Beating Aiptasia

[hiimsean]

So up until now I haven't had much of an aiptasia problem, I still wouldn't say it's much of a problem. I had maybe 3 in the last year in my tank but the other day I noticed some large ones pop up and then around my mystic sunset monti a group of about 6 showed up (which I noticed after a turbo snail was crawling over the area). So today I tried my hand at applying some Aiptasia-X to the areas. So far it's looking promising. The larger one is still visible but very POed. I didn't take any before pictures but here is about 45minuts after applying.
Irritating some zoas, with some algae around the polyps

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This guy was pretty large in the middle of the POed zoas

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The group of 6

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I'm hoping I won't need to reapply but so far I'm pleased with Aiptasia-X :thumbs:

 

[jdavid]

I think I'm going to do a round of aiptasia x tonight, I pretty much wrote it off as useless after the first couple attempts but it could have been that I just didn't apply it right.

Looks like you might have some bryopsis in 2nd picture

 

[indecloudzua]

I've had some slight success with aptasia x but peppermint shrimp completely took care of them. Haven't seen any in months. Including the shrimp. They disappeared mysteriously

 

[hiimsean]

I think my wrasse would love some peppermint shrimp lol. I may try them if this doesn't work. So far it looks like they've all died. I'm out of town till Wednesday so I'll see if any have resurfaced then. I'm hoping this worked and they didn't release anything into the water to spread.

 

[ericwoo]

I've had a couple here and there, and the aptasiaX worked like a charm each time. The key is patience. Go slow and let those little a-holes take the dose in.


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[jimmystephens]

I always had great success with aiptasia x.

 

[1mbrews8]

the peppermints that I got and did the buy for absolutely TORE the aptasia UP! None left after about a week or 2 in all my tanks. You have to get the right kind and put a ton in IMO..

 

[sidvicious]

I've got two in my 29 biocube hopefully they will do the trick. So far I don't see any change and they have been in for about 5 days.

 

[jetlink82]

I have a few aiptasia's in my tank as well, I might try aiptasia x to get rid of them. I have tried peppermint shrimp in the past, put two of them in my 90 gallon. I saw them hiding in the rock work but they never got the aiptasia's and then I never saw the shrimp again. I might give them another shot, maybe get 3 of them or so and hope they live.

 

[sleepyreef]

I started to get an aiptasia infestation after I bought some infected rock from someone's tank breakdown and/or on some corals I purchased. It started with a couple here, a few there, then everywhere. I purchased three peppermints and within a week all signs of aiptasia vanished. But the peppermints vanished too. I had one lone survivor but I don't see him anymore.

Anyway just like in a B rate horror flick, I turn over a rock the other day and there is one sole survivor aiptasia deep within a rock. Key the horror music. Looks like Aiptasia Apocalypse 2 may be coming to my tank soon.

 

[super]

I currently have an aiptasia eating file fish, 35 peppermint shrimp and a CBB in my 180. None of them seem to have any interest in my infestation of aiptasia.

The CBB eats very aggressively everything except aiptasia. He's only been in there a few weeks so I'm hoping he decides to include aiptasia in his diet.

I have a biocube with 3 peppermints in it and they will clean a single rock transported from the other tank of aiptasia in about 24 hours.

Chemicals seem to resolve the aiptasia for a bit and then it's only a matter of time before it's back.