Rock anemones taking over

[fishrus4]

We have Rock Anemones taking over our reef tank. We have tried the boiling water, when have tried chem marin and nothing is working. Is there anything we can add to the tank that will eat them?

 

[skirrby]

if they arent big then peperment shrimp would eat them.
edit. i was thinking of aptasia. not sure if thats what you ment

 

[blkhawk10]

if you are talking about aiptasia peppermint shrimp work well. I had some aiptasia in my tank, bought some peppermint shrimp a couple weeks ago and now they are all gone. They even ate a 2 incher that was in there.

 

[thomas712]

I think he meant to say glass anemone or aptasia. If it were rock/flower anemone's I say sell em and make some money.
GO with the pepermint shrimp, even if they don't eat them they make a nice addition to a reef. Just don't get the camal shrimp.
Thomas

 

[doodle1800]

Here's a rock anenome - I'm sure he meant aptasia also.

 

[kreach]

Check out this thread... The Basics of Aiptasia
It has a lot of useful information on aiptasia and how to get rid of them. Good luck!

 

[maverick005]

what is the problem with camel shrimp?

 

[kreach]

Camel shrimp have been known to nip at corals... particularly polyps.

 

[smickied]

I had a problem with camel's eating my mushrooms as well as picking at my zoe's. I'd recommend staying clear of them as well.