Hello!! Newbie to SDR and fairly new to reef tanks.

[teamgroff]

Thank you so much for allowing me to join SDR, I have already seen a lot of valuable information on it!!

I do have a question about aiptasia, how do I get rid of it??? I heard if you fight with chemicals or manually, they feel threatened and then can release spores into water to form new buds. Someone else mentioned they used a Copperband Butterfly fish, and luckily it only ate the aiptasia and left the rest of their reef alone. Any ideas, please?

Thank you so much!!

Jenni

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[XO PRESENTS]

Welcome to SDR Jenni,

Several ways of getting rid of aptasia but I would just look for an established aptasia eating file fish, they come and go on the boards but I have not really paid attention lately. I'm sure the rest of the members will give their thoughts as well.

One thing that would be helpful is utilizing the search box option on the top right, trust me.. we have all been there and many of us have asked the same questions.

Best wishes and enjoy the hobby, lots and lots of cool reefers on here

[teamgroff]

Thank you!!!

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[CMD2213]

Welcome to SDR!


As for aiptasia....
1.Established aiptasia eating filefish
-Sometimes need to be removed once aiptasia is gone. Some are reef safe some nip at corals once done.

2. Copperband Butterfly Fish
-They are a hit or miss some might eat the aiptasia,others starve and dies often.

3.Peppermint shrimp (proven aiptasia eaters)
-Just research the type of fish you have with them, for example some wrasses may eat them,other shrimps might not be compatible.

But good luck,enjoy the forum.

[teamgroff]

Thank you

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[teamgroff]

Welcome to SDR!


As for aiptasia....
1.Established aiptasia eating filefish
-Sometimes need to be removed once aiptasia is gone. Some are reef safe some nip at corals once done.

2. Copperband Butterfly Fish
-They are a hit or miss some might eat the aiptasia,others starve and dies often.

3.Peppermint shrimp (proven aiptasia eaters)
-Just research the type of fish you have with them, for example some wrasses may eat them,other shrimps might not be compatible.

But good luck,enjoy the forum.

Thank you again for your advice. After trying to research and finding a lot of conflicting information, what would you suggest:

I have:
Soft corals, live rock/sand, conch, hermit crabs, snail, 2 snowflake clowns, purple firefish, blenny, goby, brittle stars, sea apple, and 1 little chromie (left out of 6, never found what happened to the others).

Should I get a peppermint shrimp, skunk cleaner shrimp, file fish? 🙄

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[dc2sd]

how big is your tank? and how hard is it to reach the aptasia by hand? if it's not hard, i would recommend aptasia x. post some pics of your tank if you can. how bad is the aptasia problem? if it's only a rock, and you can remove that rock, that's an option too.

[teamgroff]

how big is your tank? and how hard is it to reach the aptasia by hand? if it's not hard, i would recommend aptasia x. post some pics of your tank if you can. how bad is the aptasia problem? if it's only a rock, and you can remove that rock, that's an option too.

It's a 55 gal...not in huge amounts but is on several rocks and on the bottom of my leather coral. I did read that if they feel threatened (fighting them with chemicals or trying to pluck them manually) they could release spores which would create more.. sorry to ask so many questions, I am very new at this.

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[teamgroff]

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[dc2sd]

if that was my tank, i would just take the rocks out and manually remove. use a knife or something to scrap it off, then a toothbrush to clean it up and rinse a few times. then back in the tank it goes. seems like with your rock structure, it's easy to take the rocks out. every option will have it's pros and cons. with your problem being pretty small, i would not recommend getting the filefish or butterfly. you risk them eating corals and also, the butterfly is not too hardy in my opinion (usually need frozen food).

[teamgroff]

What about the ones on my leather corals

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[dc2sd]

nice in wall tank, btw.

[dc2sd]

same thing, take the rock out the leather and clean. the corals will be totally fine out of water for 5-10 minutes if need be.

[teamgroff]

Oh ok...thank you so much!!!

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[teamgroff]

This tank used to only be a SW fish tank with only 2 little live rocks, in process of changing over to a reef tank.

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