Need your help with my Aiptasia problem (local to NJ)

[Ashish Patel]

Does anyone local to central NJ have filefish or bergia nudibranchs for sale or trade?

Background:
So over the last 3 months my aiptasia has gone bonkers. The first year I didnt have much of an outbreak because I added 20 peppermint shrimps and stayed true to my word of not messing with them. Than I watched a video by reefbuilders were they used sodium hydroxide and thought the idea was genious. However, after using that all my peppermint shrimps died and the aiptasia seemed to just go on a spreading zone. Also, i stopped using my UV filter 3 months ago because it had a leaky union and i think that contributed to the spread of the aiptasia. so in 3 months i went from maybe 10 aiptasia to 300aiptasia. and they are getting big.

 

[Doctorgori]

whatever you do, make sure ALL of your plumbing areas go dry for 48 hrs: Hoses, over flow box, sump, sump and the sump
a PITA but worth it unless you want to go months thinking you licked it only to later wonder where the h3ll these things came from

 

[Miami Reef]

Peppermint shrimp from Reeftopia worked like magic in my tank. I only added 6 to my 260 gallon, and they were all gone in a week or two.

 

[Ashish Patel]

Peppermint shrimp from Reeftopia worked like magic in my tank. I only added 6 to my 260 gallon, and they were all gone in a week or two.

peppermint shrimp did ok for me but I am kicking myself for using sodium hydroxide which i believe killed these peppermint shrimps. Still the peppermint shrimp in my tank were fat and lazy so didnt have to go after all the aiptasia. Maybe I'll give it another try they are just so expensive.

 

[Ashish Patel]

whatever you do, make sure ALL of your plumbing areas go dry for 48 hrs: Hoses, over flow box, sump, sump and the sump
a PITA but worth it unless you want to go months thinking you licked it only to later wonder where the h3ll these things came from

Honestly its not possible to eradicate aiptasia once they are in your system. I just need to find something that controls them in the display tank so they dont kill my zoas, which they are very good at doing.

 

[Ashish Patel]

Peppermint shrimp from Reeftopia worked like magic in my tank. I only added 6 to my 260 gallon, and they were all gone in a week or two.

I actually did order from reeftopia in May 2023.
Maybe I'll give it another try and this time use my siphoning tube to suck out the larger ones and hope the peppermint shrimp will work on the remaining. I still want to try 2 filefish from biota.