I had an aiptasia plantation going on literally hundreds and hundreds of
them. I let my 125 goto hell literally doing nothing but adding water as it
evaporated but no water changes and no fish only inverts. Algae and aiptasia
were rampant. Inland aquatics sold me 2 peppermint shrimp. They were totally
useless with that many. They then sold me a full grown racoon face butterfly
fish. He ate ALL of the aiptasia within 3 days. I now have none at all and
its stayed that way. Now why oh why is the butterfly fish not doing so
well.....

"JT" wrote in message
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Ok, so it first started with one Aipitasia. I thought I killed it with
strong Kalk because it melted away into nothing. Then it came back a few
days later. In the same spot. Now I have three in the reef tank. I have
applied pure kalk powder to all three via a wet Q-tip and they melt into
nothingness only to reappear in a few days. I can't locate a needle
syringe
to inject them. I even tried sticking them with a thin copper wire ( read
this solution on a news group ) and that was almost useless. I tried to
find
some Berghia Nudibranchs ( they eat Aipitasia ) on-line, but couldn't find
any source that has them in stock. I guess I should try peppermint
shrimps.
Anyone have a proven answer to get rid of these pests? Does injecting
work?
If so, where do you get the needle? Will peppermint shrimps work? Help?