aipstia outbreak
- Thread starter meagheavz
- Start date
wow Meg you beat my tank for having more aiptasia, I did not think that was possible. Your tank is too small for a copper band and I recommend no one buys them, even with large tanks. they are too delicate for captivity, or ship very poorly. whichever the case way too many copperbands die due too the reef trade, I wish retailers would just stop selling them.
You could try a small Aurigia butterfly, you'll have to find it a new home once it grows up, the 55 is much too small for an adult.
Other than that I would consider starting over, that's an insane amount of aiptasia.
You could try a small Aurigia butterfly, you'll have to find it a new home once it grows up, the 55 is much too small for an adult.
Other than that I would consider starting over, that's an insane amount of aiptasia.
- Location
- Montclair, NJ
I'd go with a small army of bristle tail filefish. Maybe 2-3 but you'll have to plan on keeping them long term. It would take some time to for them to clean up your tank. They would not be able to get into the crevices so they would be needed long term to keep the aptaisia in check. They are relatively cheap but you may have to special order them as they are not commonly kept in stock. Check with an MR vendor and see what they can do for you.
junglebase
Will always be a Newbie..
- Location
- Jersey City
Yikes... that is what happens when you dont take them out the first time you see signs of it... good luck!
You need about 5-6 peppermint shrimp to get rid of those. They go to work real quick, but you would also need to do small water changes daily because once all those start to die it will foul your water. The problem with the perppermint shrimp is that once they have taken care of the problem, get them out or they will bother your corals.
- Location
- Throggs Neck, BX
What kind of goby do you have that is killing your shrimp.
lol its pink diamond goby, he a shmp goby so ive read. he loves the cleaner shmp. i think he goes after the pep cuz ther small. ive baught like 8 id say over time. and ive only seen one. ad ive seen him go after them so it didnt take long to fgirue out wut was going on
the whole tank.. im not starting over. im not buying all new rock and corals. idk know where id put my fish.. id rather try the copperband or the other first.. someone i know brought over a copperband im gonna see how he does for the weekend. im not keeping him.
Ok, either way have the water changes ready. Depending on how many he eats your water quality will go down quickly. I have also been told that taking the rocks out and putting crazy glue on them kills them, but I think you have too many for that option.
one of my reef tanks (120g) had the same problem last year, just as bad, maybe worse, tried joes juice , and copperband. finally bought 24 pep. shrimp from reeftopia for about $50. tank was cleared-up in a few weeks, at least 15 shrimp are still around in my variouis tanks, and NO aptasia!
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