Aiptasia?

[Echomsp]

Sorry for the picture quality, this is hard to get to...

 

[Dsnakes]

Yep, that’s an aiptasia. ;Punch

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

+1^^

 

[Auto-pilot]

Kill with fire!!! You can get a needle and inject it with peroxide or something. Kill it asap! Super hard to controll once they have taken over

 

[Echomsp]

Thanks! Now I have no clue how to get it out. It's at the back of my tank and behind a rock structure. Very hard to reach.

 

[Auto-pilot]

If there is no way of getting to it it might be worth it to move your rock and just kill it

 

[Echomsp]

Rock is doweled and epoxied. I've added some peppermint shrimp. I'll probably have to take my canopy off, but even then it will be hard to get to the back as it's against a wall.

 

[Auto-pilot]

Peppermint shrimp do a great job but sometimes they just don't eat them

 

[Dsnakes]

Rock is doweled and epoxied. I've added some peppermint shrimp. I'll probably have to take my canopy off, but even then it will be hard to get to the back as it's against a wall.

Careful with the peppermints, they are known to take a liking to LPS as well.

 

[Oldsalt01]

I had two

Careful with the peppermints, they are known to take a liking to LPS as well.

I had two in my tank and they were model citizens for over a year. Cleared out the few aptasia i had and behaved themselves. I added two beautiful multi-head acans and the next morning discovered the shrimp sitting in the middle of the corals, happily tearing out the centers and eating them. I eventually lost the acans and traded the shrimp at my LFS. Banned for life from my tank.
I rely on Aptasia X now if one of these little monsters rears it’s head.

 

[JumboShrimp]

Of course, you could bring out the big guns! (Lol)

 

[lapin]

I have a home made tool. I took a syringe from the feed store used a small piece of silicone airline tubing to connect a 2ft piece of ridged airline tubing. This made a pretty air tight connection. I sanded down the other end of the ridged tubing so I could glue the tip that comes with the Aptasia X. If ya dont have a straight shot you can bend the stuff by heating it with a creme brulee torch.

 

[Will Milberger]

Joe's has one that uses a needle-less syringe. I've used it twice on my tank. Works instantly. You can use some air line or something on the end to reach it.

 

[Luna]

Of course, you could bring out the big guns! (Lol)

Not sure if that big gun works, I just got one of those last week, wifey thought it was cute. So anytime I have an excuse to buy something, I do. Anways

the only thing it been eating is some of my zoas.

 

[Mical]

Luna give it some time. I had a tank infested with aiptasia I tried kalk, laser and aiptasiaX with little results. Added a filefish - https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3352+6697+3555&pcatid=3555 and it took it a little over a week to consume all aiptasia. (I think it doubled in size too) These little guys are like lawnmowers when they get a taste.

 

[Luna]

Hope so cause my nano has many aiptasia. Do they eat big aiptasia as well?

 

[Echomsp]

I have yet to see any more aiptasia since adding the shrimp, but I'm going to keep searching for it. The picture I posted was the only one I was able to find, but it disappeared the day after adding the shrimp.

 

[JumboShrimp]

As is often said, you may get a particular fish that is ‘supposed’ to do ‘XYZ’ but won’t/doesn’t, but I have no aptasia big or small in any of my tanks, thanks to my “Aptasia Eating Filefish” (LFS store name). These are my babies— in their 7 gallon Nano, for now. Lol.

 

[Krazymuncher]

you sure it was a peppermint shrimp not a camel shrimp? they are often confused with each other. only the peppermint shrimp will eat aptasia.

 

[Krazymuncher]

I didn't write this but I hope it helps
- Peppermints (at least the type you want) are more red in coloration and have less WHITE. They're white should be more of a CLEAR coloring than an actual solid white. Camelback shrimp will have WHITE as opposed to the clear.
- Camelback shrimp usually have really odd, big eyes.
- Camelback shrimp look like they have a beak like a bird.
- Camelback shrimp have a more pointed tail. Peppermints have a tail similar to that of a Skunk Cleaner Shrimp.
- Peppermints have red or transparent red legs while Camelback shrimp have red and white stripes that continue from their body down to their legs.