aiptasia help?

u mike

u mike

Member
I have a few questions about aiptasia.
1 - I have read about the lemon juice to kill them.
2 - I have heard about hot water applied right on them.
3 - I have 3 peppermint shrimp in tank as we speak.
4 - my main question about them is in the bottom of my canister filter is a lot of white hard worm looking pieces, (same looking pieces that are attached to the aiptasia in my tank ) when i talked to my lfs he said when they mutiply they can be every where, is that what I am looking at ?
( sorry no pict to go with this thread )
they are also on my ceramic filter pieces also ( I use a ehieem filter system these pieces look like little tubes. )
what I need to know is should I & can I replace this material with out messing up tank.
or can i wash with lemon juice ?
thanks u mike
 
pagano24

pagano24

Member
i heard the shrimps u have are suppose to eat aiptasia. I also have the same problem with aptasia as well and i bought this stuff called Aiptasia-X and it works really well, instantly burns them away. Keep in mind though if u dont get them all the multiply quickly. About ur white worms do they look like this?
 
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abeandlulu

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i dont think that is aptasia. Aptasia are anemone looking things they dont live in tubes.
I thing your pic is a tube worm. It is harmless a filter feeder. Im think. maybe someone else will chime in soon.
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by abeandlulu
http:///forum/post/3122162
i dont think that is aptasia. Aptasia are anemone looking things they dont live in tubes.
I thing your pic is a tube worm. It is harmless a filter feeder. Im think. maybe someone else will chime in soon.

LOL...there is no pic of the aptasia...Pagano was referencing something else
 
pagano24

pagano24

Member
yea i was trying to see if those were the worms that u mike was talking about. Are they called tube worms though, i thought they were spaghetti worms, but mike if this is what u have they are harmless.
 
king_neptune

king_neptune

Active Member
peppermints are hit and miss with aptasia. I recommend Joes juice. About $14 at LFS.
I zapped 2 the other day and haven't seen em since. It literally eats them away like alien acid right before your eyes.
 
u mike

u mike

Member
Originally Posted by pagano24
http:///forum/post/3122125
i heard the shrimps u have are suppose to eat aiptasia. I also have the same problem with aptasia as well and i bought this stuff called Aiptasia-X and it works really well, instantly burns them away. Keep in mind though if u dont get them all the multiply quickly. About ur white worms do they look like this?
Yes what is in this picture is what I have in my tank & in my filter.
what do we do to slove this problem.
 
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