Aipatasia anemone

[alexbr12]

I have done a bit of research and i believe i have 2 aipatasia anemones on my newly purchased live rock. I have one peppermint shrimp in my 18 gal who shows no interest aipatasia. I plan on buying more peppermints soon. What is the best way to get rid of these? I understand pulling them out is not good. Will the peppermint take care of them?

 

[mantisman51]

Yes, they should take care of them, if the aiptasia are small. If the aiptasia are larger than about 3/4" tall, then probably not. I have a 29g nano reef, and some of the lr I put in must've been pretty loaded with aiptasia, cause in about a week, there were literally 30-40 baby aiptasia all over everything. I got 5 peps from SWF and literally within 4 days there wasn't a single aiptasia left. But, if you have wrasses or hawkfish, you won't have the peps very long.

 

[alexbr12]

No i have no hawkfish or anything of that nature just 1 pep. and a damsil trying to reestablish new tank due to parasite disater.. I will go ahead and add some more peps thanks alot!!