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Here you go: http://melevsreef.com/id/aiptasia.html

can someone post a pic of aiptasia? I'm not sure if it is starting in my tank or if what im seeing is something else. what i have in two spots looks like a small patch of ricordia, the other is similar but it seems to have "hairs". both are small.

I have recently started using Aiptasia-X. it seems to work pretty well. I like how they include to different ends on the syringe. Once straight and one curved so you can get into those harder to reach spots. It think it is best suited for those tanks with aiptasia just starting to break out, rather than a tank that is completely infested... in that case you would probably want creatures that eat aiptasia.

Make sure power heads are turned off though, It makes application much easier and you won't use so much of the product.

I have more if need them, lots more.

and thanks! I cant wait for stuff to grow either!

Partman1969 was right lol

Originally Posted by Sisterlimonpot

Nice, can't wait to see it as everything starts to grow in. What type of cyphastria is that in pic #2?

Shot #2 is a Tubinaria Peltata.

Nice, can't wait to see it as everything starts to grow in. What type of cyphastria is that in pic #2?

Funny how they all look like they have cataracts

I have a magnificent foxface add he doesnt pick at anything He is around 7in and I love him eats from my hand. He is a pig also. I think youll find that most fish if you dont feed them right will start searching for alt's

I am extemely new to the reef hobby but just wanted to add my experience so far with my Foxface. I just added a One Spot Foxface to my 75 gallon this past Saturday. It has taken him up until today to get somewhat comfortable with his new home. For the first couple of days he was very finnicky and would camo himself and hide in a corner to the point I was concerned about him. When I came home this afternoon he was full colored and swimming all over the tank exploring and even found a few caves I built for him. I have observed mine picking at the rocks for algae but I do not have any corals yet so I can't comment to that aspect. Also mine loves the spectrum food pellets and fresh Caulerpa.

hahahahahahahahahahaha thats actually really funny. I think im going to get a one spot because we have one at my job and i can get 25% off anything i want so i think ill pick one up soon! thanks for the info and the hilarious picture!

Hahahaha. I have evidence to support my claim! Look on his belly near the front of his anal fin:

I've got the one spot variety - very common. I think the solid yellow is a "Foxface Lo". Wanted a magnificent, but was feeling frugal the day I picked him up. Mags cost ~3-4x as much. Fiji are ~2-3x as much in my experience.

Forgot to mention - even though he's the biggest fish in the tank, he's definitely the whipping boy. The purple tang gets pissy with him and he's continually got blenny bites on his side. Doesn't seem to phase him though - very laid back and social. Very tough - and from what I've read, very disease resistant.

Originally Posted by blennyman

I've got one and he's a real pig, but I've never witnessed him picking on corals (LPS, SPS, softies, etc), clams, featherdusters, or shrimp. I would say he's like a garbage disposal though - he eats pretty much any plant that grows and will even swallow large chunks of substrate if it has some green on it. The negative of foxfaces are the poisonous spines, they're known for being real crap factories, and they grow quite quickly. Positives - mellow disposition, like to tackle nuisance algae, and I would vote for 'reef safe' based on my experience. There are a couple of varieties in case you didn't know - the magnificent foxface is quite striking, and the fiji foxface is a little different than the standard one spot. I think you can find them without the black spot as well if my memory serves.

What species do you have?

I've got one and he's a real pig, but I've never witnessed him picking on corals (LPS, SPS, softies, etc), clams, featherdusters, or shrimp. I would say he's like a garbage disposal though - he eats pretty much any plant that grows and will even swallow large chunks of substrate if it has some green on it. The negative of foxfaces are the poisonous spines, they're known for being real crap factories, and they grow quite quickly. Positives - mellow disposition, like to tackle nuisance algae, and I would vote for 'reef safe' based on my experience. There are a couple of varieties in case you didn't know - the magnificent foxface is quite striking, and the fiji foxface is a little different than the standard one spot. I think you can find them without the black spot as well if my memory serves.

I've had mine for about a year and a half and bought it from a friend who'd had it for a few months before then. I spot feed mine 1-2 times a month with either mysis or Fauna Marin LPS food. I also feed the tank liberally with frozen food (Limit's Reef Buffet, a local food similar to Rod's) a few times a week and I can see the elegance capture some of the larger particles.

While tissue expansion is NOT that reliable of an indicator of growth, mine has grown immensely.

Here's a pic when I got it:



And a few months ago (Sorry, a quick snap just to show size, disregard the ugly state of the tank)

The skeleton has put on at least .75"-1" of fresh growth since I got it

+1 on itaffecting the indonesian ones more than the aussies.
I've seen 3 elegance corals that came from indonesia in a couple of friends tanks and one in my tank do fine for around 1.5 year so far for the ones in my friends tanks (no spot feeding) and mine for around 6-7 months with very limited spot feeding.

We were able to keep an Elegance for two years in our 75 gallon tank before it died. We went out of town for a wedding and the Alk/calcium balance was off in the tank and it never recovered. At the time we were able to keep it longer than most.

It is my opinion that you have to start with a healthy coral at the beginning in order to have success. This seems to be a very difficult coral to keep and I do not know anyone who has had long term success with them. Often they start out strong and even grow as in our case, then shrink and die quickly. It seems once it starts, it cannot be stopped. Good luck with yours.

I had one and the tentacles went in one week after I got it. Died months later. I tried everything to save it! Here's hopefully good news for ya though. After lots of post research: It doesn't happen in Aussie ones. It happens in the ones collected in indonesia. Because, they have over collected them and now in Indo they collect them further out. Which the ones further out collected live in a slightly different water parameter. This is what makes them die in captivity.

Hope this helps. So, ya Aussie one should be good.