Brain Storming an Aiptasia Tool

Aiptasia-X comes with a bent applicator that makes it easier to get into tight spots.

That being said, I think it's always going to be tough to get those hard to read ones in a tank with a decent amount of rock work. That's why I highly recommend a Copperband Butterfly or Peppermint shrimp. They can get into those little nooks and crannies better than any tool you'd be able to come up with.

If you get a CBB, make sure you see it picking at the rockwork and/or eating food at the store before you buy it. That's a good rule in general, but it's particularly important with those. Also, be sure and read up on them before you add one to make sure they are compatible with your tank.

Peppermints can be hit or miss. There are a couple varieties out there and supposedly one is more likely to eat Aiptasia than the other.

-JB

 

To do some of my target feeding, I use a syringe with some flexible plastic tubing. If you wrap a wire around the tube, you can get it into just about any shape you want. Also, there is some stiffer tubing that I bought for hooking up the ice maker in my refrigerator that's a little stiffer and will hold a wide curve if I bend it when it's hot and cool it. It's probably not the kind of precision that you need, but it might help.

--AJ

 

Joe I know Jeremy had a couple hundred bottles of aiptasia-x so he may have a couple extra of the bent applicator.

Give me a message about it

 

I have plenty of bent applicators, come and get em'....

I suggest peppermint shrimp, they have worked wonders for me.