racefan Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 I had some Aptasia,nothing severe just a couple of them.I was pondering which route to take to get rid of it when I noticed tonight it seems to be gone.The only thing in my tank is a pair of perc. clowns, a 6 line wrasse,a fire shrimp & an Emerald crab.besides a few misc. snails.Could any of these have suddenly gotten an appetite for it? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twogirls Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 I doubt they are gone. I us lemon juice in a syringe and inject them. This usually gets the job done. Their also stuff on the market called joes juice that works too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny503 Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 From my experients it's still there, when I first saw couple of it I tried to remove it. Everytime I stick my hand in the tank and about to touch it with a razor it shrink and disappear into the hiding places, once i touch it too manny times it moved and hide.... the trail that they move will grow baby Aptasia. Prepared to get lots of pepermint shrimps... they will do the work only with baby aptasia. Oh and pay very attention to your overflow because the pepermint shrimp to like hang out there and your sump.DOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 It did not die. They don't die unless you kill them. It moved to a new spot. It will sit, and eat, and grow, then it will make 100,000 babies to take over your world. (evil laughter rings throughout the room). Find it and kill it before it gets you! dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racefan Posted May 9, 2009 Author Share Posted May 9, 2009 I had just fed the fish so apparently it had receded into the rock.After I read twogirls reply I went & checked & sure enough it's back.What's best to kill it? I've read if you get peppermint shrimp then you have to feed them when the Aptasia's gone.Won't that just add to my bio load?(29 gal cube) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algae Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 I've tried lemon juice, kalk and Aiptasia X. I liked X best. But they are evil creatures and nothing I've used so far has eliminated them completely. From what I've heard peppermint shrimp is best (for the small ones). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny503 Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Peppermint shrimps only kill baby aiptasia :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdadof2 Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 I have used aiptasia X with great results...but you will never find ALL of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fpd4308 Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 I had just fed the fish so apparently it had receded into the rock.After I read twogirls reply I went & checked & sure enough it's back.What's best to kill it? I've read if you get peppermint shrimp then you have to feed them when the Aptasia's gone.Won't that just add to my bio load?(29 gal cube) a couple of peppermint shrimp should't mess up your bioload. They will eat whatever you normally feed your fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefboy Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 I have had some mixed success in clients tanks with a Klein's Butterfly I say mixed as it left lps and other corals alone but did like there clam I currently have same fish at home now after it ate all that could be seen it's cleaning up one of my systems and its leaving the rest alone at the moment.In your case with a smaller system you may try nuking the larger ones then using the peppermints to control any further sprout up's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racefan Posted May 9, 2009 Author Share Posted May 9, 2009 Right now this one in the pic. is the biggest & it's what I would call small.There are 2 tiny others.I went & got a peppermint shrimp today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Peppermint shrimp might do the trick. If not you can get "Aptasia control" works very well for me. You have a tube worm also on bottom of that rock. Those things irritate the(cussing)out of me becuase they put off that stringy stuff to collect food. Get's caught up on all my other stuff.DOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racefan Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 Peppermint shrimp might do the trick. If not you can get "Aptasia control" works very well for me. You have a tube worm also on bottom of that rock. Those things irritate the(cussing)out of me becuase they put off that stringy stuff to collect food. Get's caught up on all my other stuff.DOH! That's what that stuff is! I think it looks like cobwebs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 yeah. I can't stand that stuff. The only way I could get rid of them is breaking them off completely. Very frusterating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racefan Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 You would HATE this new mushroom/sponge covered rock I got from Isaac yesterday then,it's got a bunch of those on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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