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jennibee13
07/01/2009, 10:41 AM
ive slacked off with the tank, personal reasons, i have no coral anymore so im not worried about that aspect of raccoons, i have an aiptasia problem i need to address...............live aq has no pepp shrimp so, was gonna get a raccoon butterlfy..........2 questions.............indo or red sea? does it matter?


will he bother rbta with a pair hosting? or purple sebae with a pair hosting? maybe the clowns will keep him away? or is it hit or miss?

sld123
07/01/2009, 11:38 AM
why a racoon butterfly? why not a COPPERBANDED butterfly they eat aiptasia

jennibee13
07/01/2009, 11:44 AM
cuz i have a powder blue and yellow tang and the copperband wouldnt stand a chance, ive looked for berghia nudis, none seem to be available anywhere

romsoccer12
07/01/2009, 11:46 AM
peppermint shrimp will not go for big aiptasia. if you have money to spend, try some berghia nudibranchs. expensive but they work real well ans start reproducing. they will die off when all the aiptasia is gone tho

sweetrav18
07/01/2009, 12:00 PM
apistasia X $10 and you dotn have to purchase anymore livestock

jennibee13
07/01/2009, 12:36 PM
i have joes juice but, like i said, ive neglected the tank, theres probably 200 of em and they are starting to bother my seabae, so its time to do something about it..........totally my fault but, life throws you curves balls , and i just got out of wrist surgery.............i cant reach alot of em with joes juice, is the applicator long enuff with the aip x to reach the bottom?

Grassroots
07/01/2009, 02:01 PM
I find with large amounts of aiptasia Joes Juice Aiptasia X ect just do not cut it, you always seem to miss one and then they just come back. Your best bet is the Nudis and you could probably get a LFS to order them if you cannot find them online.

jennibee13
07/01/2009, 02:03 PM
i ordered some aip x.........for the ones i cant reach? small raccoon or no? noone has really answered my question, noone has a raccoon with larger hosting anemones?

jennibee13
07/01/2009, 02:03 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15288477#post15288477 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Grassroots
I find with large amounts of aiptasia Joes Juice Aiptasia X ect just do not cut it, you always seem to miss one and then they just come back. Your best bet is the Nudis and you could probably get a LFS to order them if you cannot find them online.


there is no lfs by me, where would anyone suggest online? or should i just search and hope, and what happens when they run out of aip? just let them die? they dont foul the tank? i dont know

VacavilleFC3S
07/01/2009, 04:10 PM
i hate when people just repeat what others have said, peppermint shrimp WILL go for big aiptasia, i've seen mine eat ones an inch tall and inch wide when open

jennibee13
07/01/2009, 04:23 PM
ive got some 2" high ,lol

mdrc
07/01/2009, 05:19 PM
just get a pryramis butterfly reef safe and itll take care of ur aptasias, worked for me

carnut
07/01/2009, 05:35 PM
I have a racoon in my reef only thing he bugs is my frogspawn and the perc is teaching him to leave it alone. No more aiptasia

jennibee13
07/01/2009, 07:00 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15289548#post15289548 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mdrc
just get a pryramis butterfly reef safe and itll take care of ur aptasias, worked for me

is this spelled right?

mdrc
07/01/2009, 07:02 PM
nope not even close, keyboards acting up

jennibee13
07/01/2009, 07:38 PM
well, i did a search, nothing comes up

aries70
07/01/2009, 08:44 PM
I had a racoon and it dam near ate my frog spawn and it ate two Condy's also but it took care of my manjano's ;)

mdrc
07/01/2009, 09:52 PM
ya racoons arent all that reef safe, thats why i said go with a pyramid butterfly there reef safe and will eat manjanos

mdrc
07/01/2009, 09:52 PM
ya racoons arent all that reef safe, thats why i said go with a pyramid butterfly there reef safe and will eat manjanos

Tax lady
07/01/2009, 10:00 PM
http://www.berghia.net/

Try this. Also they will answer all your questions.