Aiptasia eating fish

thenewpufferintown · 03-06-2013, 10:33 PM

What kind of success have you had with fish that are supposed to eat aiptasia? Peppermint shrimp have worked well for me but I have an aiptasia problem in another tank that has an eel.

Any fish you would recommend? And where could I get one?

Totalchaos13 · 03-06-2013, 11:48 PM

Butterfly or Filefish if I remember right.

rtackett · 03-07-2013, 11:05 AM

File fish - also easy to catch if you need to remove. Make sure you get the right species - some LFS sell other filefish that do not eat aptasia

barry_keith · 03-07-2013, 11:14 AM

+ 1
I had great success with a matted filefish

ElitheLion · 03-07-2013, 11:50 AM

Apparently the copper banded butterfly is great. Also berghai nudis.my peppermint shrimp seem to take care of all the small ones.

Miami Dolfan · 03-07-2013, 2:12 PM

I had a Heinochus angel that would go mad at them but only if they were small polyps. Wouldn't touch the larger ones. My file fish is ugly, but I haven't seen anymore since I out him in there.

thenewpufferintown · 03-07-2013, 3:45 PM

So now here's the question, where can I get one? Maybe one to borrow until the job is done? I have things like chaeto or nassarious snails to trade if someone has one to lend

rdnelson99 · 03-09-2013, 10:30 PM

Picked up a file fish from a member. Didn't appear it was doing anything withe the aptasia. But what I have since noticed is that when I used to kill it off it would be back in a week. Now I killed it off and it hasn't come back. Conclusion? I think the file fish likes the new small stuff and is getting anything that is sprouting.

When I bought it I planned on selling it to another member who wanted it when I am done. But now, he has grown on me. LOL. Sorry Jef4ry.

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railroadfish · 03-09-2013, 10:41 PM

I had not planned on getting a butterfly but I guess I will get a couple of them. Is it cool if I get 2 of these guys. They wont fight or anything will they if I put 2 coral banded butter flys in my 75 gal. Thank You!!!!

rdnelson99 · 03-09-2013, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by railroadfish

I had not planned on getting a butterfly but I guess I will get a couple of them. Is it cool if I get 2 of these guys. They wont fight or anything will they if I put 2 coral banded butter flys in my 75 gal. Thank You!!!!

Do lots of research on them before buying one.

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Tmahoneyjr · 03-10-2013, 1:22 AM

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Originally Posted by thenewpufferintown

So now here's the question, where can I get one? Maybe one to borrow until the job is done? I have things like chaeto or nassarious snails to trade if someone has one to lend

I know that memo carries them, that where I got mine

ddaddy2420 · 03-10-2013, 8:11 AM

I tried the superglue suggestion that was made to me a while back and wow it worked like a charm. I had one aptasia that was growing on a radioactive dragon eye zoa plug and causing several of the zoas not to open up, so i took the plug out, added a drop of superglue to the aptasia and placed it back in tank, and voila no more aptasia. Now all the zoas are opening up nicely, worked like a charm.

tomaquar · 03-11-2013, 10:37 PM

Does anyone have trouble with these fish eating your good polyps ? Ive been seeing a few pop up lately.

kzoo · 03-12-2013, 12:04 AM

They will eat zoas and softys.

JeF4y · 03-12-2013, 8:34 AM

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Originally Posted by rdnelson99

When I bought it I planned on selling it to another member who wanted it when I am done. But now, he has grown on me. LOL. Sorry Jef4ry.

Haha. no problem! I figured you would & I was going to look for one anyway =)

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thenewpufferintown Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 72 City: flowery branch State: GA Occupation: college student	Aiptasia eating fish What kind of success have you had with fish that are supposed to eat aiptasia? Peppermint shrimp have worked well for me but I have an aiptasia problem in another tank that has an eel. Any fish you would recommend? And where could I get one?

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03-07-2013, 11:14 AM	#4
barry_keith Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 440 City: Winder State: GA Occupation: Computer Networking student	+ 1 I had great success with a matted filefish

03-07-2013, 3:45 PM	#7
thenewpufferintown Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 72 City: flowery branch State: GA Occupation: college student	So now here's the question, where can I get one? Maybe one to borrow until the job is done? I have things like chaeto or nassarious snails to trade if someone has one to lend

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railroadfish Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 48 City: Powder Springs State: GA Occupation: railroad mechanic Other Interests: Photography, starting phases of scuba.	I had not planned on getting a butterfly but I guess I will get a couple of them. Is it cool if I get 2 of these guys. They wont fight or anything will they if I put 2 coral banded butter flys in my 75 gal. Thank You!!!!

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tomaquar Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 127 City: Decatur State: Ga	Does anyone have trouble with these fish eating your good polyps ? Ive been seeing a few pop up lately.

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