Hey all, I'm looking for help. I've been battling aiptasia basically since the tank started. The tank is a 75g display with a 40g sump (build thread).
I started with Aiptasia X, trying to get everything. It only got worse. Then I moved on to Berghia Nudibranchs. I added 3 at first, nothing changed. Then I added another 10. It's been 3 weeks since I added the second batch and theres still no movement in the number of aiptasia. Is breaking down the tank the only option? This feels really dangerous.
The tank also is just doing ok, it hasn't really been striving (coral hasn't been growing a lot) but nothing's been dying.
Tank Parameters (that I track):
Temp is steady at 77.9F (25.5C)
Salinity at 1.026 sg
Alk steady at 7.4
Nitrates are 0.0 (I've recently turned off my skimmer and removed filter floss to try to raise this)
Phosphate at 0.02
I started with Aiptasia X, trying to get everything. It only got worse. Then I moved on to Berghia Nudibranchs. I added 3 at first, nothing changed. Then I added another 10. It's been 3 weeks since I added the second batch and theres still no movement in the number of aiptasia. Is breaking down the tank the only option? This feels really dangerous.
The tank also is just doing ok, it hasn't really been striving (coral hasn't been growing a lot) but nothing's been dying.
Tank Parameters (that I track):
Temp is steady at 77.9F (25.5C)
Salinity at 1.026 sg
Alk steady at 7.4
Nitrates are 0.0 (I've recently turned off my skimmer and removed filter floss to try to raise this)
Phosphate at 0.02