Aiptasia very close to Australian Brain Coral

Copperbands are not usually a very good solution. More often than not they die quickly, and when they don't, they often die randomly later leaving you with a problem again. You will run into the same problem with the nudis. Imo your best option is to get the hawk out and try peppermints.

 

Was just reading your posts, I had aiptasia outbreak for two years! it took over everything and killed most of my corals, spent a fortune on Aiptasia X, the stuff works, but you can't find all the aiptasia to put it on. I bought my god maybe 20 peppermint shrimp, didn't do a thing then someone mentioned getting a filefish, they call him the aiptasia eating filefish, they told me he may nip at some coral but they were dying anyway so I bought one for like 25 bucks! that was 2 years ago! he ate all the aiptasia in about 2 months, doesn't bother anyone else or coral, he just keeps to himself! hope this helps!

 

I have spent the last 21/2 weeks killing every one of those little buggars in my tank with boiling water and a syringe. every time i thought i had them all i would notice a couple more but i think i have a handle on it now. cant find any at all. Thanks for the 3reef gang for alerting me to them. i thought they were cool until i found out how harmful they are. Now many of the coral polyps are much larger and healthier than i have ever seen them in my tank.

 

When I see Aiptasias I inject Tropic Marin Elimi-Aiptas directly into the stalk near the base of the anemone instead near the mouth/tentacles. I find that I get a much better kill rate that way.