Aiptasia Driving Me Nuts!

[OscarWilde]

Arrrrrrrghhh! Dam Aiptasia! What have people found to be the best way to control them?

Joe's juice has worked really well for me in the short term but hate shelling out for it.

Done some research it to Nudibranches which predate on them but they are very expensive and I cant seem to find a good supplier in the UK. Any one tried this?

 

[Morri]

I am trying a true peppermint shrimp at the moment but I only have a small outbreak

 

[seffieuk]

I have have tried all the methods talked about above and nothing works better than a soldering iron or blow torch!!

There are a couple of berghia on ebay at the moment, saw them today, two for thirty quid, but again, i have tried them and unless your aptaisia is small don't bother, the blooming things will eat the berghia

Seffie x

 

[kj23502]

Joe's Juice worked for me...but then I only had two.

 

[SkiFletch]

Amen to the blow torch

 

[Ren&Stumpy]

Gotta say soldering iron is best so far for me. Haven't tried a Calcium paste method yet but that works too Apparently.

 

[bae1994]

i fnd my aptasia eating or common file fish works wonders hes keeping on top of it i mean its still there but its under control

also the bergia apparently when the die can caause real problems

also ive read good things about getting reef epoxy putty and just seaing them in the rock work

 

[seffieuk]

i fnd my aptasia eating or common file fish works wonders hes keeping on top of it i mean its still there but its under control

bae, can you post a picture of your one - i'm thinking of buying one myself

also the bergia apparently when the die can caause real problems

I don't think they do - I have tried them, the only problem is they are so small that the larger Aips eat them, an expensive supper!!

also ive read good things about getting reef epoxy putty and just seaing them in the rock work

tried that, they just move to another hole

Seffie x

 

[bae1994]

ill try to geta pic later when i feed them