Aiptasia - Why are they bad

michaeltx

michaeltx

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they sting everything that touches them
they are hard to get rid of
they mutiply faster than rabits
they can reproduce from any fragment of the apistia
they love to take over prime estate area and kill what ever is there
not very good critter to have in a tank.
welcome to the board.
Mike
 
baloo4

baloo4

Member
If I try and kill them by treating them with the new this from Red Sea, will that kill off any of my other tube worms etc....
 
michaeltx

michaeltx

Moderator
I have never used it so I cant say a few other things to consider
injecting with joes juice, lemon juice, boiling water, kalk water these are different methods that some have used to get rid of them.
Mike
 
sk8shorty01

sk8shorty01

Active Member
Here is a good analogy for why aiptasia is considered a "bad" thing in a tank. Lets pretend that the aiptasia is a dandelion and your tank is your front yard. At first you find two or three and they are "kinda cool", but then a week later you have no grass (or in the tanks case coral) and you have about a thousand of them. Then your yard (or tank) looks kind of trashy and run down. Thats the best explination I can give.
I agree with Mike here, I would look into the product that he has mentioned, as most "miracle potions" are just to get people to spend more money at the LFS. Joes Juice, and Lemon Juice work great, I have used both methods on my brothers tank.
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

Active Member
The most effective way to get rid of the things imo is if you can is pull out all the rock scrub it down in a bucket of old salt water then dip it in another bucket of salt water then put it back in your tank. When I bought a 75 gallon tank that is what I did to the lr in there because the stuff was everwhere, and never had another problem with the aspitia.
 
t316

t316

Active Member
Joe's Juice
You can get it at any local fish store, and I can guarantee that it will kill them on the spot.
 
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