RD147: Killing aiptasia and cleaning up Cait’s Reef

[@dreamnight-mq1zg]

Been following your channel for quite some time now Marc. To this day I’m still deeply saddened by the loss of Cait’s passing. She was a beautiful soul, with a wonderful heart. I’m so happy to see that you’ve continued to keep her alive thru the amazing things that you do for her on this channel. I really miss her and am so glad that she found love in a gentle, kind and passionate person such as you. You both truly were made for each other. Much love always to the both of you. ❤❤

[@Rellikman]

All you need to do is drop a pair of peppermint shrimp in the tank and damage the aptasia so they smell it. The peppermint shrimp will eat them. Do it in the morning when you haven’t fed the tank. Worked great for me.

[@erikanderson7223]

Love that these videos show new reefers the reality of taking care of our reef tanks long term. Its an ongoing process like maintaining a complex garden. Thanks for sharing!

[@SupaSkitz]

Nice! I had good luck with peppermint shrimp and berghia nudibranch.

[@John-te3zd]

Great video Marc, love the Reef Diaries

[@Merknilash]

Excellent video, and excellent guide with demonstration on how to kill them.

[@leemont909]

always a fan of the reef diary videos

[@gnarlytubeage]

A thick kalkwasser powder is cheap and works great at killing aiptasia, I had three in my tank and ever since using it in a syringe a year ago I haven’t seen any since

[@simonlockley-evans3925]

If I find the odd one in my tank I just cover it with some milliput. It just gets entombed, doesn't spread. Just a lot simpler and cheaper than any other method.

[@Messier87_M87]

I’ve been using epoxy to cover up the aiptasia in my tank. I almost used a whole stick this morning trying get every one of them. I usually have the best luck with Berghia, but they’re not always easy to find online. I tried F-Aptasia for the first time a couple months ago, but they end up coming back.

[@scbill88]

Just ordered some Berghia eggs….much cheaper but a longer wait.

[@Messier87_M87]

@@scbill88 Where did you find the berghia eggs?

[@scbill88]

@@Messier87_M87 top shelf aquatics

[@kimthompson1618]

The angel is looking great.

[@adamwhite1552]

What kind of angel is that? The colors are so vibrant.

[@melevsreef]

It’s in the description.

[@PaulieWalnutss]

Do you think the aiptasia came in on the live rock or a frag?

[@melevsreef]

They definitely can come in on most anything.

[@aquaticnstuff7666]

omg you smothered that thing!!! I am way more judicious with my F-Aiptasia application lol

[@melevsreef]

Can you ever use too much? It was a big fat one. ;)

[@scimmiardo]

Vinegar works great

[@jjmccloud]

Those damn limpits have taken over my tank lol there is hundreds all the rocks and every glass panel on my evo 13.5, I've never seen so many 😆 and I only added 1 tiny piece of live rock to help seed the dry I started with. I guess I'm just gonna scrape them up to the top and out of the tank when I see them on the glass. I know they're beneficial but it looks hideous with hundreds all over the glass every day lol At least they're all pretty small 🙈

[@melevsreef]

Great algae grazers though.

[@queencityreefs]

Looking good 👌🏻

[@Emmanuel-rs7eu]

Careful with that stuff, you're gonna get a pH spike if too much applied!

[@aquaticnstuff7666]

yeah but his tank is huge lol; if I did that in my nano tank it'd be a catastrophe

[@leeandmandybattersby5958]

aiptasia are so frustrating what is the best cucumber for a reef tank

[@melevsreef]

I like tigertail cucumbers. I should add one to this tank; thanks for the inadvertent suggestion.

[@leeandmandybattersby5958]

great thank you i will see if i can find one

[@linhnguyen-hk9ju]

To think if you put the angel in your big tank. It might still here today feel kinda sad.

[@dereks3207]

why dont you build a net top for the tank? that way you don't have to deal with algae buildup like you do on the glass top?

[@melevsreef]

The air stone would spatter saltcreep everywhere. The cover only takes a couple of minutes to clean, every two weeks.

[@ArrickthaRed]

Are you sure those are aiptasia? They look like long tentacle anemones lol.

[@melevsreef]

😂

[@lincolntowns1480]

I have never seen aiptasia so big

[@leetreex]

what about using your laser

[@melevsreef]

Haven’t used it in years.

[@apdroidgeek1737]

Those species of aiptasia are quite beautiful tbh.. shame they reproduce fast

[@bigbearmeetslittlebear3401]

Put popsicle stick in cordless driill.... mixes in 30 seconds...

[@melevsreef]

Great idea!

[@brianredban9393]

Way way over kill on the product

[@melevsreef]

You think? 😉