Aptasia issue

[danieyella]

Any update on how your butterfly is doing? Still leaving corals alone? I tried adding nudis again like last time but my marine betta ate them all before they could eat the aptasia so I'm looking into a kleini now...

 

[Bossman]

Any update on how your butterfly is doing? Still leaving corals alone? I tried adding nudis again like last time but my marine betta ate them all before they could eat the aptasia so I'm looking into a kleini now...

Unfortunately it had to go! I first pulled a couple of finger leathers it was picking at and then a few zoas/palys. But I quickly found out if I kept the Kleini this would become a FOWLR tank.

I really liked the fish, but traded it in at the LFS. It did eat all of the aiptasia at the time. Some has come back, but not much at this point.

Have you tried peppermint shrimp? I put 3 in one of my tanks that had some scattered aiptasia. The aiptasia is now gone.

 

[danieyella]

Unfortunately it had to go! I first pulled a couple of finger leathers it was picking at and then a few zoas/palys. But I quickly found out if I kept the Kleini this would become a FOWLR tank.

I really liked the fish, but traded it in at the LFS. It did eat all of the aiptasia at the time. Some has come back, but not much at this point.

Have you tried peppermint shrimp? I put 3 in one of my tanks that had some scattered aiptasia. The aiptasia is now gone.

I might try that route again, first time the peppermints wiped out my acans instead of what they were there for. I haven't tried them again because my marine betta finds all other shrimp delicious....

 

[Panky]

Scat is working wonders in my tank

 

[Isaac Alves]

Those of you using a filefish, I have one in a frag tank but I’d like to move him into my display. I have a clam...are they safe with clams?

 

[danieyella]

Okay, after trying more berghia nudis and more peppermints, and having my MB eat all of the above, my kleini just spent its first night in the tank. I was at work all day today, but some of the significant aiptasia I've been seeing are missing (possibly hiding). Corals all seem okay. I'm off tomorrow and can keep a better eye on whats going on.

 

[bam123]

F-aptasia. It's basically a kalk mixture that stays for almost a week. It kills aptasia and they don't comeback. Mojano wands, kalk, joe juice, filefish, peppermint shrimp: HIT OR MISS. Nudis work great, but you need to add a good amount and wrasses and filefish can eat them.