aiptasia out of control

[CoralWealth]

Well I was lazy and the couple on the live rock turned into a ton now, that are on my sand and when i blow the sand to realize the detritus like I always do, it makes it even worse.

There are so many that aiptasia x would almost be impossible. I want to add a filefish but am I asking for death since I have a pair of blue throat triggerfish?

 

[Pife]

I don't know what type of wrasse is you have but burgi nudibranch work amazing

 

[Diesel]

Another option is nuke the tank.
Find a place for your livestock and MA wash your rock and sand.

Let me add this to it, once you got aptasia you will never ever get rid of it no matter what you do, pepes, nudi's, file's, or CBB's.

I know it will be a pain to start over but long term it saves you a lot of headaches and $$$$

 

[rcpalmer1]

I had some and one peppermint shrimp got them all.

 

[Roberto CRC]

I had some and one peppermint shrimp got them all.

Hey one question, this shirmp eat only the aiptasias or if there is any anemone as a bubble, will you eat them too?

 

[Africangrey]

Or you could try the matted filefish

 

[tdileo]

Hey one question, this shirmp eat only the aiptasias or if there is any anemone as a bubble, will you eat them too?

Peppermint shrimp are not 100% guaranteed to eat aiptasia but most will. If you get a poorly behaved one he may also go after corals though. I would personally go with a berghia nudibranch, they literally only eat aiptasia. Once there is no aiptasia left they either die or you can move them to a seperate tank and supply them with aiptasia from your LFS lol

 

[Roberto CRC]

Peppermint shrimp are not 100% guaranteed to eat aiptasia but most will. If you get a poorly behaved one he may also go after corals though. I would personally go with a berghia nudibranch, they literally only eat aiptasia. Once there is no aiptasia left they either die or you can move them to a seperate tank and supply them with aiptasia from your LFS lol

But I was reading that the wrasses fish eat the bergia, that's a problem for those of us who have wrasses in the tank.

I had pepper and they were really good doing their homework, but at the right time to finish with all the aiptasias, they died. Now again I have aiptasia but now I have an anemone bubble rose and I am afraid that the peppermint also has bubble appetite.

 

[tdileo]

But I was reading that the wrasses fish eat the bergia, that's a problem for those of us who have wrasses in the tank.

I had pepper and they were really good doing their homework, but at the right time to finish with all the aiptasias, they died. Now again I have aiptasia but now I have an anemone bubble rose and I am afraid that the peppermint also has bubble appetite.

Ahh, I don't have any wrasses but they may be a problem. The berghs are nocturnal but I suppose a wrasse could snag one thats out during the day. I've never heard of a peppermint shrimp eating bubble tips but I supposed anything is possible.

 

[CoralWealth]

okay so my main question is kind of getting overlooked haha.

Will the triggerfish I have attack the filefish? If not, I would much rather add another fish and have them go after the aiptasia (hopefully)

 

[CoralWealth]

I don't know what type of wrasse is you have but burgi nudibranch work amazing

I have hovens, yellow and green but I am about to try to catch the green and move it to another tank as I want a more peaceful tank. i would never recommend a green wrasse to anyone

 

[CoralWealth]

looking to bump this up, can I safely use a filefish or is that asking for a death?

 

[DSC reef]

How big is the Tank? Depending on size the blue throats might be territorial but that's speculation of course. Had a male blue throat that was friendly but never a pair. IMO, the file fish is hit and miss and a lot of times when fed regularly they will leave the aptaisia alone. If you can remove the wrasses then go berghia, if not is there a way you can maybe remove one rock at a time and manually remove them? It's a tough battle, be patient and persistent.

 

[cumbeje]

I added 1 berghia nudibranch to a 700 gallon reef tank and in a week I could not find one aptasia. They are killing machines and once they eat them they don't come back.

 

[|FATHOM|]

Just had this problem and got a pair of peppermint shrimp. My tank has now been apatasia free for a few months

 

[CoralWealth]

im in a tough situation because the wrasses i have will eat the nudibranch and the triggers could possibly kill the filefish and the peppermint shrimp. it is a 180 gallon tank. the triggers are small, only around 2-3 inches.

will the peppermint shrimp actually go out in the open sand bed to get aiptasia though?

 

[|FATHOM|]

im in a tough situation because the wrasses i have will eat the nudibranch and the triggers could possibly kill the filefish and the peppermint shrimp. it is a 180 gallon tank. the triggers are small, only around 2-3 inches.

will the peppermint shrimp actually go out in the open sand bed to get aiptasia though?

Mine usually hide during the day and come out all over the tank at night