Aiptasia control

On Oct 31, 10:04 pm, Wayne Sallee wrote:
And of course some clown fish do a better job of
protecting the enemone, than other clowns. Percula
and Ocellaris are less aggressive than other clowns.

Wayne Sallee


Wayne Sallee wrote on 10/31/2007 10:55 PM:



That's not true. Clownfish *will* protect their anemone.

And since there are nudibranches for different types of Cnidaria, the
clownfish does not know that the bergia is not a type that will eat the
clownfish's host.

Wayne Sallee


Salty Underground wrote on 10/31/2007 6:44 PM:
Clownfish will not kill aberghianear it's anemone.Berghiaa very
small, nocturnal and absolutely no threat to a fish or their anemone.- Hide quoted text -

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There's no doubt that clownfish protect their anemones. I've have a
few bloody fingers to back that up.

The chances of a clownfish seeing a little berghia at night and having
any issue with it is minuscule to the point that there is no reason to
avoid getting berghia if you have clowns and anemones. We have many
customers who have reported that berghia in tanks with clowns and
their anemones have successfully cleaned their tank of aiptasia. Most
tanks that berghia go into have clowns and anemones in them. We have
no reports of anyone observing a clown attacking a berghia. From a
practical standpoint it would be hard to see since berghia are
nocturnal. But I assure you from our years of expereince with berghia,
it's highly unlikely a clown will attack them.

This kinda fits in the category of "Don't believe everything you
hear," especially in this hobby. You can read in online forums and
chat groups where people recommend Joes Juice, Aiptasia Control and
other chemical/injection methods for removing the aiptasia. Yet, some
of them have either never used it themselves or the fail to write 4-8
weeks after treatment that their aiptasia problem has become worse or
even exploded.

This lack of reporting may be because they do not make the connection
between the use of the chemical and the increase in aiptasia. But we
can assure you that the use of these chemicals can be tied to an
increase in the aiptasia population in many tanks. We estimate that
about 85% of the people who buy berghia from us report that their
problem became much worse after the use of chemicals. This is hundreds
people making this report.