Looking for someone who has been here, advice welcome.

[Romeo Kilo]

 

[Jekyl]

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[Romeo Kilo]

I know I have options, I just want to know others experiences. Is it too far gone?

 

[LuizW13]

Oh my goodness.. I thought that was hair algae at first.

You might as well nuke the tank, start completely fresh, or start a new tank and keep this as an oddly beautiful Aptasia dedicated tank. Maybe you can even become a Peppermint shrimp farmer lol.

 

[jtone_philthy_aquatics]

dang!! Is that aptasa?!

 

[G Santana]

I have seen infestations but holy cow

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

I don't often suggest tear downs or nuking live rock but you might have to...

if you can get your hands on a respirator and a blow torch you might be able to spot treat these enough (Outside please) but idk man... idk

 

[reeftivo]

i have had a bad glass nem problem before but never like that. So sorry for that nightmare.

Yikes!

i would get a file fish (borrow or buy) or start over and boil that rock. that size of an infestation will be almost impossible to eradicate. you have to get every piece of a glass nem or they will grow back.

how big is the display?

 

[reeftivo]

 

[DKPminus]

Looks like cousin It drown in your tank..

 

[Rogued_Reefer]

You sir have found a new business. Go on saltyunderground.com and get yourself a few berghia nudies. They only eat aiptasia so they will have a feast there and also reproduce. While they work and reproduce go to your trusted LFS and tell them you’ll soon have a lot of berghias for sale at $6-10/ea here in Florida they pay around $10/ea.
Good luck

 

[Tonycass12]

You sir have found a new business. Go on saltyunderground.com and get yourself a few berghia nudies. They only eat aiptasia so they will have a feast there and also reproduce. While they work and reproduce go to your trusted LFS and tell them you’ll soon have a lot of berghias for sale at $6-10/ea here in Florida they pay around $10/ea.
Good luck

This right here. A solution where you make money too.

 

[LuizW13]

You sir have found a new business. Go on saltyunderground.com and get yourself a few berghia nudies. They only eat aiptasia so they will have a feast there and also reproduce. While they work and reproduce go to your trusted LFS and tell them you’ll soon have a lot of berghias for sale at $6-10/ea here in Florida they pay around $10/ea.
Good luck

Word, I forgot about them.

 

[Romeo Kilo]

Its a 190 gallon, i put 16 nudies a month ago. Jeff at reeftown.com hooked me up beautifully, even threw in one for free. They went in never to be seen again... my file fish is useless, eats his body weight in pods(im guessing), but definately not aptasia.
LFS said to sell back the fish and dump in 100 or so peppermint shrimp. Or they would also trade me pound for pound rock but dry.

 

[jaganshi066]

Its a 190 gallon, i put 16 nudies a month ago. Jeff at reeftown.com hooked me up beautifully, even threw in one for free. They went in never to be seen again... my file fish is useless, eats his body weight in pods(im guessing), but definately not aptasia.
LFS said to sell back the fish and dump in 100 or so peppermint shrimp. Or they would also trade me pound for pound rock but dry.

I thought the berghias eat it for sure hmmm

 

[TCoach]

What are the tank inhabitants?

 

[Romeo Kilo]

two urchins
two clowns, maroon and lightening
foxface
harlequin basslet
tomini tang
powder brown tang
blonde naso tang
stupid filefish

a few snails
two emerald crabs, not seen in weeks
maybe two or three hermits not eaten by the basslet
oh, and several hunderd stomatella snails

 

[Romeo Kilo]

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[Chris Spaulding]

i put 16 nudies a month ago

It will take A LOT more than 16 Nudies to make a dent into that. Months before you see any progress. The nudies will need time to bread lay eegs , eggs hatch then babies start to eat mature breed lay eggs so on and so fourth. Each cycle for that is about 6 to 8 weeks.

 

[Floyd-]

Wow! How did it get that bad? I have maybe 3-4 in my tank that I treat with aptasa X and its slowly reducing the numbers after a few weeks of hitting them.