aiptasia!!! ?

[treybom]

ok well i got somewhat of an aiptasia question..... are they dangerous to fish or just to corals?
thanks
trey

 

[schadiest1]

just corals as far as i know.

 

[nm reef]

Primarily corals due to there stings....but they could pose problems for fish if they are in large enough numbers and allowed to over-run your display.

 

[treybom]

well im planning on killing them but i was just wondering cuz i was planning on getting some fishies today!! someone told me that if i just use a syringe with hot water and put it into their "mouth" (here is that!?") that that should kill them

 

[treybom]

well id say the biggest ones are no bigger than 1/2 an inch

 

[mrdc]

I have one aitapsia that won't die!!! Squirted him with Joe's Juice 4 times over the last 3 months. After each treatment, it comes back about 2 weeks later. Hasn't spread anywhere thank goodness.

 

[bgrae001]

I had a huge aptasia problem. after 6 months they over ran my LR and my fish would not even go near it. I got a lemon peel angel and a file fish at the same time and they ate all the Aptasia in about a month but then they started eating all my inverts and almost got my brittle star. I pulled them out and sold them to the local pet store. I haven't had a problem scince. :happyfish

 

[dogstar]

There is a nudi that some reefers employ in their tanks to control it. Aiptasia is all it eats. Can order them online. Berghia verrucicornis aka Aeolidella stephanieae.

 

[rara12]

pretty

 

[reckler]

I had an aiptasia problem to, but I got some pepermint shrimp to get rid of them. Fresh water don't work. I don't know who ever cam up with that idea, but i tried it and they multiplied like crazy after i shot water in them. They seem to throw up all their babies when you try to murder them.lol the best way to get rid of them is with shrimp or I think a copper band butterfly eats them too.

 

[reckler]

oh yeah, I almost forgot. the biggest aipasia was about 5 inches tall. I thought it was pretty cool until I was told they will eat a fish! :happyfish

 

[pyro]

...I had a small aiptasia problem. Wasn't really a problem, just had about 3 of them throughout my tank that I could find if I looked. Bought a peppermint shrimp... My coral banded shrimp ate it after 3 or 4 days.
Don't see them anymore and the tank has been up for over a year... Maybe my orange finned tang??? =P

 

[socal57che]

I just killed this guy a month ago. I used to feed it pellets. Was cool to watch it eat. When it multiplied I nuked it with lemon juice. The rest (about 20 offspring) were cleaned by a threadfin butterfly in a matter of days. The lfs just tosses in a threadfin when it's time to clear their coral tanks of aiptasia.
At the time of death it could span 6" across and was just over 5" tall.