Overgrown and neglected

[lakshwadeep]

IMO, you should keep the aiptasia and get another tank. It would be extremely tedious to remove them all, and you also have Caulerpa (the "ferns"), which also can take over a tank. They are invasive, but they don't look bad in your tank. They are only "bad" because reefkeepers want other corals/anemones.

 

If you decide to get a new tank, be extremely selective in what you transfer from the current tank. Besides the fish, you would probably have to make frags of the corals to avoid introducing rock that has aiptasia.

[mndfreeze]

I thin the nudibranch idea is the best, if you WANT to reclaim the tank for coral.

 

In the wild that tank is called 'natural selection'. Hell I bet the right corals could sting the aptasia away.

 

You could also make it a pest/hostile tank.

 

By the same rules people use for aptasia, xenia and tons of other softies are pests. I happen to like pumping/pulsing/throbing/pornlikenamehere xenia. None of my other coral moves like it does.

[BLoCkCliMbeR]

Hell I bet the right corals could sting the aptasia away.

 

i believe an elegance coral packs a bigger sting. but you should research them first. i know nothing about them, and that piece of info is just something i read in passing....

 

this tank kind of made me want to go harvest apitasia from the local stores..... they are cool, its just nothing else can really live with them.

[thewire]

Don't start over. Get a few Nudibranch...breed them and sell them with your unlimited supply of aiptasia..keep the nudi in a separate tank..

 

good money lol

[Euphyllia]

Just a helpful hint...

 

Mashing them up spreads them all over the tank.

 

I would smash a few and give the rest a load of food. Definitely crank up the lights. Within a few months you have a nice aiptasia garden, or a breeding ground for nudis and peppermints.

 

Good luck!

[metrokat]

BTW. You fern plant that you showed in your pic is bryopsis. It's a pest algae that is almost as hard to exterminate as aiptasia

 

+1

 

PM monochrome5, I sent him a link to this thread and he thought the aiptasia garden you have there looked great.

[Julee]

IMO, you should keep the aiptasia and get another tank. It would be extremely tedious to remove them all, and you also have Caulerpa (the "ferns"), which also can take over a tank. They are invasive, but they don't look bad in your tank. They are only "bad" because reefkeepers want other corals/anemones.

 

If you decide to get a new tank, be extremely selective in what you transfer from the current tank. Besides the fish, you would probably have to make frags of the corals to avoid introducing rock that has aiptasia.

 

I agree, you let it go this long, have some fun with it. Get another tank if you feel the need. There is a lot of beneficial organism and bacteria going on in there too, shouldn't waste it. Also, my LFS sells the true peppermint shrimp. they grow and feed aptasia for them so mine has no problem with any of it even over an inch. You could check with yours and see if they want to buy some.

Some info here about the type of shrimp: http://rettalbot.suite101.com/peppermint-s...mposters-a42649

 

Oh, and I have some of the same macro algae in my tank and my clowns love to snack on it. They keep it trimmed for me.

 

I pretty much go for the natural measures rather then the get dirty drastic measures and it seems to be working well and far much funner

 

Have fun and good luck with whatever you decide.

[metrokat]

Bump for update, how is the aiptasia paradise coming along?

[Grad]

Drop like 10 Berghia Nudibranch in there as well.

 

To the several comments on becomming a Berghia breeder, that what i did. Cleaned up my main and frag tank.

 

Sprinterpd,

 

Peppermints never worked for me, neither did any of the aiptasia injection products. The only thing i haven't tried is zapping them with electricity.

 

I used Berghia for my aiptasia problem, worked wonders. Now im actually selling the excess berghia from my system, 10$ each.

 

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...p;#entry3533514

 

anywho, good luck with it. I know what a pain they can be

 

Grad

[peewee1467]

Dope tank! I liked the neglected look. perhaps i should go on a long vacation and hopefully my tank will look similar to yours when i get back! =P

[Ls2Goat]

any updates

[beefus]

seriously, would start a berghia nudibranch breeding operation with that. Then use the proceeds to start a whole new tank.

