I've been pondering that dilemma, my LFS has a bunch of Aiptasia
problems...which is where I'm sure I got the critters.
Water issues aside, there's a good chance the nudibranch could find it's
way into 4 or 5 other reef's that are currently inoculated with
Aiptasia. It's not a good solution...best one is to setup a 20 gal.
quarantine tank and put my feather dusters in there for a while and then
try to find a friend willing to lend me a Copperbanded or Raccoon
butterfly to act a cleaning crew. Only prob. I've got a pretty agressive
yellow tang that I wouldn't like to stress the CBB with.
Some of the Aiptasia are 1in. in diameter and 3-4in stalks...too big for
the peppermints to attack and then they end up as food for my reef lobster.
Quite a quandry I've gotten myself into!
thanks for the reply though.

Harald wrote:
"Paul Schnettler" wrote in message
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Hello,
Name's Paul and I have a 75 gal. modified Berlin setup.
Tanks's been established about 18 months now, doing well.
I seemed to have picked up an Aipitasia bloom that's turning into a
colony in one corner of my tank. I'd like to get a copper banded
butterfly to take out the unwanted anemonies but have an established
feather duster tube worm colony that's my wife's favorite "attraction"
and am afraid the cbb will attack the feathers after dining on the Aip.

Are there any online or mailorder suppliers of nudibranches?
I'm thinking of trying that route but my LFS's don't carry them.
I tried some peppermint shrimp but unfortunately they ended up as food
for the Reef lobster that's the scourge of the tank (he's coming out
when I get the urge to rip apart my rock structures)
Any ideas?
thanks...Paul in Stoughton,WI



If you didn't know, the nudibranch that feasts on aiptasia? The only thing
it eats is aiptasia, so once your aiptasia is gone, the nudibranch will
starve to death. Not a nice way to go, eh?

Just thought you might like to know.

hth