I tried the boiling water and it didn't do anything for me. I tried the Peppermint shrimp(now that I look at the difference they might be camel shrimp) That didn't work either. I bought this stuff yesterday called Aiptasia Control from Blue Life and it worked in half hour. All you have to do is fill up the center of the Aiptasia with it and they die. It took care of my small starting problem.