Help with aiptasia anemones

[H2oheartny3]

My tank is a little more than a year now and I’ve been overrun by aiptasia! Parameters are good, everything is thriving(including the anemones). I’ve tried Joes Juice, but they keep coming back... I’ve introduced peppermint shrimp, but they’re getting killed by my dortyback(who is an *******). What do I do?? I’m not going to tear it down, just would like some help!

 

[bigdrew]

There are a few threads about nudibranches. All they eat is aiptasia. Takes them about 2 - 6 months and suddenly, the aiptasia is all gone. The other option as an aiptasia eating filefish.

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[James Tucker]

Aiptasia eating "Berghia Nudibranch" or "F-Aiptasia Killer" are some other approaches.

 

[Peace River]

There are several natural predators, DIY options, and branded products to deal with Aiptasia and people have had luck with some of these and have their own preferences. Personally, I recommend F-Aiptasia Killer from @Frank's Tanks.

 

[FishyDP]

There are many posts about berghia nudibranches. IME they work great. I put 5-6 in my 150, and they took care of all of my aiptasia within several weeks. The nudibranches even made it into my sump on their own, and took care of the aiptasia in there as well. 6 months later and I still see a couple crawling around on the glass here and there.

 

[Mical]

I had excellent luck w/ORA aiptasia eating filefish. You won't notice an immediate decline because filefish eat at night and are very shy. In both of my tanks it took almost 2 weeks before aiptasia was gone completely. Since then they're model citizens and feed on pellets and mysis.