Do batfish eat aptasia?

[Anonymous]

Well?

 

[Anonymous]

These fish "play dead." When alarmed, young batfish float motionless on their sides, mimicking dead leaves that have fallen into the water.

They sound like democrats.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry, there are fish shaped like bats? What would anyone in this forum want with that sort of esoteric knowledge? :?

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, another legendary animal people talks about is sea horse. I meant, can you ride on it or something :?

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, another legendary animal people talks about is sea horse. I meant, can you ride on it or something :?

:lol: :lol:

They'll probably claim that there are fish that glow in the dark next. :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Yes - and almost anything else in the very large tank it takes to house them.

 

[Anonymous]

There's Andy, ruining my perfectly good attempts to derail this thread. No fair...

 

[Anonymous]

Sorry - they prolly won't eat any way.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm thinking of moving the corals out, let a batfish clean up, and then move the batfish out and the corals back in.

 

[Anonymous]

If you are going to go through all that just get a racoon or Auriga butterfly.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm sure you've heard it before, but peppermint shrimp. You may have to try several before you get one that will survive to grow large enough and get a taste for them, but once you get one or two good ones they will go through a tank of aiptasia like Grant through Richmond.

 

[Anonymous]

I have found that the copper banded butterfly will eat all the aptasia, then quickly starve and die.

 

[Anonymous]

I have found that the copper banded butterfly will eat all the aptasia, then quickly starve and die.

Mine did that, but it skipped the "eat all the aiptasia" part and went directly to "starve and die."

 

[Anonymous]

I have found that the copper banded butterfly will eat all the aptasia, then quickly starve and die.

Mine did that, but it skipped the "eat all the aiptasia" part and went directly to "starve and die."

hilarious despite the personal tragedy.

 

[Anonymous]

Get a silver scat. They love aptasia. (just don't do a search for scat from work!!! 8O) And the only thing he ever bothered was an orange rock anemone which was looking kinda sick before he started eating it.

 

[Anonymous]

Just take out the rocks and burn the aptasia with a cigarette lighter... or a propane torch if the rock is covered.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm sure you've heard it before, but peppermint shrimp. You may have to try several before you get one that will survive to grow large enough and get a taste for them, but once you get one or two good ones they will go through a tank of aiptasia like Grant through Richmond.

The little scumbags ate my xoanthids but not aptasia.

 

[Anonymous]

Just take out the rocks.

Oh, yeah, that's easy. Let's just lift a pile of 50 lbs rocks out of the fishtank, strip them of corals, release all sorts of hydrogen sulphide and crap from underneath that has accumulated since 1998, etc.

Has anyone who recommends this ever done that?

 

[Anonymous]

I'm sure you've heard it before, but peppermint shrimp. You may have to try several before you get one that will survive to grow large enough and get a taste for them, but once you get one or two good ones they will go through a tank of aiptasia like Grant through Richmond.

The little scumbags ate my xoanthids but not aptasia.

Oops. I never had any xo's.

Noted for future projects.

 

[Anonymous]

Just take out the rocks.

Oh, yeah, that's easy. Let's just lift a pile of 50 lbs rocks out of the fishtank, strip them of corals, release all sorts of hydrogen sulphide and crap from underneath that has accumulated since 1998, etc.

Has anyone who recommends this ever done that?

If you were:

I'm thinking of moving the corals out

Like you posted before, then I wouldn't think "stripping them of corals" would be such a big deal. I do it in conjunction with a large water change. But judging from your snarky response I'm guessing you weren't actually looking for discussion.