outbreak of aiptasia

[meagheavz]

thats sounds drastic. well wen i said rock is was towards his commet. there on heaters and ph uv..i dont hav overflo or a sump

 

[jhale]

meg out of everything I tried injecting them with boiling water was the most effective.
you must keep the water hot though, it's a pain but use a tea kettle and keep it at a low boil. you also have to siphon out the dead or dying aiptasia. use something to scrape them off the rocks after they are injected.

I had to get an auriga butterflyfish to really solve the problem. the butterfly took a few month to do the job. it's not a perfect fish for the mixed reef tank, but it's better than a tank full of rocks and aiptasia. it's much hardier than a copperband butterfly, which I never recommend anyone buying.
If your tank is small then you can't get the butterfly.

 

[meagheavz]

thanks i will try that tomorrow... i wassnt planning on buying butterfly. my tank is stockd with fish

 

[NYreefNoob]

the boiling water completely melts them away and as stated have a syphon near, soon as you inject them with hot water syphon the area where it was