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06/20/2014, 09:37 AM | #1 |
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Aiptasia in my azoox tank
Hi, I have tons of aiptasia in my azoox tank (few sun corals, gorgs and one soft). What fish will be better: matted filefish acreichthys tomentosus or threadfin butterflyfish chaetodon auriga? I already have two peppermint shrimps lysmata wurdemanni and few berghia nudibranch and no effect.
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06/20/2014, 06:23 PM | #2 |
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I have had luck with a Kliens butterfly fish and now 2 copperband (in two different tanks). I trained the copperbands by not feeding them till they ate the aptasia and then they learned to eat mysis shrimp. My tank used to have so many apasia that you could barely see the bottom of the tank and there would be about 15 babies floating in the water at any given time.
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06/21/2014, 03:46 AM | #3 |
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Aptasia-x
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06/21/2014, 06:35 AM | #4 | |
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Berghia were the solution to my aiptasia problem - completely obliterated it. I put 6 into a 110 gallon. Aiptasia-X is also very good for spot control - its a pain if you have a tankful. |
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06/30/2014, 02:11 PM | #5 |
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MY LFS's don't have any berghia I'm thinking about restart with brand new rock, dry or DIY.
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06/30/2014, 04:18 PM | #6 |
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I heard file fish eat them
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07/01/2014, 12:46 AM | #7 |
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Yes, but what about sun corals? Are they safe?
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07/01/2014, 02:16 AM | #8 |
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I will never trust a file fish around coral again. Had one eat duncans, zoos, palys, etc. Sun Corals seem like they might taste nice to a fish that likes duncans....but unfortunately I can't give you personal experience as I did not have them with the file at the time.
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07/01/2014, 07:55 AM | #9 |
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Also, don't waste money on Aiptasia X or other shelf products. A fresh lime and a syringe works just as well and costs significantly less, and can be used in a fresh margarita after you're done.
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07/21/2014, 12:06 PM | #10 |
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my file fish picks at one softie, most zoas and palys, a gorge from time to time, he is a cool fish but is not to be trusted
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07/27/2014, 02:24 AM | #11 |
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My experience is that they are a great headache
Filefish: very good, but nipped on corals I wasn't disposes to take out or let die. Wurdermanni: works well but different species look quite similar. You can be lucky and find it at the first try, but it's also normal to have some tries till you find the correct one. Berghia: I'm having a hard search to find it again. They ate all the aiptasia and I understand they died. After that aiptasia started growing ( i suppose from few cells in the rock or one small survival). Now I'm killing them with vinegar while looking to find a true wurdermanni or berghia at the same time. I inject it with a needle trough the mouth. Once in, I fill the demon with the acid. Reduced the population to 1/8 of what it was in 3 days. |
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