Controlling Aiptasia?

fishguy23 · 06-20-2008, 09:41 AM

I introudced new LR into my tank recently and noticed small colonies of Aiptasia growing in random areas, this is my first experience with this and was wondering if there are there any livestock that would control these anenomes without doing harm or do I have any other options........?

**Deanos** · 06-20-2008, 09:48 AM

Search Manhattan Reefs for 'aiptasia'. Several possible solutions have been offered.

bklynreef · 06-20-2008, 09:48 AM

butterfly fish will usually eat them

**Deanos** · 06-20-2008, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bklynreef


	butterfly fish will usually eat them

Depends on the size of the tank.

fishguy23 · 06-20-2008, 11:46 AM

40 breeder 36x18x15

**Deanos** · 06-20-2008, 11:49 AM

What did your search result in?

lamaseta17 · 06-20-2008, 12:16 PM

just get some joes juice and 2 peppermint shrimps

Reefsaint · 06-20-2008, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by lamaseta17


	just get some joes juice and 2 peppermint shrimps

great advise!

spacenyc · 06-20-2008, 12:44 PM

just had a huge outbreak in my tank and solved it quickly and easily. put it in an isolation tank with a peppermint shrimp and it did nt feed the tank. the shrimp ate all the small ones. then did the lye treatment on the big ones worked great and killed nothing else, except for bristle worms. steve

fishguy23 · 06-20-2008, 01:26 PM

If I get a peppermint shrimp, will my six line wrasse harass it?

06-20-2008, 09:41 AM	#1
fishguy23 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rutherford, NJ Posts: 436 Reefer Ratings: (31) Friends: (3)	Controlling Aiptasia? I introudced new LR into my tank recently and noticed small colonies of Aiptasia growing in random areas, this is my first experience with this and was wondering if there are there any livestock that would control these anenomes without doing harm or do I have any other options........? __________________ Last edited by fishguy23; 06-20-2008 at 09:53 AM.

06-20-2008, 09:48 AM	#2
Deanos Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Bronx, NY 10475 Posts: 12,032 Reefer Ratings: (96) Friends: (17)	Search Manhattan Reefs for 'aiptasia'. Several possible solutions have been offered. __________________ Need help or have a question? Click the avatar below:

06-20-2008, 09:48 AM	#3
bklynreef City Dweller Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Manhattan/Brooklyn Posts: 331 Reefer Ratings: (3) Friends: (1)	butterfly fish will usually eat them __________________ We do not own Reef Tanks We own Works Of Art And We Are The Artists

06-20-2008, 11:46 AM	#5
fishguy23 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rutherford, NJ Posts: 436 Reefer Ratings: (31) Friends: (3)	40 breeder 36x18x15 __________________

06-20-2008, 11:49 AM	#6
Deanos Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Bronx, NY 10475 Posts: 12,032 Reefer Ratings: (96) Friends: (17)	What did your search result in? __________________ Need help or have a question? Click the avatar below:

06-20-2008, 12:16 PM	#7
lamaseta17 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: brooklyn by highland park Posts: 566 Reefer Ratings: (21) Friends: (2)	just get some joes juice and 2 peppermint shrimps __________________

06-20-2008, 12:44 PM	#9
spacenyc Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: fresh meadows Posts: 85 Reefer Ratings: (3) Friends: (0)	lye and peppermint shrimps just had a huge outbreak in my tank and solved it quickly and easily. put it in an isolation tank with a peppermint shrimp and it did nt feed the tank. the shrimp ate all the small ones. then did the lye treatment on the big ones worked great and killed nothing else, except for bristle worms. steve

06-20-2008, 01:26 PM	#10
fishguy23 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rutherford, NJ Posts: 436 Reefer Ratings: (31) Friends: (3)	If I get a peppermint shrimp, will my six line wrasse harass it? __________________

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