Anemone killer

Mislav wrote:
If it is aiptasia get peppermint shrimps, they'll eat it.

The lionfish will love that!

George Patterson
We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop
playing.

Thanks everyone. I did some searching on the web. It looks like it might be
aiptasia, as several of you suggested. One site claims that various fish will
eat these, including the Copperband suggested by Mislav. Copperbands and Racoons
are supposed to be the best. Queen angels also alledgedly like them, so I'm
going to get one of those.

There's also a nudibranch that eats them, but when they run out of aiptasia,
they starve. I'm not going to chance that.

George Patterson
We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop
playing.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Thanks everyone. I did some searching on the web. It looks like it
might be aiptasia, as several of you suggested. One site claims
that various fish will eat these, including the Copperband
suggested by Mislav. Copperbands and Racoons are supposed to be the
best. Queen angels also alledgedly like them, so I'm going to get
one of those.

There's also a nudibranch that eats them, but when they run out of
aiptasia, they starve. I'm not going to chance that.


Most nudibranchs have short lifespans anyway, so it's not much of a
consideration IMO. For example, lettuce nudibranches generally will
not live more than six months or so, even with ample food, so I'm
told.

b

Billy wrote:

Most nudibranchs have short lifespans anyway, so it's not much of a
consideration IMO.

Ok. How 'bout a Queen Angel is whole bunches prettier than some nocturnal
critter half an inch long? :-)

George Patterson
We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop
playing.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Billy wrote:

Ok. How 'bout a Queen Angel is whole bunches prettier than some
nocturnal critter half an inch long? :-)


Lets go with that one.

If you have coral polyps, the angel & raccoon butterfly will chow down.
Some copperbands work, some don't. I have one now that doesn't bother coral
& eats all SMALL aptisia.
Dave
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"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Billy wrote:

Ok. How 'bout a Queen Angel is whole bunches prettier than some nocturnal
critter half an inch long? :-)


Lets go with that one.

The life span of nudibranches to kill aiptasi, is not an
issue unless you just get one, and one is too small to
make sufficent dent in a well established amount of aiptasia.

The bigest issue is wether they will survive in the reef
tank, as clowns will often kill them to protect their
anemone. They work great when they survive and reproduce,
but they often get killed.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Billy wrote on 11/25/2005 11:20 PM:
"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Thanks everyone. I did some searching on the web. It looks like it
might be aiptasia, as several of you suggested. One site claims
that various fish will eat these, including the Copperband
suggested by Mislav. Copperbands and Racoons are supposed to be the
best. Queen angels also alledgedly like them, so I'm going to get
one of those.

There's also a nudibranch that eats them, but when they run out of
aiptasia, they starve. I'm not going to chance that.



Most nudibranchs have short lifespans anyway, so it's not much of a
consideration IMO. For example, lettuce nudibranches generally will
not live more than six months or so, even with ample food, so I'm
told.

b