whats best???

[carpenterwrasse]

I have an aptasia explosion which is best a copper banded butterfly or peppermint shrimp....and how many shrimp if thats the best way...i don'y have many corals to be bothered by the butterfly mainly kenya trees and button polypswith a few mushrooms hiding in there.
George

[dakar]

I'd vote for peppermint shrimp. They have worked well for us. There is an article the Greg wrote up about them a while back... good stuff! Just have had terrible luck with butterfly fish in a reef tank.

[JustDavidP]

Pepps for sure... I forget how large a system you have, but I have 3 in a 26G No nasty glassy anemones in there.

Dave

[iVgOnMaD]

I heard bout aptasia eating nudis, worth looking into

[JustDavidP]

Nudibranchs are soo tough in that they really don't fare well in faster moving water. I've tried them, many types, but they all become power head fodder or end up living in my sump, no matter how many times I move them back up to the display.

D

[graphixx]

I will go against the majority and say copperband. I know they are notorious for nipping but I have had one and he has been a model member of the tank. but this is just one instance. I am sure people have tried them with a less than successful outcome.

[carpenterwrasse]

our fear is that they are hard to feed or so it is written....the nudibranch that was for mentioned starts with a b....baghaih or something like that i keep forgetting but it was a past descution thats why it wasn't a consideration at this time...but i was thinking i might just try both...its only money right

[AuntKaren]

I agree with those that suggest the peppermint shrimps..... I was on a website that sells peppermint shrimps and they had an eye popping video of peppermints just devouring some aiptasia.....it made a believer out of me! It only took a few minutes and a dime sized aiptasia was completely gone...eaten by 5 peppermints. They're fast and efficient and fun to watch!

[cubereefer]

Another alternative to rid a tank of aipstasia is Berghia verrucicornis. These are used in a lot of breeding/frag tanks as a natural anti-aipstasia. The only problem is that the ONLY eat aipstasia, so when your tank is rid of them the Berghia verrucicornis will die...could contaminate the water. Here's some good articles on the Berghia verrucicornis:

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/in...a/aiptasia.htm

http://www.berghia.net/aiptasiacontrol.html

[carpenterwrasse]

thats the nudabranch i was talking about ealier