What TTM

[K7BMG]

OK people smarter than myself.

Here is my situation and need some advice please.
I have one Rose Bubble Tip about 3-4 inches across.
Two Dendro colonies one has seven heads, the second had six but now only three.
A small rectangular chunk of GSP about 1.5 X 2.25 inches.
Two Trochus snails.
They are in my 12G nano tank and I want to transfer them to my freshly cycled pristine 150G eventually.

I HAVE LOST THE BATTLE IN THIS TANK DUE TO AIPTASIA, CYANO, AND WHO KNOWS.

So how do I go about ridding the livestock of these bad things and not transfer any of it to my 150G.

The BTA I feel can be gently removed from the infected rock, dipped in hydrogen peroxide, or other coral dip and that will be that. I don't THINK Aiptasia or their spores reside on other anemone's nor the Cyano.
If I am wrong please correct my thinking.

I am fear full however, I won't be able to rid the pests off of the snails, Dendro's, and GSP.

Advice anyone?

 

[K7BMG]

Bumpity bump bump... Bumpity bump bump.

 

[kput]

It mostly depends on what peste you really have.. I doubt you'd carry any aptasia over unless you were recently causing them to spore and took something out and swapped it over immediately. I'd follow normal coral dipping protecols, remove frag plugs and swap them out, and look very closely on all the corals for any small aptasias that are latched on.

A good rinse with fresh salt water or tank water from the 150 should help. Could also consider a chemiclean bath for a few days in a small QT tank setup to make sure the cyano doesn't come over? For the snails, I'm honestly not sure.

If you wanted to be super careful, set up a QT tank and leave everything in it for a few weeks.

 

[Ruben's Reef]

#reefsquad

 

[GoVols]

I'd bring in the nudis for an heavy aiptasia outbreak.

Please read below and see if they fit the job that you want to do.

Berghia Nudibranchs for the Dreaded Aiptasia Anemone

First off, I don't consider myself an expert reefer. I'm just one person that's been in the hobby for many years and, I'm still learning. I also like to help others to be successful too. So, I want to write this piece to help others dealing with...

www.reef2reef.com

It will take awhile and some wrasses will eat the nudis

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I've gotten cyano from nitrates being too low, and carbon dosing will fire cyano up too.


_________________________________________________________________________

FWIW:
Love having these Banded Trochus snails too.

https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/564/banded-trochus-snail?pcatid=564&c=497+526+564

 

[K7BMG]

I'd bring in the nudis for an heavy aiptasia outbreak.

Please read below and see if they fit the job that you want to do.

Berghia Nudibranchs for the Dreaded Aiptasia Anemone

First off, I don't consider myself an expert reefer. I'm just one person that's been in the hobby for many years and, I'm still learning. I also like to help others to be successful too. So, I want to write this piece to help others dealing with...

www.reef2reef.com

It will take awhile and some wrasses will eat the nudis

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I've gotten cyano from nitrates being too low, and carbon dosing will fire cyano up too.


_________________________________________________________________________

FWIW:
Love having these Banded Trochus snails too.

https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/564/banded-trochus-snail?pcatid=564&c=497+526+564

Thanks this a 12G Nano.
I bought six adult Nudis at $165.00 from Reeftown, including the shipping but alas over three months they did nothing. Saw them crawling around on my Aiptasia covered rocks for first three days then never saw them again, most of the time I watched them crawl right past Aiptasia that were the same size or smaller than they were. Did not expect for them to eat the larger ones.

The tank will be sterilized in bleach AFTER I get the livestock out of course.
I am looking just to get the livestock pest free and transferred to the big tank.

 

[JP Reef]

I killed all my aiptasia by boiling some water and then using a pipette to hit them with the hot water. They get a blast of hot water, but nothing else is affected. A couple shots caused mine to shrivel and die over a day or so.

 

[Glott3133]

I bought a decent sized peppermint shrimp and he took out my larger aiptasia the first day. This was about 2 weeks ago, and I haven't seen any new aiptasia since.

 

[GoVols]

Thanks this a 12G Nano.
I bought six adult Nudis at $165.00 from Reeftown, including the shipping but alas over three months they did nothing. Saw them crawling around on my Aiptasia covered rocks for first three days then never saw them again, most of the time I watched them crawl right past Aiptasia that were the same size or smaller than they were. Did not expect for them to eat the larger ones.

The tank will be sterilized in bleach AFTER I get the livestock out of course.
I am looking just to get the livestock pest free and transferred to the big tank.

Well,
The nudis will eat aiptasia or they will die, it's all they eat. Might have been a water chemistry issue or a predator. I know pods will eat their egg sacks. Always used Ryan at Salty Undergound and sorry they did not work out.

@RichtheReefer21 has used Ryan at Salty Underground for nudis too.
Seems like they wiped his aiptasia out too.

The right kind of pep. shrimps, but they might go bonkers on your corals.

Might want to try an aiptasia eating file fish, if they pop up, in your main display, once you make the move.

Good luck!

 

[K7BMG]

Thanks for the responses so far everyone. Appreciate your guidance.

I am not trying to cure this tank, just looking for the best safest way to rid the pests from each piece of remaining livestock.
The fish have been transferred out.
I don't want to kill off anything so looking for advice to save the creatures but take out the evils so my new tank does not get infested.

I intend to carefully remove the BTA off the rock and. Dip in ________________?
The Dendros and the small rock they are encrusted on. Dip in ________________?
The chunk of Green Star Polyp. Dip in ________________?
The two snail how to clean the shells and not harm them Dip in ________________?

Once the wanted livestock is out of the tank the Aiptasia and algae will not survive the bleach induced tank re-set.

 

[GoVols]

I've never dipped a bta

Bayer dip may suffice for the rest.

 

[K7BMG]

I have a 20G QT tank I can set up.

Maybe the best way is to follow the QT process for each animal.

 

[kireek]

I have a 20G QT tank I can set up.

Maybe the best way is to follow the QT process for each animal.

This is probably your best bet when dealing with a aptasia outbreak. Don't dip your anemone.

Dipping an anemone?

Can I dip a new anemone in CoralRX to remove any pest?

www.reef2reef.com

Everything expect the snails could go into Bayer or Revive by Julian Sprung.

I don't know of any safe way to dip snails.

 

[K7BMG]

This is probably your best bet when dealing with a aptasia outbreak. Don't dip your anemone.

Dipping an anemone?

Can I dip a new anemone in CoralRX to remove any pest?

www.reef2reef.com

Everything expect the snails could go into Bayer or Revive by Julian Sprung.

I don't know of any safe way to dip snails.

Thx.