So my berghia nudis were killing it, my tank was nearly aiptasia free. I added my fish back to the system and now I see them popping back up. I'm assuming my rhomboid wrasse took them out unfortunately. I thought they'd be fine since I could only find them really late at night after lights out, but this rhomboid doesn't appear to sleep! I haven't had the best of luck with aiptasia-x so far. So i'm thinking of looking into a fish.
I'm considering adding either a copperband butterfly or a filefish to hopefully help with the control. I know the CBB is hit or miss with actually eating the aiptasia and both are a risk in a reef tank. I prefer the look of a CBB over the filefish that's for sure. Seems the filefish may be more of a guarantee for helping with aiptasia. Most of the tank mates land in the friendly category minus the kole tang. I think I may have a better chance getting the CBB readily accessable food later on by copying Emac's DYI device he posted a while back. A plus for the filefish is being able to buy a captive bred specimen. I've lost 2 CBBs in the past, I believe by not QT'in them and getting them accepting prepped foods before entering the display, so it'd be nice to get something used to tank life already.
I'd like any input/experience from those who have successfully cared for one (or both) in a reef tank. My tank is 100G 48x24x20. No matter which fish I choose, it will be put through QT and hopefully except some type of frozen before entering the display. My QT is copper for 4 weeks, prazi treatment or two after.
Thanks for any input.
I'm considering adding either a copperband butterfly or a filefish to hopefully help with the control. I know the CBB is hit or miss with actually eating the aiptasia and both are a risk in a reef tank. I prefer the look of a CBB over the filefish that's for sure. Seems the filefish may be more of a guarantee for helping with aiptasia. Most of the tank mates land in the friendly category minus the kole tang. I think I may have a better chance getting the CBB readily accessable food later on by copying Emac's DYI device he posted a while back. A plus for the filefish is being able to buy a captive bred specimen. I've lost 2 CBBs in the past, I believe by not QT'in them and getting them accepting prepped foods before entering the display, so it'd be nice to get something used to tank life already.
I'd like any input/experience from those who have successfully cared for one (or both) in a reef tank. My tank is 100G 48x24x20. No matter which fish I choose, it will be put through QT and hopefully except some type of frozen before entering the display. My QT is copper for 4 weeks, prazi treatment or two after.
Thanks for any input.
