Bergia nudis or what?

[tcarter1936]

I'm getting alot of aiptasia and was wondering about others experience lately. I'm sure there are other threads regarding this but am turning up nothing that answers me, Fwiw my main concern is a means of control that will not eat my corals. and will bergia survive without aiptasia if they eat them all? Thanks in advance.

 

[CoralNerd]

I tried Berghia's and it never seem to work 100%. Not sure if it's my flow, or wrasse. Anyways I added 3 Pepermint Shrimps 3 weeks ago and their wiping them out.

 

[TheEngineer]

Berghias work, but they take time. You need a system that is safe for them too. No wrasses, no arrow crabs, no shrimp, etc. When the aiptasia are gone the berghias will starve and die. They need to eat every 3-5 days.

 

[tcarter1936]

Any one have issues with bergia hurting coral,also I have a golden banded shrimp pair and not sure if they target bergia

 

[TheEngineer]

Any one have issues with bergia hurting coral,also I have a golden banded shrimp pair and not sure if they target bergia

Berghias sole diet is aiptasia. They won't bother your corals. Don't know about those shrimp.

 

[tcarter1936]

Berghias sole diet is aiptasia. They won't bother your corals. Don't know about those shrimp.

Yeah they might be living in the sump soon lol

 

[mort]

I've bred berghia in the past (not really an accomplishment as it's so easy) and I think people get disheartened or conclude they don't work or have disappeared because we are impatient. Adding a few to the average tank can take a few months before you see much of a dent. The best thing to do is either buy a large number to begin with (which is expensive) or get them breeding before introduction. You only need two to breed them but more is better as you have backups and the plan is to build an army to tackle the problem. It can be done in a second system where you transfer rocks with aips over or through the sump (they are nocturnal so if the sump is dark, the process will speed up.
I think they are neat hut not as simple as everyone makes out. I only gave up breeding them as I ran out of aiptasia but the person I got mine from still breeds them and setup a 10ft tank just to culture aiptasia for them.

 

[tcarter1936]

I've bred berghia in the past (not really an accomplishment as it's so easy) and I think people get disheartened or conclude they don't work or have disappeared because we are impatient. Adding a few to the average tank can take a few months before you see much of a dent. The best thing to do is either buy a large number to begin with (which is expensive) or get them breeding before introduction. You only need two to breed them but more is better as you have backups and the plan is to build an army to tackle the problem. It can be done in a second system where you transfer rocks with aips over or through the sump (they are nocturnal so if the sump is dark, the process will speed up.
I think they are neat hut not as simple as everyone makes out. I only gave up breeding them as I ran out of aiptasia but the person I got mine from still breeds them and setup a 10ft tank just to culture aiptasia for them.

I think thus is more what I'm leaning toward as I don't care to have them gone over night but to slowly mow them down.