Help Aipstasia Took Over My Tank

[Geraud]

I have tried the following:
- tomentosus filefish: works if they are easy to access: all the remaining ones now are in deep crevices. However when they feel "safe" they will venture further out. In this case when possible I move the rock they are on a bit, and the filefish eats them
- Aiptasia-X, Joe's Juice: seem to kill them but they come back, including on the same spot.
- Kalkwasser paste: my current method: seems to work pretty well so far, and as it stays in place (unless disturbed) I do not see anything popping back in place
- Berghias: destroyed by my fish despite taking a lot of precautions (introduced at night etc). Filefish and flasher wrasse ate them.
- Peppermint shrimp: even with the largest I could get, they made a meal for my swissguard basslets.
- Majano wand: seemed to work on the easy to reach ones, but once again... my filefish can take care of these.

 

[KingLurker]

Joe's juice is amazing if you can get to all of them !!!!

 

[Hson365]

what a pain . I had that too. Joe's juice worked for me

 

[jaBX1]

I have had luck with distilled white vinegar. Pull about 5ml into a syringe and shoot it at the base of the aipstasia.
Make sure its 5% Acetic acid and no scents or dyes

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[Spartanwarrior]

I dont trust any of these over the counter measures. One single cell left behind creates a new healthy aiptasia. You need something that covers them completely or eats them. Lasers leave too much residue. Joes juice and aiptasia x might kill the mouth...but what about residue? What about tiny cells stuck to the rock? Even the wand...unless u scrape the remains off the rock and then verify u run the wand over every cell leftover...just dont trust it

 

[S.R. Reefing]

You can try to trade your aptisia rock with clean rock with some extra $$. When i was breading Nudi...i am buying aptisia rock left and right. Usually trading with SPS or other corals.