Polyp coral with Aiptasia on it how do I kill them?
by Aquaboy on Saturday, July 31st, 2010 | 2 Comments
Polyp Coral has aiptasia on it how do I kill it? I have only noticed it on the rock that the coral is attached to not anywhere else in the tank. I have heard that peppermint shrimp work or Berghia Nudibranchs but I have no idea what these are. I need serious help
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Peppermint shrimp and a few types of butterflyfish defiantly eat aiptasia away.
Medication’s are known to kill them, but many times they’ll come back.
Peppermint shrimp is small and is many times successful with aiptasia.
Peppermint shrimp can work, but are opportunity feeders and if there is an easier meal (like fish food) they might ignore the anemones. The nudibranch are great, but you have to have a solid colony going and it can take time. They only eat the aiptasia and will die off once it is gone, so you have to rehome them at some point.
Some butterfly fish like the copperbanded may eat the anemones as well, but they can often pick on coral just as readily.
Red Sea has a great aiptasia product. (I like it better than Joe’s Juice). You just have to be careful treating around coral to not get too much on the coral, but it is generally reef safe. A tip is to turn all current off when you feed it to the aiptasia and leave it off for like 10 minutes to let it do its job before being blown off by the current.
Best thing, treat with the AiptasiaX, then get peppermint shrimp (about 3 or more seems to work the best) to take care of the second wave of aiptasia.