Aiptsia problem up to quit the hobby !

[Gogo007]

I got infected with this aiptsia .. tried all type of fighting .. first went with chemicals like vinger lemon and aiptsia x .. also i got butterfly fish which is not interested in eating them and died after one month .. i bought 10pcs of berghia nudibranch and put them in @17/10/2021 and since then never saw them at night or day i have no fish that my cause harm only hypo tang and 4 green chromas and 1 anthias ... Last from 5 days i bought file fish ! And also is not looking at them !! I lost most of polyps and too much corals suffering from aiptsia !! Check the pics

 

[Utubereefer]

Get a pack of peppermint shrimp!!! They can handle it. I put 10 in my 120 gallon tank. Cleared it right up

 

[t5Nitro]

Also if you can remove the rocks you can take a piece out per week and drip hydrogen peroxide on them.

 

[Gogo007]

Get a pack of peppermint shrimp!!! They can handle it. I put 10 in my 120 gallon tank. Cleared it right up

From where i saw a lot of folks saying there are fake ones and sometimes they do not eats aiptsia

 

[Pistondog]

The berghia will work, takes a few weeks.

 

[Jezzess77]

Utubereefer is on the money, peppermint shrimp are amazing at handling aptasia!

 

[Pistondog]

I also use kalk paste out of a syringe where possible

 

[Gogo007]

Also if you can remove the rocks you can take a piece out per week and drip hydrogen peroxide on them.

Does hydrogen peroxide kills them ? If i dip my rocks in hydrogen peroxide could kill them ? And does this could kill the bacteria in the rocks ?

 

[Gogo007]

The berghia will work, takes a few weeks.

More than a month ?

 

[Utubereefer]

I ordered my peppermint shrimp from WWC. Buy from a trusted source to be sure you get the real deal.

 

[Pistondog]

More than a month ?

Depends on the infestation and number of nudis you buy.
I bought from here

Salty Underground: Corals & Coral Care

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[J_Gard88]

Aiptasia eating filefish may be something to look into.

 

[Mical]

Give your filefish a chance. I had an enormous issue with aiptsia and added a pair in my 65g tank.
For the first week to 10 days nothing. Then one morning I noticed a bunch were missing. After 2 weeks NO AIPTSIA!

First off filefish are shy and feed at night, once they get a taste aiptsia will vanish.

 

[Gogo007]

Depends on the infestation and number of nudis you buy.
I bought from here

Salty Underground: Corals & Coral Care

Learn about Corals like live Xenia: A Great Beginner Coral, Favia Coral, Maze Brain Coral and more @ Salty Underground!

www.saltyunderground.com

I bought from www.reeftown.com i got 10pcs medium size now its almost 1 month and never saw them from the day i put them in .. i have hundreds of aiptsia they like everywhere you put your eyes in you will find alot

 

[Pistondog]

More than a month ?

Sorry, noticed you bought 10 nudis.
If they ate 15 aptasia so far would you might not notice, with a bad infestation.

 

[dwest]

More than a month ?

It can. Give the berghia another month or even two. Check at night with a flashlight. I would try peppermint shrimp after you are convinced berghia are gone.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Quite the infestation. Your answer is a Bluehead Kleini Butterfly. Will eat these like candy, not bother coral and will eat all foods dry and frozen offered.
It Must be the bluehead as pictured below. The yellow version may go after zoa and other LPS
I have two (1 in each tank ) and very peaceful and im aptasia free

 

[dvgyfresh]

I am also battling aptasia , nudis worked for me before but then they starved now I’m back to fighting. I kinda want to go peppermint shrimp route but I have BTAs and last time I tried , they ate my BTA ;Bookworm

 

[Gogo007]

Give your filefish a chance. I had an enormous issue with aiptsia and added a pair in my 65g tank.
For the first week to 10 days nothing. Then one morning I noticed a bunch were missing. After 2 weeks NO AIPTSIA!

First off filefish are shy and feed at night, once they get a taste aiptsia will vanish.

I will wait nothing more

 

[piranhaman00]

The nudi should work, takes quite a while and then bam all gone. Yes over month