Aiptasia

[roader247]

Hi All

I have been keeping Aquariums for about 25 years. I just bouaght a new RR 90 gallon tank that I am saving to set up as as a reef tank. I have a friend that got Aiptasia in his tank and it killed everything, even the fish I am very afraid of this, is there any way to get rid or keep these pests out of my new tank.

[markandkristen]

peppermint shrimp

[markandkristen]

visually checking each rock helps but not 100%
you can squirt them with vinegar . that works for me

[peecook]

use a kalk mix and feed it to them, i got peppermints and they never made a difference. you can also do a search for joe's juice. whatever you do, only kill in small groups. there is a good chance whatever you use will raise pH

[cshenderson]

joe's juice is goo d stuff. I saw some aiptasias popping up so I got some juice and their all but gone now. you find the aiptasia and squrit it with the juice and that shrivel up like a slug on salt.

[wazo90925]

JOES JUICE,, i had a few in my tank recently, some were getting pretty big. someone told me about joes juice, i found it on-line. works very well. all of mine were gone in 1 treatment.

[triggerman71]

I had a bad case apstasia in one of my tanks I put in a couple of P. shrimps and a Copperband and in about 1 month they were all gone . Who took them all out? Not one left.

[sbwood007]

I used Joes Juice, and it worked for me. But I cought it before it got out of hand.

[kim lathrop]

JOE'S JUICE!!

Had Peppermint's, they ignored it.
Had a CBBF, he ate some of it and ignored the rest.

Joe's Juice worked first time on each one, I have not seen any more since!

[jerm290atlc]

pepermints for me! They wiped all my Aptasia in the refugium, even the large ones!

[parajack]

2 Peppermint shrimp worked for me in a 20g. I had a few Aiptasia that were big enough to eat the shrimp but the two of them cleaned house and kicked butt.... no sign of any Aiptasia now....

[icarus999]

drowning the piece of live rock in sand worked for me

[markandkristen]

never thought of that icarus good idea

[brad23]

My peppermint destroyed this stuff it took him maybe 10 minutes to eat it all.

[Amand]

My buddy used a copperband with really good results. Pretty much wiped out all the aiptasia in a few weeks. Just have to keep an eye to make sure they don't go after anything else

[DerekABZ]

I've tried 3 different methods,

Blowtorch on the rock out of water (Before anything other than rock added to tank) Worked to a certain extent

Lemon juice didnt work

Joes Juice killed them all.

Just my limited experience.

Cheers

Derek

[meemmoo]

I just injected very hot water into it and it's gone this morning. I think I killed it.