Aiptasia control

Pszemol wrote on 10/30/2007 12:34 PM:
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Wayne Sallee wrote:
The way to get coper-bands to start eating the aiptasia, is to harass
the aiptasia.

I am unclear on the concept of "harassing" an anemone
in order to get something to eat it.

Fully grown aiptasia is too big for shrimp or fish
to attack - they are affraid their stinging tentacles.
When you harass anemone the way it retracts or you
injure it causing it to stay retracted/deflated for
couple of days than you give the shrimps a chance
to eat it with no fear of being stung. This does
not apply to small, baby aiptasia - shrimps are able
to cause these to retract with sticking their
legs into the anemone body...

Yep, and also when the aiptasia start sending out
the digestive threads, the coper-banded will smell
it, and that will wet it's appetite for the aiptasia.

Wayne Sallee