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11/30/2007, 03:25 AM
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Berghia Nudibranchs and Aptasia
ok...so ive been reading about these little guys and was just looking to get some feedback on them. lately my tank broke out with aptasia and i want a solid cure for it, because the aptasia control juice only works for so long, these sound like the way to go. just a few questions...what is care like for them? how well do they actually work? and for my 30g cube w/ 25g sump how many would i need to be effective? i cant stand aptasia!! btw sorry for the double post...
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#2
11/30/2007, 10:46 AM
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http://www.saltyunderground.com/ or peppermint shrimps
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11/30/2007, 11:24 AM
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I bought 3 for my 90 and had all of my aptasia gone within a week. I don't know if they're still there but Aptasia has never come back.
My cuz has used peppermint shrimps and they work well for him. |
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11/30/2007, 01:24 PM
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i actually have 2 pepermint shrimps but they dont seem very effective...maybe i just need some more of them?
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11/30/2007, 01:49 PM
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11/30/2007, 05:38 PM
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Klein's butterfly fish was a God send for me. Eats every aiptasia, and doesn't bother any corals. Ugly fish, but he's never coming out of my tank.
Peppermints are hit and miss. I tried bergia, and they can either be pretty sensitive and die off, or become food for other predators. Too bad, they're cool looking really! I tried a few, the worked on one or two rocks, then I never saw 'em again, nor saw any more progress. |
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12/01/2007, 11:43 AM
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some people from MASLAC did a group buy on the berghias, I bought...4 or 6, split them into two tanks, never saw them again, and the population of aips never went down. Talking with everyone else, none of the berghias did a damn thing... Peps are a crap shoot also (but Ive had better luck) Ive bought some from a wholesaler, put them in a small cube with a few pieces of rock with aips on them and in a day or two the anemones are gone. I put the peps in different tanks and the aiptasia has dwindled/disapeared. I bought more peps from the same wholesaler, did the same thing in a small tank with rock and aips... nothing. The shrimp don't seem to like aiptasia, but they are the friendlies pepermints Ive ever seen... I know of this one tank that is infested with aiptasia, kalkwasser and joes juice every week... still aiptasia. I then noticed that the large sailfin tang likes to eat aiptasia that are covered with kalk! Little pieces go floating by and then 10 more aips... I picked up a copperbaded butterfly, for two weeks he didn't do much, 3rd and 4th week he wiped out aips on left side of tang, 5th and 6th week wiped out the rest of the tank (except for bottom right corner where a very large and mean maroon clown lives) and learned to beg for food. It is now the fattest butterfly Ive seen.
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12/01/2007, 11:51 AM
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4-5 years ago I spent near $100 on the berghias. Biggest waste of money to date. Peppermint shrimp, while not everyone you see in the stores will eat them for me have been the best bet. Keep in mind that there are several shrimp that go by the common name but not all of them eat aiptasia.
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#11
12/01/2007, 06:12 PM
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cool...seems like alot of mixed reviews, i guess ill just have to keep dosing the ap control and maybe try out some nudis, just to test my luck. otherwise it sounds like i might be tryin out a butterfly. btw...whats a decent price for nudis, like $10-15 per?
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#13
12/02/2007, 03:10 PM
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sweet ok thanks guys appreciate the input and stories...Anemone, what a story.
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