xenias vs. aiptasia

juan jose · #1 03/07/2006, 06:22 PM

I have a xenia which is being touched by an ugly aiptasia. Can the aiptasia harm the xenia? Is it safe to kill it with joeÂ´s juice bieng so near to the xenia?

djcool563 · #2 03/07/2006, 06:23 PM

yes you inject the aiptasia with it. Xenia should be fine

TippyToeX · #3 03/07/2006, 06:25 PM

Yes the aiptasia can harm and could very well kill the xenia. I agree with the above. Just hit the aiptasia, the xenia will deal with it.

juan jose · #4 03/07/2006, 06:25 PM

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Originally posted by djcool563
yes you inject the aiptasia with it. Xenia should be fine

Are aiptasias not reef safe? In other words can they kill corals? Or they just populate the surroundings and avoid growth from corals?

djcool563 · #5 03/07/2006, 06:30 PM

They are not reef safe they will take over a tank if not taken care of they will kill almsot any coral and spread very fast. get rid of it

juan jose · #6 03/07/2006, 06:42 PM

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Originally posted by djcool563
They are not reef safe they will take over a tank if not taken care of they will kill almsot any coral and spread very fast. get rid of it

Crap and I donÂ´t just have a few. Have been injecting joes juice now and then. Is it ok to clear the entire tank with joes juice on one opportunity or should I do it gradually. The have also told me to put a certain type of butterfly which is very sharp in eating the small one, is this true?

HBtank · #7 03/07/2006, 06:53 PM

My peppermint shrimp cleared my tank of the 3-4 I had.

But I was not feeding at the time and forced them to seek out their own food.

I have heard this is hit or miss though.

juan jose · #8 03/07/2006, 07:01 PM

what is the biggest aiptasia anyone has seen. In my tank probably IÂ´ve had one about an inch and halve long. Do they grow huge in the wild? What is their role in the wild anybody know.

cougaraug · #9 03/12/2006, 06:42 AM

there was a tank in town here that looked like it had zooanthids (well, actually palythoa) covering everything. They eventually added a very lucky coral banded butterfly and a handfull of peppermints-- now it's pretty nice!

juan jose · #10 03/13/2006, 10:46 AM

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Originally posted by cougaraug
there was a tank in town here that looked like it had zooanthids (well, actually palythoa) covering everything. They eventually added a very lucky coral banded butterfly and a handfull of peppermints-- now it's pretty nice!

I added a coral banded butterfly about 4 days ago and my clown tang gave him such a good welcome that IÂ´m still waiting for it to come out from behind the rocks. I hope he eventually comes out and eats all of the aiptasia. I also added a peppermint. I really hope my butterfly comes out.

civicss1 · #11 03/13/2006, 10:54 AM

i thought that the COPPER banded butterfly ate them along with the raccoon butterfly....anyways the fastest way to kill them is with Joes Juice...i had tons and i got as many as i could in one day...i had to use to bottles of it ...some did come back but i got those weeds...i call them the weed of the ocean.....get rid of them asap....

juan jose · #12 03/13/2006, 12:16 PM

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Originally posted by civicss1
i thought that the COPPER banded butterfly ate them along with the raccoon butterfly....anyways the fastest way to kill them is with Joes Juice...i had tons and i got as many as i could in one day...i had to use to bottles of it ...some did come back but i got those weeds...i call them the weed of the ocean.....get rid of them asap....

IÂ´ve been using JoesÂ´Juice also but there are some aiptasias that are really tough to get, I hope the butterfly gets them. IÂ´ve read about a nudibranch that the only thing that eats is aiptasias. Once all aiptasias are gone you have to get him out of the tank and donate him because he will die without aiptasias. If nothing works I will try to get one of those.