I am overrun with aiptasia!!! need help

[roc5288]

Thanks for that info Rick, But when all tasia is gone then will there be a problem maintaining
The butterflys diet?

 

[ellebelle]

They are tiny white slugs that only eat aiptasias. You put them in your tank and you never see them again. After a few days you will notice your aiptasia gone. They will eat all ur aiptasias and after will die. Apprently that the only thing they eat

There are two problems with this. First, there are many many more nudibranchs than just berghia nudis. They are all near impossible to keep in the home aquarium.

The second problem I have is the idea that you would just purchase something without any desire to try and maintain it. Since when do we take things out of the ocean to have them work for us for a few days and just accept them to die? That really rubs me the wrong way.

 

[NYreefNoob]

the copperband has always been a fish ive wanted and have tried it a few times even gotten one's i seen eating, i do have one now ive had a few weeks and it is doing well, ate frozen at the store, but wouldnt for over a week in my tank lol did a nice job eating all my spagetti worms though and finally started eating aggressively on frozen now, so got my fingers crossed

 

[nanchil]

I have CBB which eats frozen food but not touching any corals including aiptasis. So CBB is a hit or miss....

 

[roc5288]

I had one.. But could not get it to eat then it died, Why are these fish such finicky eaters.
Hate to have another one die on me.

 

[albano]

I've had great luck with a tassled (bristled tail) file fish, that I got about a year ago from Dom...Diamonds of the reef.

+1...listen to albano, that guy knows what he's talking about!
Picked up file fish at last Dec. swap...has never bothered cleaner, blood, or CB shrimp...however...was named a suspect in the disappearance of some zoas! Best part... he is EASY to catch with a net, even in the reef tank! Rick (NYreefNoob) has seen him in action!

 

[JonnyIce]

I've been trying to track down a bristletail filefish as I've tried Berghia nudis, peppermints and aiptasia x...as well as kalk solution...and at this point (since I'm setting up a frag tank soon) I dont mind my current reef leaning towards FOWLR if the FF decides to nibble on some coral...i am just tired of looking at aiptasia!$#!#!

 

[roc5288]

Lmk when u want to get him some work i'll hire him. Just make sure he's here legally. I want no problem with ICE.

 

[JonnyIce]

ha, that's a new interpretation to add to the list

 

[noelskii]

good luck. might as well cook your rocks...

 

[silentworldj7]

if you dont have any xenia use a double saddleback butterfly was in atlantis aquarium yesterday and spoke with my friend joe that ownes the aquarium, he said he will devoir them and at the end he is easy to get out.

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

Ive heard ghost shrimp work as well. I got to do something as well. I got about 15 in my tank.

 

[roc5288]

Where the hell do they come from. I know you can cook The rock. But if the rock is covered in zoos etc..then what.

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

Then they die as well. You also loose all of the bacteria.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Those nudis are very difficult to keep and not a good solution.

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Good luck.

Even though your other solutions are great but I have to disagreed to this statement as berghia can now be tank raised and reproduced effectively.

Other nudis are different story though.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

They are tiny white slugs that only eat aiptasias. You put them in your tank and you never see them again. After a few days you will notice your aiptasia gone. They will eat all ur aiptasias and after will die. Apprently that the only thing they eat

They come out at night but when the food source(aptasia) is low, you will start to see them searching in daylight.

 

[Hefe-Weizen]

I had success with peppermint shrinp. 1 Cleaned my 125 out in a month.

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

Hef even larger aptasia... Our your aptasia aren't that big yet.

 

[ellebelle]

Even though your other solutions are great but I have to disagreed to this statement as these nudis can now be tank raised and reproduced effectively.

By who and where and under what conditions?

 

[marrone]

Those nudis are very difficult to keep and not a good solution.

....

Good luck.

Even though your other solutions are great but I have to disagreed to this statement as berghia can now be tank raised and reproduced effectively.

Other nudis are different story though.

By who and where and under what conditions?

There is a place, see link below, that raises and sells them. They actually ship them with eggs coming out. There was a group buy done here a while ago. They've very small and you need to make sure the current/flow is low before you place them into your tank, otherwise they'll get blow around the tank and can die. When they run out of food they can easily be removed from your tank and given to others.


Salty Underground/Lisa Brown

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/group-buys/65554-bergia-nudibranch-approved-group-buy.html