SBB Pop up Sale- 750 Corals!

stoney7713 · Sep 12, 2024

ReeferZ1227 said:
My neighbor said he tried berghia, didnt work, ordered 6 peps from algae barn and his aiptasia disappeared. Ive tried peps in the past and had no luck. Berghia didnt work, i swear those things are the biggest scam in reefing. I put 3 peps in my tiny frag and 3 peps in my waterbox. If they work there im going to move them to main display. I think one of AKLs angels gulped the small pep down immediately.

I'll be finding out, peps worked in one of my tanks. Maybe I didn't have enough in the 75, or maybe it's because I feed a bit heavier in it.

@tbrown had Berghia that worked for him. He even had one eat it's way out of an aiptasia after the aiptasia ate it ..

stoney7713 · Sep 12, 2024

stoney7713 · Sep 12, 2024

Thuan said:
Somebody got the big big goni

Looking Nat Geo GIF by Dr. Donna Thomas Rodgers

where's @steveschuerger

tbrown · Sep 13, 2024

stoney7713 said:
I'll be finding out, peps worked in one of my tanks. Maybe I didn't have enough in the 75, or maybe it's because I feed a bit heavier in it.

@tbrown had Berghia that worked for him. He even had one eat it's way out of an aiptasia after the aiptasia ate it ..

I added 3 Berghia to my 125 that was overrun with Aiptasia, ended up with 12 Berghia, 0 Aiptasia and several egg swirls. Problem with Berghia is that they starve pretty quickly once the Aiptasia is gone. I think it was 2 days after the last Aiptasia and the Berghia all just disappeared.

I've had success with Peps from Petco, from Ocean Floor (one of the LFS here), and from Reef Cleaners. All of them ate Aiptasia.

I've also had success with a Tasseled Filefish but once they get a taste for coral, it's time to go. Mine are all the Aiptasia that was visible but, once he was removed, the Aiptasia came back with a vengeance, unlike Peppermint Shrimp and Berghia. Also, I think males are supposed to be less likely to eat corals than females or something like that...

tbrown · Sep 13, 2024

Peanut said:
peps work well., the problem is after the aiptasia are gone they sometimes move on to zoas

Or hammers.

ReeferZ1227 · Sep 13, 2024

When i tossed 3 berghia in my tank i watched them slowly part ways. The same day my buddy who has a low flow red sea cube, absolutely covered in aip. He tossed 4 in it. It looks like the epitome of a berghia breeding vessel. Nowhere to be seen a month later. Another "i dont get it" of reefing.