Aiptasia control
- Thread starter Mav
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I would suggest manually removing as much as possible and cut back on your feedings until the aptasia is gone. The hungrier they are, the more likely they are to eat the aptasia. If you dont have wrasses or other fish that need to eat several times a day, cut it back to twice a week feedings for a couple weeks. If you have wrasses, do every other day feedings for a week or two.
I once had a green bubble tip anemone (my first) and on the first night he got shredded by the circulator. A few weeks later I thought he had survived (at least a little piece). I fed him, nurtured him, read him bedtime stories - the works! He grew big on mysis shrimp, and all was right with the world again.
A month later I was discouraged to see my little buddy wasn't his green self anymore, and his tentacles were not at all like I remembered. One trip to the LFS with a pic and all of my hopes and dreams were shattered - it was an aiptasia! A few dollars later, I found my way home with a peppermint shrimp. I fed the little aiptasia one last time and turned the shrimp loose. I kid you not, 30 minutes later that aiptasia was gone - just a little piece of his foot rolling around the sand like a tumbleweed of death with the peppermint shrimp following close behind. I think of your new peppermint shrimps and whisper to myself "Godspeed little crustaceans, Godspeed indeed."
I'm such a noob...at any rate, best of luck!
A month later I was discouraged to see my little buddy wasn't his green self anymore, and his tentacles were not at all like I remembered. One trip to the LFS with a pic and all of my hopes and dreams were shattered - it was an aiptasia! A few dollars later, I found my way home with a peppermint shrimp. I fed the little aiptasia one last time and turned the shrimp loose. I kid you not, 30 minutes later that aiptasia was gone - just a little piece of his foot rolling around the sand like a tumbleweed of death with the peppermint shrimp following close behind. I think of your new peppermint shrimps and whisper to myself "Godspeed little crustaceans, Godspeed indeed."
I'm such a noob...at any rate, best of luck!