Houston we have a problem!!!!!

[reeffuzz]

Well to start off my buddy has had his tank for a while and I have been helping him take care of it because he is new to the hobby I myself have had my tank since 2001. I went out of town for the summer and when i got back all of his live rock is covered in aiptasia. It is pretty bad!! Anyways I've put in pepermint shrimp and they dont seem to be making a difference and used joe juice. i'm almost to the point of telling him he is screwed and he should start over. Any thoughts?

[tdwyatt]

Kill all the big specimens with kalk paste, no more than about a tablespoonful in 30 gal a day (remember tha kalk can be a bit of a problem if you use too much) Forget Joe for a while if they are all big, then release the peppermints. They will kill little ones much easier than th big ones, and do not feed the tank heavily for a few weeks unless you have fish that must be fed on a daily basis, then just what they will take up in the 5 minuts r s you stand and watch. This keepis you from feeding the peppermints at all, so they will go after the aiptasia.

[reeffuzz]

The tank has no coral and only a hawkfish,clownfish, a huge emerald crab and the shrimp so I could put the fish in my quarintine tank at my house no problem.