How long did it take for your CBB fish to start eating aiptasia?
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so hope aptasia doesnt come back.Couple things, not all CBB's, regardless of where they come from, are guaranteed to eat aiptasia. I've always trained mine by QT'ing them and feeding them nothing but aip., then after a few weeks released them in to the main system. Some CBB's just prefer fish food and mysis to tiny ugly anemones.
Also, the fish is too big to get ALL the aiptasia, so no- with a CBB you will never full get rid of the stuff. If your CBB eats it though he'll keep it under control and they won't fully infest your tank. But dont forget, this is a BUTTERFLY fish we're talking about so there's a chance it will nip on soft corals, lps and clam mantles. Although a well fed CBB will likely do little more than take an occasional nibble and the coral will be hardly affected.
Peppermint shrimp are also a pretty bad idea... they'll eat aiptasia at first but the second you feed your fish or coral they'll never eat another aiptasia again. They also have horrible mortality rates.
I've found the best (and sadly most expensive) solution is Berghia Nudibranchs. They are small enough to get to every little tiny aiptasia and fully purge your tank. The problems with berghia are they're nudis, so if you have powerheads they will get sucked in eventually... even foamed off inputs will usually have enough intake pressure to kill them. You also need more than 1, I recommend 2 minimum so that they can breed which they do quite easily. If you have a large tank you might think about getting 1 for every 10 to 30 gallons of tank capacity depending on the level of infestation. You also need to keep an eye out for when they've polished off all your aiptasia... they'll start wandering the tank looking for food and eventually starve unless you pass them on to another reefer to use
Just my 2 cents... or like 2 dollars in this case.
Also, the fish is too big to get ALL the aiptasia, so no- with a CBB you will never full get rid of the stuff. If your CBB eats it though he'll keep it under control and they won't fully infest your tank. But dont forget, this is a BUTTERFLY fish we're talking about so there's a chance it will nip on soft corals, lps and clam mantles. Although a well fed CBB will likely do little more than take an occasional nibble and the coral will be hardly affected.
Peppermint shrimp are also a pretty bad idea... they'll eat aiptasia at first but the second you feed your fish or coral they'll never eat another aiptasia again. They also have horrible mortality rates.
I've found the best (and sadly most expensive) solution is Berghia Nudibranchs. They are small enough to get to every little tiny aiptasia and fully purge your tank. The problems with berghia are they're nudis, so if you have powerheads they will get sucked in eventually... even foamed off inputs will usually have enough intake pressure to kill them. You also need more than 1, I recommend 2 minimum so that they can breed which they do quite easily. If you have a large tank you might think about getting 1 for every 10 to 30 gallons of tank capacity depending on the level of infestation. You also need to keep an eye out for when they've polished off all your aiptasia... they'll start wandering the tank looking for food and eventually starve unless you pass them on to another reefer to use
Just my 2 cents... or like 2 dollars in this case.
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aptesia is never gone once u get it u can just keep it under control so u dont see it live rock is very poruis so they hold on deep in tha rock when something eats them they get most of it but it just hides in tha rock till it fully grows back so if u dont have sumthang to keep eating it it will be back and will double some pepermints work n some dont tried dem multiple times but found out they will learn to wait till u feed tha tank to eat or go after ur clams i even had 50+ hermits in a 12 gallon before n when i noticed there was only ten i saw tha shrimp drag em to tha back n rip them out of tha shell n there was all tha shells in tha back of my tank empty if u have big ones tha aptisia -x works real good but unless u hit em constantly they will come back aptesia is a single cell organism so just one little peice of it or its slime will result in more sucks been there wit this through a few tanks
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oh ya i wanted to see how long aptiasa would live for wit no light,food or fresh saltwater,cuz i was told it could come in live sand bags to by accident n i believe it now,i took out tha live stock from my 12 gallon turned of all light pumps everythang put tha tank in my spare room so it was just tha tank water liverock n aptesia no circulation nothing let tha water slowly evaperate it was peeked out on my meter after i week after 2 wks tha aptesia were still alive but were coming out of tha cracks n tha rock n were moving towards tha surface they were stretching 2-4 inches long n now i see why they dont die 1 month went by they were still alive just crazy salty water most were on tha surface or near but they were still alive probly looking for light 2months went by still some water n tha tank n they were still alive just floating on tha surface crazy they looked like jelly fish n sure enough when i touched em the moved now tha tank is cystallized sand n live rock tha real test would be put water back in n see if they come back i doubt it though but u neva no
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