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laugh
06/09/2011, 05:49 PM
Any suggestions on how to rid this rock of aiptasia? I would just remove it as it is the only one with them on it but there are 15 orange zoanthids scattered about it in groups of three or four that I would like to keep. I thought about cutting or breaking the rock but the problem is when they retract I can't tell the zoanthids from the aiptasia.
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Fishfish0001
06/09/2011, 06:59 PM
Can you put some putty/epoxy near the zoa groups to distinguish them when they close? Like make a little ring around them or something.

Crkbaby
06/09/2011, 07:10 PM
cut the zoos off put them on a plug and boil that rock

laugh
06/09/2011, 07:44 PM
Can you put some putty/epoxy near the zoa groups to distinguish them when they close? Like make a little ring around them or something.
Now this^^^ sounds like an idea. I will figure out some way to mark them. I think a dab of putty near the group should do it.
cut the zoos off put them on a plug and boil that rock
I plan on doing just that but the problem is when I pull the rock out of the water and everything closes up they all look the same. I think I'll just throw that particular rock out after I remove the zoa's.

kga943
06/09/2011, 07:49 PM
my lfs sold me 3 peppermint shrimp on sunday and all aiptasia are gone i cant believe it

Reef_Master
06/09/2011, 07:53 PM
If you would like, I can send you some very awsome Berghia Nudibranchs. The only food they eat are Aptaisia. They will colonize your tank and exterminate all of your aptasia and then you can seperate a colony and add a rock with aptasia on it to keep them going or they will die off after there is no more aptasia to eat. They are they sps hybrid that can withstand the high flow. I only require you to pay for the shipping. The nudibranchs are free as long as I have them to give. PM me if interested.

Reef_Master
06/09/2011, 08:11 PM
Thats awsome laugh, I just checked your zip and you are 34 miles from me. How about that. RC bringing reefers together. Lets chat PM and we can meet up. Wont cost you a thing. Just super happy to make a new friend.

Reef_Master
06/09/2011, 08:15 PM
If you know of a cool LFS your way we can meet up there cause I havnt found much in the Alliance area.

laugh
06/09/2011, 08:31 PM
There really is nothing near me. Aquatic Technologies in Strongsville is the closest place and it's an hour drive. There is someone on ebay that always has a bunch of cool stuff listed with local pickup in the Girard area.

Reef_Master
06/09/2011, 09:22 PM
Cool, well I will just see you Saturday then. I will call you.

kissman
06/10/2011, 07:29 AM
Aiptasia X will kill them and will not hurt your zoa's

laugh
06/11/2011, 11:19 PM
Hey thanks reef master. The nudis started eating right away.

redbrick1
06/11/2011, 11:40 PM
It's crazy....when I was on a cruise we stepped out on one of the stops at the rocky beaches and we saw big huge aiptasia speciments (size of a nickel) ....bigger than what we normally see in the aquarium stores.

kalk paste?? I've heard that works really well.

dublo8
06/12/2011, 12:17 AM
with that many, make a thick paste of kalk and cover them with it. done, gone.

Randy Holmes-Farley
06/12/2011, 07:47 AM
I had a lot aiptasia interspersed with zoos that was clearly harming the zoos.

When I added a Chelmon marginalis and a lot of large peppermint shrimp, the aiptasia were all eaten and the zoos are thriving again. :)

laugh
06/12/2011, 10:51 PM
Reef Master was kind enough to give me 5 aiptasia eating Berghia Nudibranchs. They seemed to start eating the aiptasia right away. We'll see how it goes. If they can't keep up I think kalk paste and peppermint shrimp is next on list.