HOW I ELIMINATED AIPTASIA IN MY REEF TANK! 159 8

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Aiptasia is a pest anemone the can plague any reef tank or saltwater aquarium. Aiptasia anemones multiple at a rapid rate and sting anything it comes in contact with. Aiptasia can be a challenge to get rid of but in the episode of TheCoralReefTalk I share the 3 methods I used to completely eliminate Aiptasia from my reef tank. Remove Aiptasia with Joes Juice link below http://amzn.to/2oKCxHK Like Comment and Subscribe www.TheCoralReefTalk.com follow me on Twitter! @CoralReefTalk Music Used with permission from YouTube Audio Library Song: Vibe with Me By:Joakim Karud follow on soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud https://theartistunion.com/tracks/413960?download=true

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Michigan fan - 6 years ago

I got one of those and it ate my scoly i wanted to kill it got it out asap

Mary R. Crumrine - 6 years ago

Thanks for the information. I did add 2 peppermint shrimp and they took care of the problem, however they also ate my whole front crop of zoas... I have one aiptasia in my BC29 and I'll give Joes Juice a try.

tonkatoytruck - 7 years ago

Use hot water and calcium mixed together. Suck it into a piece of airline and then blow it on the aiptasia. They quickly die without risking adding chemicals of unknown origin in your tank. The pH imbalance and hot water is more than they can take.

Jonathan Lee - 7 years ago

Alright basically I just found 1 single aiptasia and am wondering what's the beat way to get rid of it?

Jonathan Lee - 7 years ago

TheCoralReefTalk I don't have joes juice here in Malaysia. Do you think vinegar or lemon juice will work?

TheCoralReefTalk - 7 years ago

+Jonathan Lee If it's easy to reach, you can manually move it by cutting some of the Rock it's on, so that you remove it with a little bit of rock. Any fragments of aiptasia left in the tank will grow back and multiply. Joe's Juice works really well, to Target just one.

TheFishTank Doc. - 7 years ago

Great vid and good advice.

SPS Dominant - 7 years ago

Great advice. Subbed

Charles P - 7 years ago

Hey man, check out my startup channel. Starting my cycle next week. I would appreciate any tips!

Nick C - 7 years ago

Pretty simple, add a peppermint shrimp lol..... mine after a week, pulverized 3 of them from the earth, never saw any aptasia again....

TheCoralReefTalk - 7 years ago

+PsychedelicBabe Thanks and no problem, let me know when you send it.

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HNiCDuke - 7 years ago

I use aptaisia x, might give JJ a try.

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Sauri Peralta - 7 years ago

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TOM REEFMAN202 - 7 years ago

great video... Where did you find that music in backround?

Dubsy Dabster - 7 years ago

I love those file fish. I Just used aiptasiaX and a peppermint shrimp. haven't seen any aiptasia in months. the Shrimp even went after tiny feather dusters but not as aggressive.

Richard Bosco - 7 years ago

nice video thanks. I just used peppermint shrimp and that did the trick.

9StickNate - 7 years ago

I had a filefish and he did great with the aptasia. They were gone in a matter of days. The filefish then devoured 3 of my Acan colonies. Once the filefish was removed, the aptasia came back. No Bueno.

Seho Park - 7 years ago

My Copperband butterflyfish clean up all aiptasia in my tank.

Jay-D - 7 years ago

I visit an lfs that has aiptasia in most of its fish tanks. I'm afraid to buy anything from there. I wonder what the risks are with buying anything from them.

9StickNate - 7 years ago

It would be a high risk. A risk I wouldn't want to take. Those aptasia aren't effected by coral dips.

Steve larman - 7 years ago

Good content but distracting soundtrack that doesn't fit the reef theme imo.

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Dee From Brooklyn - 7 years ago

i heard they feed those file fish Rod's Foods to supplement the lack of aiptasia.. I'm just hoping my fish don't harass him

MileHighReefers - 7 years ago

I have an ORA aiptasia eating file fish in QT. Hopefully he doesn't eat too much coral. Have you had any problems?

the JaYoe Nation - 7 years ago

A quick tip... your music at full volume is too loud. I made the same mistake a while ago. Bring it down 3 or 4db so it matches up with the narration.

TheCoralReefTalk - 7 years ago

I usually do bring it down a bit

TheCoralReefTalk - 7 years ago

I guess I cranked it up to 11 in this video lol. Thanks you for the helpful tip.

the JaYoe Nation - 7 years ago

TheCoralReefTalk people used to give me a lot of comments about it on my video. And so the moment I pulled a track onto the timeline the first thing I would do is lower the whole audio track to -2 to -4 db. Depending on the song. You can see the wave form and how it looks next to your narration. It should look similar.

the JaYoe Nation - 7 years ago

Yea. Any time it was a break in the narration and you went full music. Just a handful of times. It is much louder than your voice. iMO

TheCoralReefTalk - 7 years ago

Thanks, are you talking about at the intro and outro or overall?

the JaYoe Nation - 7 years ago

Joe's juice is interesting. Peppermint shrimp didn't work for me either. What about the file fish now? Will it eat your mix now that the aphasia is gone?

TheCoralReefTalk - 7 years ago

I haven't noticed him picking at anything, He eats frozen food, flakes and just about any food I put in the tank. He is an interested fish to watch.

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