Aptasia Hell!!!

Please Send Help - I am being overrun by Aiptasia - its like the Cong overrunning the demilitarized zone and the fall of Saigon - i have tried electric shock torture, Joe's Juice injection therapy, Turkey Baster Suction, and natural predators like Burgia (all sucked into my power-head, poor babies!) and Copperband Butterfly fish - i just cant stay ahead of these miserable little punks - any advice would be appreciated

 

Peppermint shrimp seem to work for me really well you have to get more than three

 

this worked for me as well.

 

If you have THAT many, it might be better to just nuke the rock?

 

I used a combo of a peppermint shrimp and kalk paste. I still have a few left though since the peppermint didnt last long w/ a pistol shrimp in the tank, but they no longer are a nisance...just gotta get the last fe and hopefull be done w/it.

 

another for pepp shrimp

 

I always took the rock out and scrubbed it off with a razorblade in a saltwater bath!

Peppermint shrimp will eat it also ;D

 

I agree with everybody else when they say peppermint shrimp is a good resolution, but berghia nudibranch is also an option as well. My LFS is farming aptasia tank so that they can show them how the berghia nudibranch do with the product.

 

I had 2 larger pieces of live rock just covered in aptasia. I purchased 3 peppermint shrimp and in less than 2 weeks I cannot see any more on those Rocks. And some of the aptasia was decent size.(at least 2 inches tall)