Aiptasia?

Sornum4 · Oct 3, 2017

I have had setup for nearly 2 years with no problem and in the past month after buying some coral these guys have taken over tank. Im a noob to most corals and hithhikers, never delt with them so never researched so I originally saw a couple and just thought i had feather dusters or something lol. Then boom everywhere. Can anyone confirm ID? They stretch out their tube 6+ inches sometimes.

ShaunRobinson · Oct 3, 2017

Yep, afraid its aips mate. You could try a couple of peppermint shrimps.

tankstudy · Oct 3, 2017

You've got quite an infestation...

Dsnakes · Oct 3, 2017

You have an aiptasia farm! I would recommend berhgias. How big is your tank?

S-t-r-e-t-c-h · Oct 3, 2017

Yikes. That's enough aiptasia that you might want to go the Berghia nudibranch route. It's going to take some time to get through all of those...

Dsnakes · Oct 3, 2017

S-t-r-e-t-c-h said:
Yikes. That's enough aiptasia that you might want to go the Berghia nudibranch route. It's going to take some time to get through all of those...

That was my thought. He has enough to support the nudis to breed and wipe them all out over time.

Big G · Oct 3, 2017

Welcome to R2R! Here's a great discussion on your situation. Hope this helps. Cheers
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/a...ibranchs-questions-answers-discussion.301328/

Sornum4 · Oct 3, 2017

ShaunRobinson said:
Yep, afraid its aips mate. You could try a couple of peppermint shrimps.

Thanks Saun, i was trying to order some just in case i was right, but i have to wait until they get some in stock. I hope when i do get some they're hungry lol. There are alot of them

Crabs McJones · Oct 3, 2017

Holy aptasia! peppermint shrimp should make quick work of it.

Big G · Oct 3, 2017

Good source for Nudi's: http://saltyunderground.com/?gclid=COqzhbPg1NYCFU-SfgodFUIDkQ

Sornum4 · Oct 3, 2017

Dsnakes said:
You have an aiptasia farm! I would recommend berhgias. How big is your tank?

It is 100 gal tank. I would say in the hundreds probably. I will research berhgias. Thought of a file fish, i only have a a devil hand and one small colony of zoanthids right now so not alot to destroy coral wise

AllSignsPointToFish · Oct 3, 2017

I can't imagine trying to wipe all of those out with a Majano wand! LOL You'd be there FOREVER!

DSC reef · Oct 3, 2017

With the amount you have any natural predator should help. Some are pretty large ,look into berghias

Sornum4 · Oct 3, 2017

Big G said:
Good source for Nudi's: http://saltyunderground.com/?gclid=COqzhbPg1NYCFU-SfgodFUIDkQ

Thanks Big G

Sornum4 · Oct 3, 2017

AllSignsPointToFish said:
I can't imagine trying to wipe all of those out with a Majano wand! LOL You'd be there FOREVER!

Not sure what that is but is sounds like individual termination which yes i would have to take a week off of work lol

ShaunRobinson · Oct 3, 2017

Sornum4 said:
Thanks Saun, i was trying to order some just in case i was right, but i have to wait until they get some in stock. I hope when i do get some they're hungry lol. There are alot of them

Berghias should do the trick also to be fair. The thing is with Peppermints is it can be a bit of a lottery as with adding any livestock to help with a problem. I've heard of people buying peps and them not touching aips but from my own personal experience when I had them I added a pep and they were gone in a week. Granted I had nothing like that many though! Good luck and keep us posted.

AllSignsPointToFish · Oct 3, 2017

I've also had peppermints go after Euphyllia, causing polyp bailout. FWIW.

SPR1968 · Oct 3, 2017

ShaunRobinson said:
Berghias should do the trick also to be fair. The thing is with Peppermints is it can be a bit of a lottery as with adding any livestock to help with a problem. I've heard of people buying peps and them not touching aips but from my own personal experience when I had them I added a pep and they were gone in a week. Granted I had nothing like that many though! Good luck and keep us posted.

Hi Shaun. We have the same name which is freeky! And if you middle name is Philip !

I had aiptasia so got some peppermint Shrimps. Initially nothing seemed to happen but then over a period of months I noticed I had no aiptasia in the display tank.

I then took off the cover from the rear overflow and found aiptasia all along the overflow were the Shrimps couldn't get them. Now that I thought is evolution!