Aiptasia take over

_pabloperetti · Jun 29, 2019

Not sure if this is considered an emergency but i rather deal with it now before it becomes one. I’ve spotted 3 aiptasia on one of my frags. They’re very small so it looks like I caught it early enough. The question is what is the best way to get rid of them? They’re too small to use lemon juice, Joes juice and aiptasia x. I’ve heard ppl use peppermint shrimp but I’m afraid they might eat up my zoas (zoa frag tank). I’m about to pull the trigger and buy some Berghia Nudibranchs. What’s my best take?

James M · Jun 29, 2019

Definitely not an emergency
Scape them off since they’re too small for anything else’s

Mastiffsrule · Jun 29, 2019

Definitely as James said, no need to panic. If they are real small scrape them off or just use some coral glue and glue over them. Nudibranch is nuclear when just need a pea shooter

road_runner · Jun 29, 2019

Peppermint shrimp were and still effective in my end. They are natural predators for these tiny pests.

_pabloperetti · Jun 29, 2019

I appreciate it guys [emoji1303]

Hemmdog · Jun 29, 2019

#mods can you move this to the pest forum.

A tank is not undergoing an emergency unless it’s lost at least 25% of its water, 25% of its livestock, or equivalent imo.

lapin · Jun 29, 2019

Just toss the frag if you are worried. Nudi's or peppermints can work. Nudis will starve when the aiptasia are gone. Peppermints will eat your corals if nothing else to eat.

Jon Fishman · Jun 30, 2019

Remove frag, scrape what you can and dip the base of the plug in lemon juice, then peroxide, then dip whole thing in some clean water, and put it back in your tank