aptaisia

[rsd]

I know its probably spelt wrong but I've had a long day already.
Here's the question:
I found an aptaisia polyp in my refugium growing on a piece of calerpa. I've removed that peice, stepped on it, burned it, dipped it in fresh water, dipped it salt watet at gravity 3.355, threw it agains the wall, and smudgged it into a slimy paste...
Can I put it back?
No wait just kidding.
I have removed it and thrown it away... but how do they spread? "seeds/eggs" splitting? what?
Guess it's time to get a peppermint shrimp.

 

[saltywashington]

any microscopic piece or aptasia has the potential to grow into another pest. You can also piss them off and make them move and the trail of small tissue that they leave behind will grow new ones. The best way that I have used is what you said. Get a few 3-5 peppermint shrimp.

 

[rsd]

Oh good... Just what I like to hear.
Actually an excuse to buy more shrimp is always appreciated. Just the reason it self isn't.

 

[saltywashington]

Great then make it 10 shrimp.

 

[jferrier]

I second that......peppermints will munch away. Sometimes it takes a while for them to notice the aptasia, but once they do it will almost disappear over night.

 

[yosemite sam]

I've been battling the little sobs for a while. My peppermint shrimp have finally started to pull their weight, but I still had to use the kalkwasser injection method that is described in post from a week ago or so to get rid of some of the big ones. I have noticed that mine reproduce in cycles, I may pick out 10-15 babies a day for a few days in a row and then nothing for a few weeks, until it starts again.

 

[rsd]

Went back to sump with flashlight to focus through calerpa and found 2 more... they are all dead.
Also found a new critter... will start new thread for ID.