aptasia in fuge... help

[midwest reefer]

Im not 100% posotive its in aptasia, so if you have a pic of one post it. ....anyways im pretty sure thats what it is. Its in my fuge, is this bad? Is this a sign of something? Everything in the tank appears ok? Should I remove it? HELP...:help: :notsure:

 

[reef_magic]

if u think it is aptasia most liekly it is. inject it with boiling water or str8 kalk mix, or lemon juice.
to see a PLETHORA of pics, just do a search, they are all over the place

 

[midwest reefer]

ok... thanks for the advice. If not I will do what you said with a seringe, but cant I just lift it up and take it out. It is in the substrate...

 

[reeferdude]

No because then you will break it and it will multiply like rabbits and take your whole tank over. I have actually seen aptasia filters out there though.

 

[cousinreinz2]

I used chem marin stop aptaisa.It worked good they took over my whole tank,It took a year and a half to ge it back.These things are nasty.If you have a lot do not kill them all at once you will stress the tank.

 

[midwest reefer]

well ive noticed one or two in my fuge. Are they hurting anything in my fuge? do I still need to get rid of them? Do I actually inject the stuff, or can I just use a turkey baster and spray them with it. Thanks.

 

[jodilynn]

I had aiptasia when I first started my 29G tank. I was excited that I had something living because all I had was live rock in the tank as it cycled. Well before long, once the tank was cycled and so forth the stuff started multiplying. Once I knew they were bad I researched on how to get rid of it and ended up buying several peppermint shrimp. Within 2 or 3 days they were all gone. I could'nt beleive it! Good luck.
Jodilynn

 

[midwest reefer]

thanks for the response. Ill try the seringe and boiling water/kalk mix.
will the peppermint shrimp eat macro's or pods?

 

[ekclark]

pepps will eat pods and sand bugs if they get hungry enough. Keep them fed and it isn't a problem. I have a pair of them and they behave for the most part.

 

[saltynewbie]

i just injected the few i had in my tank with a super saturated mixture of balls pickleing lime and RO water... killed them and i havent seen signs of them coming back.

 

[lv-reefer]

Two words: Joe's Juice