I have a 72 gallon bowfront that is exclusively for my ponies, and then a 90 gallon tank with fish. My seahorse tank is getting taken over by both bristleworms and aiptasia. I've tried killing the aiptasia individually, I've tried every worm trap that I've ever read about, and still the tank is dangerously high in both pests. I don't want to get the fish/inverts that eat worms and aiptasia because they're not good with seahorses. So my frustration has led me to two possible ideas:
Move the horses to a spare 10 gallon tank, get some fish that will eat bristleworms and aiptasia, and once they've done their job, tear the rockwork apart to catch them, then put the ponies back. Lots of drawbacks to that, including not knowing how stressful it will be for ponies to be in a 10 gallon that will need daily water changes.
Or..... put an infested rock at a time in the 10 gallon tank with a fish / invertebrate that will eat the aiptasia and bristleworms and then return the rock to the pony tank.
I was going to put the rock in my 90 gallon where it would get cleared, but there was/is ich in there so I don't want to risk it. I am open to ideas/suggestions/thoughts, and thank you in advance.
Sue
Move the horses to a spare 10 gallon tank, get some fish that will eat bristleworms and aiptasia, and once they've done their job, tear the rockwork apart to catch them, then put the ponies back. Lots of drawbacks to that, including not knowing how stressful it will be for ponies to be in a 10 gallon that will need daily water changes.
Or..... put an infested rock at a time in the 10 gallon tank with a fish / invertebrate that will eat the aiptasia and bristleworms and then return the rock to the pony tank.
I was going to put the rock in my 90 gallon where it would get cleared, but there was/is ich in there so I don't want to risk it. I am open to ideas/suggestions/thoughts, and thank you in advance.
Sue