Woot no more aptasia

[superclown]

I know this is a pointless thread to start but I was just so excited at the fact that the little buggers are finally gone. (At least for now) I have done several batches of aptasia peppermint shrimp file fish that liked to eat my coral more than the aptasia. I was finally able to get rid of them when I went in on a cleanup crew group buy. I just didn't feed for 3 days and that seemed to do the trick. Of course my clowns were not too happy with me.

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[heathlindner25]

congratulations!

 

[superclown]

Thanks... now I can concentrate on more on aquascaping so this actually gets me motivated to do some reconstruction

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[rdnelson]

Will you come do my tank??????

 

[superclown]

Lol only if u hoist me up or provide a cherry picker to hang me from. I had a hard enough battle just in my 30g

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[rdnelson]

LOL. Ok I will cut you some slack.

 

[superclown]

Seriously though I thought I was going to have to go commando and drop some c-4 in the tank to get rid of it

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[rdnelson]

I had some come in on a rock full of mushrooms that was given to me. I knew they were there but figured I could wipe them out easy enough. Oh what a fool I am sometimes. Well ok most of the time. . I have beat them back considerably but have not win the war yet.

 

[superclown]

Yah that was the same thing I thought mine was just 1 on a frag of nuclear palys I killed it few days later then 3 popped up them 5... and so on and so on lol. Something that helped me was that my tank was small enough that I would remove the rock it was on and just let it dry if it had no coral on it and replace with a similar piece but there were a few I still couldn't get rid of until the peppermint shrimp finally did what they were supposed to

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[rdnelson]

I picked up a couple of peppermints a while back. Put them in the tank and never saw them again. I did notice my yellow coris wrasse looked a bit heavier after that though. LOL

Thinking I may pull the trigger on the file fish that is for sale. Couple it mine are on the back side of rocks where I can't reach them with a wand or aptasia x

 

[superclown]

I know results may vary expience I had with my file fish was he picked off the baby aptasia instantly after being acclimated within about 5 minutes but would not even attempt to go after the larger one. However he did help me out to a degree on a couple that I couldn't get to. Best of luck rich its a tough battle for sure

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[ripped tide]

The comb-tail filefish I used to have took care of my pesky Acans.

 

[rdnelson]

Ripped Tide;834701 wrote: The comb-tail filefish I used to have took care of my pesky Acans.

LOL. Darn scans.

 

[kzoo]

rdnelson99;834673 wrote: I picked up a couple of peppermints a while back. Put them in the tank and never saw them again. I did notice my yellow coris wrasse looked a bit heavier after that though. LOL

Thinking I may pull the trigger on the file fish that is for sale. Couple it mine are on the back side of rocks where I can't reach them with a wand or aptasia x

Do you have an manjo wand? And if so how do you like it? Thinking of buying one.

 

[rdnelson]

kzoo;834708 wrote: Do you have an manjo wand? And if so how do you like it? Thinking of buying one.

A friend let me use his. They work great on the ones you can reach. You get a bit of sick enjoyment out of zapping those buggers. . But, it doesn't do much for the ones in the hard to reach places. If I were to design one, I would try to come up with a wand that articulated in a couple spots.

After a couple weeks of wand work and lots of aptasia x I was able to knock them down but unless you get them all it is a very long battle.

 

[ripped tide]

Copperband butterfly: the ultimate aiptasia X

Edit: As of a few days ago, I can happily say that I have owned my copperband for over a year- tough challenge for some.

 

[rdnelson]

Ripped Tide;834739 wrote: Copperband butterfly: the ultimate aiptasia X

Edit: As of a few days ago, I can happily say that I have owned my copperband for over a year- tough challenge for some.

So when do I get to borrow him for a while. LOL. Don't you think it is about time for him to have a sleep over with my yellow tang?? After all they were buddies in the same tank in the past. He heheh

 

[ripped tide]

They were able to see each other from across the room, but they weren't in the same tank.

We both have iPhones, as a compromise, we can let them have "face time"

 

[kilralpine]

Hey on the note of filefish, are there any that are more visually appealing and still do their job?

 

[ripped tide]

kilralpine;834747 wrote: Hey on the note of filefish, are there any that are more visually appealing and still do their job?

Lol, does that rule ever hold true with people???