What would you do in this situation?
I'm out of ideas, and at the end of my rope.....
My 210G tank is COVERED in aiptasia.... i mean literally Thousands of them. and some of them are LARGE, like larger than my hammer corals polyps, and in every corner, on almost every coral, and they seem to be getting worse and all i can think to do is tear down the tank and start completely over. (Or not start over and take a break from reefs)
We've tried 25 Berghia nudis, Nothing. (not sure if wrasse ate them or the aiptasia ate them, but never saw them after being added months ago)
Tried Aiptasia-X and F-Aiptasia (went through 4 entire bottles of the large size, and it seems that only made it worse) with zero results.
We've tried using a 5W laser, nope, that doesn't work either.
The most recent attempt is 3 Filefish and 9 Peppermints from @Biota_Marine that just got here, but the more i look at the tank the more I'm losing hope Im not sure if these filefish and shrimp will be able to deal with aiptasia that are 2-3X their size, and SOOOOO many of them.
Do i just say "F-It!" and tear everything down?
Im so at a loss with this tank, it hasn't brought me much if any joy (only thing that has has been watching the pipefish we have) in a long time because every time i look at it all i see is all the issues, and the time and money wasted, and nothing getting better and things just getting worse since the start over a year ago. the only reason its still going is that its just so much work to actually tear down and try and find homes for all the fish and corals, but it might be time....
What would you do in this situation?
I'm out of ideas, and at the end of my rope.....
My 210G tank is COVERED in aiptasia.... i mean literally Thousands of them. and some of them are LARGE, like larger than my hammer corals polyps, and in every corner, on almost every coral, and they seem to be getting worse and all i can think to do is tear down the tank and start completely over. (Or not start over and take a break from reefs)
We've tried 25 Berghia nudis, Nothing. (not sure if wrasse ate them or the aiptasia ate them, but never saw them after being added months ago)
Tried Aiptasia-X and F-Aiptasia (went through 4 entire bottles of the large size, and it seems that only made it worse) with zero results.
We've tried using a 5W laser, nope, that doesn't work either.
The most recent attempt is 3 Filefish and 9 Peppermints from @Biota_Marine that just got here, but the more i look at the tank the more I'm losing hope Im not sure if these filefish and shrimp will be able to deal with aiptasia that are 2-3X their size, and SOOOOO many of them.
Do i just say "F-It!" and tear everything down?
Im so at a loss with this tank, it hasn't brought me much if any joy (only thing that has has been watching the pipefish we have) in a long time because every time i look at it all i see is all the issues, and the time and money wasted, and nothing getting better and things just getting worse since the start over a year ago. the only reason its still going is that its just so much work to actually tear down and try and find homes for all the fish and corals, but it might be time....
What would you do in this situation?