them!

[Mellow]

I recently bought a seagrass file fish and my population I those pesky anemones are diminishing rather spectacularly. You might wanna try those too. Ah Beng usually has ready stocks.

[angmoh]

oh yeh i totally forgot about filefish ! i think they are easier to catch out from the tank.

Does yours nip on ur corals ?

[mw1611]

oh yeh i totally forgot about filefish ! i think they are easier to catch out from the tank. Does yours nip on ur corals ?

I think very much depends on your luck. I once owned a seagrass filefish, which is suppose to have an appetite for aiptasia, but ended up eating up my zoas.

[Mellow]

oh yeh i totally forgot about filefish ! i think they are easier to catch out from the tank.

Does yours nip on ur corals ?

So far it seems ok but like what some bros said, it might be a hit or miss affair when it comes to them eating corals. Ah Beng shared that it sometimes also has a liking for brain corals.. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed and monitoring very closely

[Mellow]

So far it seems ok but like what some bros said, it might be a hit or miss affair when it comes to them eating corals. Ah Beng shared that it sometimes also has a liking for brain corals.. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed and monitoring very closely

caught in the act pecking on my acan

[angmoh]

sigh~~ why there isnt a reef-safe method to remove these buggers other than berghia !

[limlim888]

hi

I had successful breed a lot of berghia nudibranch now, it had become adult .(I brought five berghia from LCK201 now only left one adult lucky manage to keep it egg grow to adult ).If need help you can page me