 

 

This idea is money right there. Get some berghia and pass on the peps are they will eat the berghia. In a few months you can make enough to buy an amazing setup.

 

ps I can't tell if this post is a troll or just really hilarious.

[sprinterpd]

ps I can't tell if this post is a troll or just really hilarious.

 

I gave EVERYTHING to a friend for her 75 gallon. I warned her a million times that she did NOT want what I had. Whatever!! I told her it was like I was giving her Bermuda grass to add to her putting green. She likes the look, so more power to her.

 

I purchased a BC29, along with a stand, Reefkeeper, new heater, etc. I'm going to build an LED setup and add an MP10 once it is cycled.

 

I'm using the "fire and bleach" method. I'm not letting even the fish or snails move into the new space. The 10g goes to my son for a freshwater community tank.

 

I'm asking far more questions now instead of just winging it, since clearly that didn't work out so well. I still have cyano and Aiptapsia growing in the sand bed, but won't ditch it completely until we move next month and I set up the new BC.

 

Glad to make history. Hope to do it a different way next time.

 

Cheers,

 

Michael

[dling]

Getting the Tatt on the 27th, but there is a Fender bass I have my eye on......

 

Michael

I hope you are a better bass player then you are a reef keeper

[sprinterpd]

I hope you are a better bass player then you are a reef keeper

 

Honestly? Not really....LOL

 

But I have the same goal for both hobbies: Nothing dies.

[dknydiep]

Actually looks pretty good. Think of it as a low maintenance tank LOL.

[sammieSQL]

Oh my.

[AndyK47]

it's just aptasia, nothing a couple heavy doses of aptasia-x and some peppermints can't fix... Peppermint shrimp can be hit or miss... i've had better luck with them when i dont feed a #### ton of food. I've always had good success with aptasia-x, unless the aptasia retracts before i get to fill his mouth with a big shot of it.. good excuse for a new tank... this time attack the problem as soon as something looks out of place.

[Gunbeaux]

My 29 gal is infected with them but not that bad I used the Peperment shrimp method put a total of 9 of them in there but they ate my yellow coral and the aptasia are still there then I did the Aptasia X thing killed 12 of them in one night. but a few more are showing up. Might try to not feed the tank for a few days, hopefully the shrimp will eat them. If not going to frag the coral I have and start over smaller tank. Good luck with yours.

[metrokat]

reviving an old thread! any updates on the aiptasia garden?

[patback]

Kat, I read through ALL of these posts to catch up and see the outcome of this tank.

 

 

 

I'm so disappointed. Btw... Anyone remember that post about adding a "berghia" nudi directly onto an aiptasia and he was bragging about it eating it from the inside out, while the aiptasia was actually just eating the nudi?

[chrssprngs]

One of his last posts stated he had given all the rock to a girl with a 75 gallon tank. Apparently she liked the look.

[Reef Casa]

TOTM IMO

[metrokat]

TOTM IMO

LOL +1

 

I was curious if there are updates regardless of who the tank was given to.

[sprinterpd]

Met a new customer this week, found out she was on this forum and it reminded me of this thread from long ago.

Everything in the tank went to my friend, but she ended up moving and tearing it down shortly after. She used only tap water, since she thought Algae was pretty. I tried to save a few corals for the BC29, and the Culupera simply came along and I had yet another pest tank. Give up? No way. Read, learn and have patience.

The 75 got started with everything new, and I invested enough money to actually do it right. I now have a full Apex, 2 BRS dosers for 2-part, chiller, Reef Octopus, auto water change, etc. and I now use a QT for everything too. I have some SPS that are growing really well, so I must have learned a few things.

I missed having a nano on my desk, so I designed and built a 25 gallon tank for my office that is 5 feet long, but only 8 inches wide.

Sorry I never created the time-lapse, and reading back, I should have just kept it out of interest.

Here is the BC29 that lasted only a year. Really cruddy tank.

Here is the nano desktop.

And here is the current 75. On the right you can see the only coral I've had the entire time, since the beginning. The hammer coral started with only 3 heads. In the last few years, it now has over a hundred.