aiptsia! good or bad

[bracebldrs]

i need opinions on aiptasia are they bad?
my55g has little ones prob size of dime maybe 10
and my125g has 2 big ones.can you just siphon them out as needed?

 

[joe123]

Bad Bad Bad
They Will Eventually Take Over And Ruin Your Tank. They Multiply If You Kill Them Any Other Way Than A Syringe. Look At My Past Post. You Will See All The Info You Need. If You Need Any More Advise Let Me Know.but Get Them Out Like Tomorrow Or Asap.---joe

 

[fly75]

I bought pepermint shrimp. They ate it in 2 days and are now part of the family. I have not seen any sense then. I thought this was a good remedy unless I missed something like it growing back???

 

[xdave]

Sure, but they'll eat them again.

 

[merredeth]

I just posted on another thread this trick that works GREAT!
Get a suringe and boil some RO water. Fill the suringe.
Now when you do a water change save the old water and submerge the rock in the bucket quickly so the aiptasia fans out and you can see it.
Pull it out of the saltwater fast and blast him in the center with the suringe of boiling water.
They will literally melt off the rock.
Rinse the rock in the old saltwater in case some of the dissolved aiptasia is still on the rock. Then immediately put it back in your display tank.
If you just hit the spot where the aiptasia is, you can keep most of the rock's beneficial bacteria intact.
Hope that helps you...
Denise M.

 

[majakarot]

I just inject them with calcium right in the tank, i use an ink-cartridge refill syringe

 

[mrdc]

BAD so get rid of them. I have had luck with Joes Juice but I have also heard that you can boil aragamilk and inject them and it will kill them. Peppermint shrimp MAY eat them but I prefer the manual way.

 

[bracebldrs]

thanks for the advice everyone think ill
try the peppermint shrimp first .do they get along
with cleaner shrimp?

 

[mrdc]

Originally Posted by bracebldrs
thanks for the advice everyone think ill
try the peppermint shrimp first .do they get along
with cleaner shrimp?

No problem in my tank but they have space. I have never seen them hanging together like I do the cleaners with the fire shrimp.