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Thanks! I'll be over tomorrow to pick it up.

Victim(s) 5, Fourth Morning (Saturday) Aptasia reduction continues. This morning the Aptasia under the Ricordea are missing

Victim(s) 5, Third Morning (Friday) Third Morning, and Some Removal visible! (Left side reduction picture included, Right Side w/Ricordea looks like no change)

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Victim(s) 5, Second Morning (Thursday) As expected, 2nd morning is boring. Aptasia are still loud and proud. On a positive note, corals don't seem bothered. How many of us have heard a story of a peppermint shrimp that's gotten a taste for someones corals and ... It's Got To Go.

Victim(s) 5, First Morning (Wednesday) New phase of the experiment. I'm out of bare rocks from the main tank. Starting to bring in rocks with various corals. One has easy SPS, one is a ricorda rock, and last a gorgonian rock. Shrimp are supposed to now be trained to like Aptasia, Not Coral! Okay, these rocks went in late last night (white pictures). First thing this morning (red pictures), and check out the three shrimp just enjoying themselves at the top of the purple monti digitata. (last photo)

Victim(s) 4, Sixth Morning (Tuesday) We've moved to the phase were I can't find any aptasia remaining. A few are likely left in some crack/crevis. But 6 days seems to be the trick to Bulk Eradication.

yes, more water than bleach. And It's a guestimate, I fill a container with water and add a "pour" of bleach. (not a capful, a pour) My idea behind bleach is to oxidize/sterilize the bio junk left on the <sponge, in your case>. A quick wikipedia read just taught me that hydrogen peroxide, specifically the peroxide, does the same. Except bleach costs <$10 for a gallon at costco, and the high quality (>10% H.Peroxide) isn't as convenient nor cheap for me to pick up. The $2 brown bottle H.Peroxide I can easily get at the drug store is <1/2 gallon, and is the weak 3% stuff. Slow and wimpy. Simply stated, Bleach gets the job done for me, every time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach

Me, I'd just mix up some bleach water (like 10:1 kind of ratio) - soak it overnight. Rinse well, put it back the next day.

Amazing Pictures! Fantastic corals.

Victim(s) 4, Fifth Morning (Monday) Just keeping photo documentation up to date. Looks the same this morning, as last night. a bunch of shrimp are on the rock this mornig, in different spots

Thats one heck of a price.

Chopping an acrylic tank or sump that's too big down to size isn't too bad. I used a used 24x24x48" tank to make a ~39" sump out of. You could start by looking for a 48" x 24" x 20" used tank, and chop it. Yes, you have to be a bit handy. Here's picts of my chop. I also had to grind off twin external overflows, but thats not common.

Victim(s) 4, Fifth Afternoon (Sunday) We were out for the weekend, so no Sat/Sun morning pictures. But Sunday afternoon checkin, and the Shrimp Have Been Busy. There are still some Aptasia visible, but amazing how the bulk are either in hiding or gone.

I have done Berghia in the past, with great success. This time around, I seem to melt them faster than I could encourage their success. (I tried two batches earlier, and have a couple of theories what I did wrong - but the aptasia have gone Crazy - and felt I needed a technique that could knock them down faster, at least initially.)

Thank You! This will be a fantastic Valentines day gift for three people.

Victim(s) 4, Third Morning (Friday) Hmm, I was expecting to see aptasia less open - after being bothered by shrimp for 24hrs I *see* shrimp on top of the rocks, and more under the rocks... duunnn dunnn… duuuunnnn duun… duuunnnnnnnn dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnn dunnnn

Follow-up mid day I never realized just How Many aptasia there where on this rock, until I was looking closer over lunch today. Turned on the white lights. Attached is close up of one section of rock, AND a crop of the center of the same photo. Look at those little tiny ones!!! These pictures could be used in an instructional video. Don't let Aptasia get out of hand.

Victim(s) 4, Second Morning (Thursday) Second morning, still following same trend as past victims - Aptasia still comfortably open, acting unphased But... also still following same trend as past victims - I can see Peppermint shrimp huddling underneath these rocks. Getting Ready (que the theme song from Jaws. think like you're an aptasia, and the shrimp are great white sharks - ready to Eat You!) duunnn dunnn… duuuunnnn duun… duuunnnnnnnn dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnn dunnnn

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@WestSideReefer, I'll help you out with a few montiporas if your interested. I always keep a few extra clips around to help fellow reefers with. Montipora spongodes Montipora setosa Red Montipora capricornis Red Montipora digitata

Victim(s) 4, First Morning (Wednesday) Got next large pile of rocks moved to the Shrimp tank last night Attached are the baseline photos from the first morning. Aptasia are open and out, not feeling the effects of shrimp... Yet. Special Note: Victims 2 and 3 rock piles are still in this tank. In theory, shrimp should be hungry and be eating on V4 rocks. But the others are still there too. (I'd like to glue some of these rocks back together into a rigid structure before returning to display tank)

Did not add Victim 4 today. Borrowed the shrimp tank space to temporarily hold the grow out tank occupants, which has developed a thick layer of diatom algae. something like coscinodiscus (ID'd by R2R helpers) https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/id-please-coating-flat-surfaces-thin-matt-scope-pictures-included.887878/ Drained, removed, scrubbed in driveway, and reinstalled today. Frag tank looking better. Shrimp tank restored to the shrimp.

I've got lots of bergia experience, I've never seen them look like that. I have no experience with Zoa eating nudibranchs, but a quick google image search sure looks similar to your picture. Same statement for Montipora eating nudi. Seems to be similar. Time to start looking at corals and zoas, to see if you can spot moe.

Victim(s) 3, Sixth Day (Saturday) Feels like today should be a before and after compare day It is also worth while to say, this process is not perfect. I'm happy the bulk aptasia are knocked down But an escapee on Victim 1 has shown up, which has been returned to the main tank. Victim 1 - in main tank MUCH better than when it started, but not 100% cured (and yes, those are dino's all over the gravel - thank you for asking. Specifically LCA, which I'm currently fighting too.)