Aiptsia problem up to quit the hobby !

[Gogo007]

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

Look i am living in Egypt its hard for me to get it easy .. but i have access to all the redsea fish i can get one butterfly we have plenty of types but really i do not know which one should i get to eat them i do not care about zoas my main concern is sps if you could tell me fish to try that i can find in redsea this will be helpful

 

[Pistondog]

Look i am living in Egypt its hard for me to get it easy .. but i have access to all the redsea fish i can get one butterfly we have plenty of types but really i do not know which one should i get to eat them i do not care about zoas my main concern is sps if you could tell me fish to try that i can find in redsea this will be helpful

Also, I had to reduce feeding to get my filefish interested in the aptasia.
Why eat spinach if the pizza fills you up.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Look i am living in Egypt its hard for me to get it easy .. but i have access to all the redsea fish i can get one butterfly we have plenty of types but really i do not know which one should i get to eat them i do not care about zoas my main concern is sps if you could tell me fish to try that i can find in redsea this will be helpful

You will have to research in your area
I’m not a dealer nor an employee of R2R and don’t have time to seek Red Sea dealers offering help or suggestions is my capacity

 

[Gogo007]

Also, I had to reduce feeding to get my filefish interested in the aptasia.
Why eat spinach if the pizza fills you up.

Lol you are right but i cut the feeding for 2 days and po4 went to zero!! And corals was unhappy i was feeding 3 times per day and now only once per day ... But i might get another try and i will cut the fish food and i may use coral foods to keep my nutrients constant

 

[Gogo007]

You will have to research in your area
I’m not a dealer nor an employee of R2R and don’t have time to seek Red Sea dealers offering help or suggestions is my capacity

Okay thanx !! Sorry for disturb you precious time !

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Okay thanx !! Sorry for disturb you precious time !

BTW, kind of response makes people not want to help you.

 

[vetteguy53081]

BTW, kind of response makes people not want to help y

Sarcasm at its best - Ive already blocked him. Im no ones secretary- I have one

 

[Gogo007]

Sarcasm at its best - Ive already blocked him. Im no ones secretary- I have one

I thought there are miss-understanding from beginning till the end .. i was asking for fish suggestions based in your experience and this fish could be found in red sea so it easy for me to collect it from here ... I was not asking your help to find seller or buy it for me ! Also i am not doing sarcasm i thanked you only for your precious time to answer me and really i do not need secretary - i have one also .. i wish you do understand now and try to read my question again maybe you missed it .. and sorry for my bad english as its not my native

 

[Gogo007]

For my problem i am now cut the feeding to fish and i am start dosing some amino and vitamins to keep the corals happy waiting for my file fish to take actions

 

[Rene']

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

I got 2 nudebranchs when my tank was worse than yours... aptaisia were gone in less than 2 weeks

 

[Chrisv.]

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

I've never heard of this one. Pretty fish!

 

[Gogo007]

Woooow today i saw two berghia in the tank first time from 4 weeks i saw them now i know they are safe and living it might be good indicator

 

[RustyBuckets]

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

I used berghia on my first outbreak. All went well until they starved. A few months later it came back. That's when I got a few peppermint shrimp. There still some abtasia in the sump, but it doesn't stand a chance in the display tank, the shrimp keep it clean.

 

[jDoSe]

Sorry if I missed it, but did kalk or aiptasia-x not kill them?
I’ve never had one survive even a dose.
Also, I too have a secretary.

 

[Gogo007]

Sorry if I missed it, but did kalk or aiptasia-x not kill them?
I’ve never had one survive even a dose.

No never did the job and after it comes worse

 

[Gogo007]

I used berghia on my first outbreak. All went well until they starved. A few months later it came back. That's when I got a few peppermint shrimp. There still some abtasia in the sump, but it doesn't stand a chance in the display tank, the shrimp keep it clean.

From where you bought them ?

 

[Gogo007]

I used berghia on my first outbreak. All went well until they starved. A few months later it came back. That's when I got a few peppermint shrimp. There still some abtasia in the sump, but it doesn't stand a chance in the display tank, the shrimp keep it clean.

And how many week the berghia used to did its job ?

 

[jDoSe]

No never did the job and after it comes worse

How did you use them? I don’t see how they could possibly survive when used properly.

Add a concentrated amount to a pipet.
Turn off all pumps and returns and wait 5minutes for there to be absolutely no flow.
Pretend you are feeding them and drop some into their mouth very very slowly (so it falls on their mouth; dont try squirt into their mouth as they will just close immediately from the flow and not eat it).
They will eat it and poof.
Or just straight up inject the base with a needle.

The ones I see in the pictures should not be in the tank. You can kill them in the next 5 minutes. If you ever take a break or delay killing them, they will multiply. It’s not one of those “i’ll get it tomorrow” pests. You have to be so on top of it you get all of them. It may seem daunting, but it’s definitely doable.

 

[Tonycass12]

I'm on month 3 with the nudis. No more big aptasia but the small ones seem to come and go overnight in the sand. I catch a dozen of them in my filter sock every couple days and set them right next to any aptasia I can see and they go to town on them. Nothing happens fast in this hobby.

 

[Uncle99]

Woooow today i saw two berghia in the tank first time from 4 weeks i saw them now i know they are safe and living it might be good indicator

If you saw two, there are more.
They will breed until their population matches the food source.
I’d just do nothing at all.
Check at night with a red light.
Mine cleared in 4ish months, I have not seen one Aptasia in 6 months now.
No sign of any berghia either.