Aptasia

I've had great success with peppermints. I still get an aiptasia popping up every so often, but they keep them at bay (or at least I assume they do... never seen it happen but the aiptasia is eventually gone a few days later). The wand supposedly works great, but is obviously tedious in a large tank or a heavily infested one. Lastly there are the berghias that seem to have rave reviews, however you run the risk of eventually starving them out. There is also the issue of not finding the darn thing if/when you want to remove it from the tank and pass it on to someone else. Though I have zero experience with copperbands, they seem to be the most hit and miss of the bunch, followed by the peppermints (though I think many people are sold camel shrimp instead of peppermints, falsely raising the failure rate)

 

I still have a Majano Wand for sale. I can bring it to Des Moines. $100.

 

trouble with a cbb is you may not have a nice fish in the end. they are difficult to get to eat and often starve to death.

 

I had great success with a filefish. I took him to a friends house to see if he has as much success.

 

Peppermint shrimp are doing well in my tank. I have even seen them attach and eat them at night. I also us a LFS Remedy powder and it works also.


Kyle

 

Powder? How does it work?

 

Always have good luck with peppermints.

 

Have you tried hitting them with a syringe full of boiling water or kalk or vinager (boiling water & vinegar have worked well for me)? For only 5 I think I would try another option before going with a livestock based solution. Just a thought.... good luck getting rid of them!

 

I don't know what is in it, but when I told my LFS Guy about buying Aptasia X he said i use this. It something he makes.
Lemon juice other things work too if you can find the right way to get it into them.
kyle