leftyblite
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Whats a good way to get rid of apistasia(hope Im spelling this right)? :notsure:
Apistasia Help, Please
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lobstergrabber
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grocery store to the canning section and get pickling lime(kalkwasser) mix it just thin enough to get through syringe and shoot it into aptaisia. will burn it to death.
Rich
Rich
leftyblite
Member
Will any of these hurt my fish?
patandlace
Active Member
I would get some peppermint shrimp. I had the same problem in my 92 Gal. I threw in 5 shrimp and they wiped them out in a couple weeks.
wilsonreef
Member
I do the boiling hot water a lot of the time you just have to be close to them. You know when you get them, after you give them a shot of the hot water they melt and float away in the water. Works great and inexpensive tool.
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baymonkey
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I did the peppermint shrimp and they wiped them out in no time...
leftyblite
Member
I would like to get a peppermint shrimp but I currently have a porc puffer in the tank. Wont this be a problem? :thinking:
ninjamini
Active Member
Get a peppermint shrimp. They will eat the small ones.
For the big ones:
Take some calcium and make a paste. Cover the aiptasia with the paste. Be ready with an air-tube a bucket and some fresh saltwater. First turn off all the flow in the tank. After you put the paste on the aspasia it will go everywhere. Use the tube to create a syphon and suck it up. Add fresh salt water to replace what was syphoned off. Depending how bad they spread you may need to do this several times.
Good luck.
For the big ones:
Take some calcium and make a paste. Cover the aiptasia with the paste. Be ready with an air-tube a bucket and some fresh saltwater. First turn off all the flow in the tank. After you put the paste on the aspasia it will go everywhere. Use the tube to create a syphon and suck it up. Add fresh salt water to replace what was syphoned off. Depending how bad they spread you may need to do this several times.
Good luck.
leftyblite
Member
So the shrimp will be OK with the porc puffer? :thinking:
leftyblite
Member
Thats what I thought about the shrimp. Could I take the one rock its one an stick in boiling water for a minute or so and then be OK?
patandlace
Active Member
Yes that would work but your live rock would no longer be live.
leftyblite
Member
WEll I guees that wont work, I tried finding the pickling lime but no luck, I'm going to the LFS tomorrow and guess I will try the Joe Juice :thinking:
leftyblite
Member
Is Joes Juice available at most LFS? :thinking:
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stokessc
Guest
I had a heavy aptasia infestation on my 60 gal reef tank about 2 months ago and initially tried peppermint shrimp. They just didn't do it for me. Then I read about lemon juice injections with a hypo and that was futile(the aptasia were too small and retracted when I tried to inject them, not to mention that I had over 100).
I know people on here have a lot of bad things to say about their LFS but I was advised to try a copperband butterfly and I have to admit...he was amazing. All of my aptasia was gone within a few days and the copperband has been a nice addition to the tank.
I looked through several cure-alls including Joe's juice, aptasia away, and even Berghia nudibranchs, and I was happy that I chose the Copperband.
Good luck with getting rid of them.
Steve
I know people on here have a lot of bad things to say about their LFS but I was advised to try a copperband butterfly and I have to admit...he was amazing. All of my aptasia was gone within a few days and the copperband has been a nice addition to the tank.
I looked through several cure-alls including Joe's juice, aptasia away, and even Berghia nudibranchs, and I was happy that I chose the Copperband.
Good luck with getting rid of them.
Steve