Today at my LFS

[RareEarthCorals]

:mad::mad:I take a trip down to my LFS at least once a week. It is by my local cigar shop so two places that take my money.

I notice a breakout of aiptasia on the substrate and upon further inspection behind this $450 scolymia are three or four large ones so I approach one of the reef specialist and tell her that they have a small outbreak that appears to have come from the back of the scolymia. She looks at me and says I know??!!!! My jaw drops as if to acknowledge the obvious !!! I pull out with no corals in hand and possibly no future interaction with this shop. It sad that a $450 rare scoly would be the reason you have an aiptasia outbreak.
I know it can and will happen but jump on it with a quickness so as not to infect your tanks and send home someone with more than they expected. :mad:

 

[4FordFamily]

I have aptasia in 2/3 of my large tanks and they cause exactly zero problems. Ironically, it's both of my reef tanks that have them. They've not really taken over. They've gotten bigger i suppose but they don't bother me much.

My copperband will hopefully eat some when he goes in to the DT but if not it's not that deep.

Mojano anemones on the other hand can be a real issue. I haven't seen any in a couple years but it took some filefish to take care of them indefinitely. The more you try to remove them, the more you tick them off and they spread. They take over and kill other corals.

My aptasia I don't spend any time worried about. Had them for 12 years. I don't place coral I care about within tentacle shot and other than that I let them do their thing.

My peppermint shrimp left them alone it seems.

 

[RareEarthCorals]

I have aptasia in 2/3 of my large tanks and they cause exactly zero problems. Ironically, it's both of my reef tanks that have them. They've not really taken over. They've gotten bigger i suppose but they don't bother me much.

My copperband will hopefully eat some when he goes in to the DT but if not it's not that deep.

Mojano anemones on the other hand can be a real issue. I haven't seen any in a couple years but it took some filefish to take care of them indefinitely. The more you try to remove them, the more you tick them off and they spread. They take over and kill other corals

It is somewhat inevitable in the hobby, I realize, but it is preventable. It is a pain to
remove and a cost I shouldnt have to endure because they are lazy about it. I have a Biocube and an outbreak of anything can turn that small a tank into a nightmare quick.

I just expect more from my local LFS and after the "I know" response from the reef specialist it really hit home that it is not important for them to prevent a "preventable" outbreak from occuring.

 

[Daytonareefing]

I don't know what part of Florida your in but here in Daytona Beach all the shops I seen have some form of pests and they don't care. It's really sad. It's not like it's one little aptasia it's a heard or flatworms ect.

 

[hybridazn]

I try not to let any "pests" bother me anymore in this hobby, if I see an aptasia in my tank I say, "darn you spawn of Satan" then bust out the superglue and cover it up lol.

 

[RareEarthCorals]

I don't know what part of Florida your in but here in Daytona Beach all the shops I seen have some form of pests and they don't care. It's really sad. It's not like it's one little aptasia it's a heard or flatworms ect.

Jacksonville, we have plenty of places and some better than others, but if you dont want to care about your tanks then why be in the business, I say! It just grinds my gears when someone who puts so much effort into a store has such little regard for its stock or customers for that matter.