Aiptasia

Kershaw · Feb 28, 2016

Yea I just put a drop over the spot after the kalk kills just to be safe. I have had one that I couldn't tell where it was after I kalked it. It has not come back. I'm not really sure if they send out spores every time I kill one. I have had 4 in almost a year I catch them when they are very small

Kershaw · Feb 28, 2016

Oh and the diabetic needle gives you a really nice small precise stream. That is why I mentioned it. Also turn off all flow. I have a pig of a purple tang that try's to eat what ever is In my hand so I have to be carful

ChristiD · Feb 28, 2016

twilliard said:
Still no matter the size superglue will rid of them never to be seen again.

Oh and they absolutely hate hot water temps

Do you take the rocks out and cover the aiptasia with super glue? I tried using a hypodermic needle and injecting them with hot water, it helped but a few seem to be back already

twilliard · Feb 28, 2016

I find the spot they are attached in and cover that spot with a little glue.

Kershaw · Feb 28, 2016

Super glue works will under water. Works for those snails that snot all over your tank

Duke4Life · Feb 28, 2016

I'll be cooking some and super gluing others, a few rocks I've noticed have some sponges and are crawling with baby snails that I want to be careful with.

WVReefJunkie · Feb 28, 2016

Copperband butterfly worked for me, plus he is one of my favorite fish.

Kershaw · Feb 28, 2016

Yea if I had so many that I was over whelmed I would get a copper band also. In my 180 I had. I had my copper band for a year. Then one day he was dead. Loved that fish and haven't brought my self to get another based on success rate

Dec · Feb 29, 2016

There is also a reef safe poison for aiptasia called aiptasia-x

DeniseAndy · Feb 29, 2016

Aiptasia X works fine for a short time. Basically like pulling weeds. A few weeks later you will have to do it again. Maybe sooner.

jammerdave · Feb 29, 2016

Copper banded butterfly fish, filefish and 6 peppermint shrimp, mine was gone in 2 months

MadCityReefer · Feb 29, 2016

**** load of peppermint shrimp, best luck I had in a reef tank.

Majikou812 · Feb 29, 2016

so easy to solve this....get one copper banded butterfly and done deal!

MadCityReefer · Feb 29, 2016

DeniseAndy said:
Aiptasia X works fine for a short time. Basically like pulling weeds. A few weeks later you will have to do it again. Maybe sooner.

Used to use it all the time but if you don't hit it directly in the middle I swear it releases spores and next thing you know there more aiptasia

tjnorthdakota · Feb 29, 2016

Somebody should figure out what salinity kills these buggers, then can remove fish and corals for a couple days, lower the salinity and hopefully kill them all

Duke4Life · Feb 29, 2016

tjnorthdakota said:
Somebody should figure out what salinity kills these buggers, then can remove fish and corals for a couple days, lower the salinity and hopefully kill them all

High temp works, but you also kill everything else.

Duke4Life · Feb 29, 2016

tjnorthdakota said:
Somebody should figure out what salinity kills these buggers, then can remove fish and corals for a couple days, lower the salinity and hopefully kill them all

@twilliard ever tried messing around with salinty and these? If not next project hahaha

Duke4Life · Feb 29, 2016

I'm hesitant to add a copper banded butterfly because I got my filefish for this reason and struck out, he doesn't touch it. I have thought about adding a 2nd but am afraid I'll strike out again.

Any other butterflies beside the copper band?

Anldyxp · Feb 29, 2016

Seriously, Berghias are probably the best solution. I don't know why some people haven't had success with them.

I had a huge(relative) aiptasia outbreak in my 16g cube and tried AiptasiaX, peppermints, boiling water etc etc with no success. All they did was multiply. I just kind of accepted the infestation and let them grow as they pleased. They were all over the display tank and in the rear sump compartment. I had always wanted to try Berghias but at about 15+ bucks piece and the cost of 1-day shipping, I could never bring myself to bite the bullet.

Luckily, I found a local breeder on craigslist that was selling them for 7 bucks a piece and willing to drop them off. I bought 5 of them for my 16gal, and in about a month they decimated the whole population of probably 150+ aiptasia from the DT and the sump compartment. The first night I added them to the tank I already saw them laying "spirals" of eggs. The tanks been aiptasia free for over a year now. Good luck!