Pufferpunk wrote:I did have to tear down a tulip nem infested tank. Stuck all the rock outside for the winter.
Aiptasia are taking over my tank!!!
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Re: Aiptasia are taking over my tank!!!
There's not very many things that can survive a Chicago winter.
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Re: Aiptasia are taking over my tank!!!
Sorry for the "bump," but I'm kind of currently dealing with this problem now. I quarantined the rock in a 5 gal. bucket and have a peppermint shrimp in there. I can't keep shrimp to save my life. They either go missing, or quickly die. Bought two from Petco two days ago, and one has already bit the bullet. If this one can't conquer the aiptasia problem, I'm just going to blow torch the entire rock and leave it out in the Phoenix sun. Such a shame, because it is a nice, big, live rock. It's too alive though lol.
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Re: Aiptasia are taking over my tank!!!
Filefish are your friend
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Re: Aiptasia are taking over my tank!!!
I loved my lil green filefish!
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: Aiptasia are taking over my tank!!!
So I must be blind as a bat, but I found the other peppermint shrimp yesterday or the day before... Can't remember. As far as I can tell, I'm not really seeing aiptasia polyps as much on the outskirts of the rock. I know I have a huge infestation on the inside of the rock, though. The shrimp seem to be eating it slowly, and I also feed them Hikari Crab Cuisine pellets (two or so per day). I'm so excited because I never have luck with shrimp....... *knocks on wood*