Controlling Pests In Your Aquarium

AIPTASIA Why is Aiptasia a parasite? Aiptasia are a kind of sea anemones, can enter your reef aquarium hitchhiking on live rock or other material that you introduce into the tank. Aiptasia are not harmful when they are present in the reef tank in a few, but they can grow very rapidly. Being anemones, they are animals and can take up the resources of the tank very quickly. This deprives the fish of the safe and healthy aquatic environment you have built for them. Shortly, Aiptasia will begin very unsightly in your beautiful reef tank. That is why they are parasites that must be lifted as soon as possible. How can we control Aiptasia? Aiptasia must be nipped in the bud for effective control. It becomes very difficult to remove when they proliferate. The most effective method in such times is to inject anemones with chemical solutions. A very cheap method of treatment is to inject them with lemon juice concentrate. Other chemicals that can be used bleach and caustic soda and caustic potash solutions. Flat Why are Flatworms pests? Planaria dishes are like parasites in the aquarium habitat. These dishes are particularly undesirable in a reef aquarium, because they have a bad habit of carpet over coral in the reef and stop their supply of sunlight and nutrients. How can we control Flatworms? Most people use biological control for the elimination of flat reef aquarium. Organizations such as Chelidonuria are known to feed on food. Therefore, the introduction of Chelidonuria in the reef tank could be a solution. There are also flatworm control solutions available on the market, which is introduced into the reef tank when a new coral or live rock is introduced. NUDIBRANCHES Why are Flatworms pests? The Flatworms are a kind of sea snails which are parasitic on corals belonging to the genus Montipora, sometimes known as Monti. Sometimes, the proliferation can be so broad that Flatworms may even kill Montis. How can we control Flatworms? The biological method of controlling Flatworms is to introduce some wrasse in the reef aquarium, especially the six wrasse doubled. Some chemicals are effective in repelling Flatworms too, the most prominent of which is potassium permanganate and even garlic. REDBUGS Why are Redbugs pests? Redbugs parasites are common on Acropora corals. Redbugs may actually serve as cleaners for corals because they can feed on waste and other metabolic products that corals produce. But in large numbers, they upset the ecological balance maintained in the aquarium habitats. How can we control Redbugs? Dragonface pipefish can act as a natural deterrent to redbugs in the reservoir and, therefore, are used for biological control. Another method is to clean the coral itself with a solution of iodine and cleaning the aquarium means.