Is this coral good or bad

[ysl]

Can anyone tell me if this coral is good or bad for my tank. They are growing more and more........

If they are bad, how do I remove them?

Thanks for your help!

[TayHongSiang]

BAD....in fact this apitasia is an evil pests...where do u stay?...i can probably feed them to my copperband

[ysl]

Oh oh..... if it's that bad, then how can I get rid of them?

Went to Henry that day to pick up a PO4 and he recommended me a fish (not sure the name but it looks quite ugly.....) to add into the tank. He said the fish will eat them up but till now I've not seen it eating the apitasia. In fact, it is pinching on my corals........

By the way, my place is besides Queenstown MRT station.

[maxteo98]

is the fish u got looks similar to this?

[albinosage]

Went to Henry that day to pick up a PO4 and he recommended me a fish (not sure the name but it looks quite ugly.....) to add into the tank. He said the fish will eat them up but till now I've not seen it eating the apitasia. In fact, it is pinching on my corals........

Is this the one?

That is a seagrass filefish. I used to have one in my office tank and it will nibble at anything and everything including aiptasia. There are several other methods to get rid of aiptasia including natural predators like peppermint shrimps, copperband butterfly and berghia nudibranch (not available in Singapore currently).

Chemical methods include squirting kalkwasser concentrate, lemon juice, boiling water or Joe's Juice into them.

Do not try to remove them manually as the broken tissue will end up spreading and spawning all over your tank!

[ysl]

Exactly.......

is the fish u got looks similar to this?

[TayHongSiang]

ok, my place also beside queenstown mrt...strathmore side...u can sell me your aiptasia infested rock

[ysl]

Thanks for the tips. Just read some similar ways you mentioned in the internet. Will see if I can get some copperband to help.........

Is this the one?

That is a seagrass filefish. I used to have one in my office tank and it will nibble at anything and everything including aiptasia. There are several other methods to get rid of aiptasia including natural predators like peppermint shrimps, copperband butterfly and berghia nudibranch (not available in Singapore currently).

Chemical methods include squirting kalkwasser concentrate, lemon juice, boiling water or Joe's Juice into them.

Do not try to remove them manually as the broken tissue will end up spreading and spawning all over your tank!

[ysl]

I think maybe you can sell me your copperband instead? Quite a few of my rock has them.......

ok, my place also beside queenstown mrt...strathmore side...u can sell me your aiptasia infested rock

[LaW]

get a syringe, mix some kalkwasser with a little bit of water to have a paste.

use the syringe to collect these paste and eject some on top of the apitsia.

it works for me, just remember to off your pumps or wavemaker when doing it.

caution for small volume tank, don't use too much when your tank volume is small.

[albinosage]

Hahaha I doubt he will sell it after the kan cheong-ness he faced getting it to feed on frozen food. A word of caution though, copperbands are hard to get to feed in captivity, not impossible but you'd need patience and experience.

[onizukaa]

siang,pass me your copperband. mine got many, can feed your coppy

[TayHongSiang]

siang,pass me your copperband. mine got many, can feed your coppy

hur hur...suddenly my copperband got demand...cannot lah...just managed to train it to feed on frozen mysis n brineshrimp...precious to me now....

but u can get them at CF for less than $4 lah...it's a relatively inexpensive fish n has good re-sale value if u manage to wean them to feed on frozen food and pellets....

[onizukaa]

my 24G nano tank will burst out with it going in hahahah =p

hopefully got a small copperband at CF.

maybe ysl, if i get it feeding at my aptisia and once done,i pass it to you (if it's able to eat)

else to clear it, you can use the http://www.aquamarin.com.sg/productsDetail.asp?productid=281 or the redsea brand ($20+) from west coast shop.

those are quite recommended by shop owern (which i dont like to inject this inside my small tank)therefore trying to use predators like copperband to kill it

[TayHongSiang]

my 24G nano tank will burst out with it going in hahahah =p

hopefully got a small copperband at CF.

maybe ysl, if i get it feeding at my aptisia and once done,i pass it to you (if it's able to eat)

else to clear it, you can use the http://www.aquamarin.com.sg/productsDetail.asp?productid=281 or the redsea brand ($20+) from west coast shop.

those are quite recommended by shop owern (which i dont like to inject this inside my small tank)therefore trying to use predators like copperband to kill it

got la...cf got small ones...but call first lah b4 u go down...

[onizukaa]

ty siang

[ysl]

Anyone know if RB has any copperband? Called SL but they only left 1.......

[TayHongSiang]

Anyone know if RB has any copperband? Called SL but they only left 1.......

last thurs i went to RB...saw quite alot...but its already passed one week...beta call them b4 u go down tomorrow...

wah...suddenly, demand for copperband go up...hur hur...

[maxteo98]

last thurs i went to RB...saw quite alot...but its already passed one week...beta call them b4 u go down tomorrow...

wah...suddenly, demand for copperband go up...hur hur...

I'm also staying at Strathmore, if wanna to loan out, then neighbour 1st.

[Vlamingi_cont]

Anyone know if RB has any copperband? Called SL but they only left 1.......

AM has one left only when i went down ytd... Better go quick or call them to check!

[pandagold]

Had this in my tank in the past, and it's all gone.

What I did was use a syringe and hot boiling water . target syringe with hot water and inject directly above it .

Sometime it may take more than 1 time to eradicate it .