Aiptasia already??
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tdileo
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Man you got unlucky. Boil some water, suck it up into a syringe and shoot it directly into the mouth. If you don't want to do that buy some cyanoacrylate superglue gel and just superglue it shut. Completely reef safe and you will later on use it to glue down new frags 
amps
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Drain the tank and leave it dry for a few weeks. Spot treat the areas with cleaning vinegar.
Whatever you do...DO NOT LEAVE IT. I had a single aiptasia on a 10g tank that came in with some live rock during the first cycle. Eventually, that spread via a frag plug to my 180g system and I've now spent $400 on fish, Aiptasia-X, Joe's Juice, peppermint shrimp and even a friggin laser to eradicate the infestation. I've lost several zoa colonies and 2 acans to the insistent stinging of aiptasia growing around their rims.
You don't know hell until you've got aiptasia literally carpeting your sand bed.
Whatever you do...DO NOT LEAVE IT. I had a single aiptasia on a 10g tank that came in with some live rock during the first cycle. Eventually, that spread via a frag plug to my 180g system and I've now spent $400 on fish, Aiptasia-X, Joe's Juice, peppermint shrimp and even a friggin laser to eradicate the infestation. I've lost several zoa colonies and 2 acans to the insistent stinging of aiptasia growing around their rims.
You don't know hell until you've got aiptasia literally carpeting your sand bed.
Mark3
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If you are only one week in, DO NOT LEAVE IT ... I would recomend sterilizing the system, drain and start again.....
I noticed one little aiptasia about 1&half years ago, that turned into 3, that into 30 and then 300 and now, not even 2 years later,... I would guess somewhere in the thousands and they are killing most everything they touch!
DO NOT LET IT GO.... do whatever it takes....kill, drain, and start over.
You are only one week into it....trust me. They will be everywhere, in the pumps, pipes, drains, rock, sand, on the glass, ....ATTACK with vengeance!
I noticed one little aiptasia about 1&half years ago, that turned into 3, that into 30 and then 300 and now, not even 2 years later,... I would guess somewhere in the thousands and they are killing most everything they touch!
DO NOT LET IT GO.... do whatever it takes....kill, drain, and start over.
You are only one week into it....trust me. They will be everywhere, in the pumps, pipes, drains, rock, sand, on the glass, ....ATTACK with vengeance!
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BoomCorals
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Aiptasia eating nudibranch always do the trick.
PSLReefer
Active Member
No need to start over, this is far from good advice....
PSLReefer
Active Member
This lag sucks.
Anyway here are a few methods:
Lime or lemme juice concentrate injected.
Dill pickle juice injected.
Nudi's
Certain Shrimp
Aiptasia formulas from a retailer
And the best: a copperband butterfly
Anyway here are a few methods:
Lime or lemme juice concentrate injected.
Dill pickle juice injected.
Nudi's
Certain Shrimp
Aiptasia formulas from a retailer
And the best: a copperband butterfly
amps
Active Member
Any chemical (lemon juice, aiptasia-x) imperfectly applied will cause them to spread. Also, you cannot believe that there is only one when your rock is littered with hole, tunnels and small crevices for babies to hide in.
Nudis, shrimp and fish only work for the aiptasia they can reach. They'll miss the one little baby that lodged in the inside of your gate valve. You'll be playing catchup every single time a new group appears. What you see with your eyes is often only 20% of the actual problem.
With a tank only one week old, just drain it. At worst, you've lost a few weeks and a few hundred gallons of water. At best, you've saved yourself hundreds of dollars, lost corals and sleepless nights worrying that you'll never get a hand on it.
Mark3
Active Member
I only say that because the tank is only one week into the setup.....I wouldn't suggest this if the tank were older with livestock.
It is not necessary to start over, but maybe the easy way at this point.
My main point is do not ignore the problem when it is small, because if you do, it will become very big problem, very fast.
It is not necessary to start over, but maybe the easy way at this point.
My main point is do not ignore the problem when it is small, because if you do, it will become very big problem, very fast.
PSLReefer
Active Member
Sorry, but if someone's answer to a problem about aiptasia, which is one of the easiest "pests" to control and/or eradicate is to empty and start over. They should find another hobby or stick to freshwater.
