What To Do?

[reeferkeeper420]

As for the fresh cycle idea how long would i have to wait to start adding my sps, and not.worry about stressing them out?

 

[pulpfiction1]

i think the key is obtaing true peppermint shrimps and not a camelback

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[Reef Hero]

One thing I've noticed is that it can take a while for a species to start eating natural things within our aquarium..... When I was tiring CBBs it took them a while to start eating them.


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[barebottomcouple]

No havent tried peppermints, but i hear only certain ones eat them and at 15-20@piece its not cheap to put a little army if they dont eat em lol. I also hear they only will eat the little ones. I have some monsters haha.

you have to be very careful when buying peppermint shrimp (L. wurdemanni) camel shrimp (R. durbanensis) are extremely similar and are Not reef safe, and eat softies and zoa's. I have a peppermint and one of the frags I just got had a glassy on it and within an hour it was eaten. Google them and get one from a knowledgeable lfs and you'll be fine. again just my experiences.

 

[spyd]

Your best bet is to use new rock. Only problem is the potential to transfer them over via corals / zoos, etc. If you even have 1 head hiding under a coral base or in with your zoos, they will spread. I find the more you try to zap them, the more they spread. I have had aiptasia in my tank since day 1 and I just leave it alone generally and it doesn't spread much because I don't muck around with it.

The best way I have seen to remove aiptasia naturally is using Nudibranches. I highly recommend buying them from saltyunderground as they can legally ship them to Canada. They have specialized nudis that can populate even in high flow tanks. You need a lot though. 1 or 2 aren't going to cut it. I would suggest an absolute minimum of 10 to get them breeding and have a better success rate. The bigger you can get them, the better chance of survival as well.

 

[spyd]

I should note that even with this treatment, aiptasia is prone to comeback. It is highly likely that they miss 1 or 2 heads and they slowly start spreading again. I have seen it in other tanks.

 

[barebottomcouple]

only one suggestion is to consider that any specialized animal you put in when it runs out of food, they die and its so easy to say remove them when you have hundreds of pounds of rockscapeing ,again just my opinion !!!! personally I would never place a specialized feeder in my tank for fear that they die.

 

[EricTMah]

Hey Riley. Have you tried a CBB in your system?

I added one about a month ago and is doing really well. Not sure if it's just in my head, but I think I'm seeing less small aiptasias in my system.

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[SamB]

I've seen peps on sale at the LFS in Toronto - I will check before the frag show and if they are a good deal I can bring you some

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Hey Riley. Have you tried a CBB in your system?

I added one about a month ago and is doing really well. Not sure if it's just in my head, but I think I'm seeing less small aiptasias in my system.

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Yeah last one i tried died within a day unfortunately.

 

[EricTMah]

Yeah last one i tried died within a day unfortunately.

I'd try another. Just make sure it's eating at the store and make sure they don't stress it out trying to catch it either.

Was your tank still "new" when you tried it?

Mine was eating at the store. But when I added it to my tank he stopped eating for a few days. But good thing my system is established and had a ton of pods and feather dusters for it to graze on till he decided to eat frozen.


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[scubasteve]

im all about the peppermints have two and never seen aptasia except at lfs lol gotta give them a couple weeks to get cozy then you will notice them disappearing

 

[Reef Hero]

Yeah last one i tried died within a day unfortunately.

Was it eating frozen foods when you bought it?
This is KEY when looking to purchase a CBB....


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[theyangman]

My filefish and copperband completely erradicated my tank of aips, both big and small (I had some that had discs the size of loonies)

After the aips were gone, the filefish started eating zoas so I moved him to the sump and now he has a new home. The copperband has somehow managed to flip over to frozen food and he is doing nicely!

 

[scubasteve]

i think the key is obtaing true peppermint shrimps and not a camelback

https://suite.io/ret-talbot/jva2va

yep alot of people mistake camels for peppermint then slowly watch zoos disappear instead and mis labelling is common unfortunately

Above is a camel notice protrusion on head and hump before tail and distinct white markings... not reef safe

Above is peppermint tail is more of bent look and head more like a blood or cleaner also the white markings arent white but more clear

 

[Reef Hero]

Peppermint do eat aiptasia, however it is important to be aware that this species has been notorious for attacking softies such as hammers, torches, frogspawn, etc....I was going to buy one but the shocking amount of people who have reported coral attacks made me change my mind.....


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[heath]

I tried the vinegar thing too, a 10cc shringe with a piece of tubing attached, did it twice, they shrivelled up immediately and low and behold they were back the next day..

 

[Sewerat]

Mine never returned with the vinegar, but you have to get them to ingest it. If you touch them with the tubing they close up before getting a mouthful.

 

[barebottomcouple]

get a needle of vinegar or lemon in the base they'll shrivel and not be back but not easy to get it into the base before they retreat

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Where can you get syringe ends? Shoppers? I just dont wanna look like a junkie, going in for needles haha.