HOW TO KILL AND REMOVE AIPTASIA FROM A REEF TANK AQUARIUM

Hey Guys, just a quick video on how I remove aiptasia from my lagoon 25 frag tank/reef tank. When I spot them I kill them right away with a thick kalkwasser paste. This is a simple cheap method for me since I already use Kalk to dose my tank. I just take a tiny scoop of kalkwasser and mix it with a litte bit of tank water. The consistency you are looking for is a thick paste. I use a disposable dropper to suck up the paste. Once in the tank, locate the aiptasia and squeeze the paste into the oral disc. I usually leave it for about a minute and come back with the dropper to suck up any excess kalkwasser paste that is in your aquarium.

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More info on Aiptasia:

"Aiptasia sp. are considered pests in the marine aquarium hobby, because they are stressful to coral around them, and occasionally even sting fish and desirable invertebrates. They are often accidentally imported along with live rock. Once present in the aquarium, the polyps are notoriously difficult to remove as attempts to remove often inadvertently create more, due to new polyps regenerating from remnants. Hobbyists commonly put Peppermint shrimp or certain species of filefish or butterfly fish inside the aquarium to control Aiptasia populations, as the arthropods regularly prey on small cnidarian polyps. The nudibranch Aeolidiella stephanieae, is considered one of the best predators for Aiptasia sp. This species used to be called and is still commonly referred to as Berghia verrucicornis.[3] A few of the more popular fish considered for controlling aiptasia are Acreichthys tomentosus, the bristletail filefish; Chelmon rostratus, the copperband butterflyfish; and Chaetodon kleinii, the sunburst butterflyfish; however these fish are potentially detrimental to other, desirable, sessile invertebrates." - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiptasia