Aiptasia

[greggreenberg]

How do I get rid of Aiptasia?

 

[rdnelson]

Lots of ways. Two that I have used are AptasiaX and Super Glue Gel. AptasiaX does a decent job. You need to start squirting a little bit out of the needle as you aproach it and then jam it in the oral disc and give it a good shot. In areas where I didn't want to risk hurting a coral or in my case a scolly, I entombed it in Super Glue Gel.

 

[dustin]

Ive always used Kent Marine Poly Ox. Read the directions, not something you want to spill in the tank or on your carpet. I get a small needle, fill it with a little poly ox, and inject it into the body and slowly fill the anemone till poly ox (dark red in color) begins to show in the water. I then just leave my hand in the tank, needle injected in the anemone. After maybe 10 seconds the sucker with come off the rock attached to the needle and into the trash it goes. This is nice because it removes them right then and you done have to do repeated treatments/injections. Good Luck

 

[kirkplunkett]

dustin;800041 wrote: Ive always used Kent Marine Poly Ox. Read the directions, not something you want to spill in the tank or on your carpet. I get a small needle, fill it with a little poly ox, and inject it into the body and slowly fill the anemone till poly ox (dark red in color) begins to show in the water. I then just leave my hand in the tank, needle injected in the anemone. After maybe 10 seconds the sucker with come off the rock attached to the needle and into the trash it goes. This is nice because it removes them right then and you done have to do repeated treatments/injections. Good Luck

This method would be awesome... If I wasn't concerned my eel would investigate my hand a little TOO close.

 

[racinrevo0818]

Peppermint shrimp worked for me, bought 4 for my 65 and within a week not one left. They haven't bothered any other corals in tank.

 

[kirkplunkett]

RacinRevo0818;800046 wrote: Peppermint shrimp worked for me, bought 4 for my 65 and within a week not one left. They haven't bothered any other corals in tank.

They are working for me too... As long as they hide from the other tank inhabitants.

 

[bdooley]

Aptasia eating filefish.