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[jkwills15]

Mom, would you want to take the tank and all its inhabitants along with a dog? Theses words were spoken in hope so that my child wouldn’t have to get rids of stuff/animals the he loves…lol. To my husband he states that the tank is ours now, he will be in Hawaii for 8 years…the dog will have passed on and he doesn’t anticipate moving back to this area so moving a 100 gallon setup across country probably not possible. So here we are with an aquarium with some coral, fish, cleaners and a dog! So learning about the tank and wanting to get under control before I even dream of adding to it! Any crash course lessons, dos and don’ts that I may need? Currently I am battling aiptasia gone wild. Done the peppermint shrimp, then the nudibranch ( I was warned that the shrimp might eat, not warned about the hermit crabs having a $100.00 feast!!!). So I am going to try the lemon juice route for the aiptasia I can get to…what else?

 

[Peace River]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

ersonally, I would try F-Aiptasia before lemon juice. Good luck with whatever you choose!

 

[mdb_talon]

Ideally you can teach the dog to maintain the tank and then your life gets simpler again

Welcome to the forums! Tons of good i fo here. Sadly there is no perfect answer to the aiptasia problem

 

[shadow_k]

Welcome to R2R !
I personally use kalkpaste ! It’s literally disintegrates them ! But because using too much it will raise your ph ! Goodluck

 

[kittenbritches]

Welcome and godspeed!

 

[TnFishwater98]

Mom, would you want to take the tank and all its inhabitants along with a dog? Theses words were spoken in hope so that my child wouldn’t have to get rids of stuff/animals the he loves…lol. To my husband he states that the tank is ours now, he will be in Hawaii for 8 years…the dog will have passed on and he doesn’t anticipate moving back to this area so moving a 100 gallon setup across country probably not possible. So here we are with an aquarium with some coral, fish, cleaners and a dog! So learning about the tank and wanting to get under control before I even dream of adding to it! Any crash course lessons, dos and don’ts that I may need? Currently I am battling aiptasia gone wild. Done the peppermint shrimp, then the nudibranch ( I was warned that the shrimp might eat, not warned about the hermit crabs having a $100.00 feast!!!). So I am going to try the lemon juice route for the aiptasia I can get to…what else?

Welcome to Da Reef!

 

[Sebastiancrab]

Welcome! Check out Bulk Reef Supply videos on YouTube. I manually remove aiptasia and then put reef safe glue on the spot.

 

[Kiwi reefer]

Welcome to R2R

 

[Reef and Dive]

Welcome to the best reefing forum in the world!

using kalk with a needle on the mouth helps with aiptasia. If you can manage this fish, a Chelmon is a destroyer!

 

[JXNATC]

Mom, would you want to take the tank and all its inhabitants along with a dog? Theses words were spoken in hope so that my child wouldn’t have to get rids of stuff/animals the he loves…lol. To my husband he states that the tank is ours now, he will be in Hawaii for 8 years…the dog will have passed on and he doesn’t anticipate moving back to this area so moving a 100 gallon setup across country probably not possible. So here we are with an aquarium with some coral, fish, cleaners and a dog! So learning about the tank and wanting to get under control before I even dream of adding to it! Any crash course lessons, dos and don’ts that I may need? Currently I am battling aiptasia gone wild. Done the peppermint shrimp, then the nudibranch ( I was warned that the shrimp might eat, not warned about the hermit crabs having a $100.00 feast!!!). So I am going to try the lemon juice route for the aiptasia I can get to…what else?

 

[Gtinnel]

Welcome to R2R. Sorry I can't help with the aiptasia, since it's one of the few pests I've never really had other than one or two small ones on frag plugs.

 

[Kennya]

Welcome to R2R

 

[atomos]

 

[SPR1968]

Hi and welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[Fred2482]

Welcome! I would also recommend F-Aptasia.

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Welcome to the R2R community!!!

 

[Zach B]

Welcome

 

[PeterC99]

Welcome to R2R!

Very interesting story and best wishes for your family and aquarium!

 

[Karen00]

Wow! That's an interesting way to get into the hobby!! Welcome to the salty side and the community! There are a lot of good sticky threads in the "new to saltwater" section of the forum. You will also find different sections for different areas of the hobby to assist you. I have never battled aiptasia so I can't assist with that. Glad to have you here and ask all the questions you need to.

 

[kstaley12]

Welcome! I have won the battle against aptasia in the past with the nudibranch…however I did not have any hermit crabs in residence at the time. Good luck!