Spreading!!! Want to RID the rock, etc.... HELP wanted....
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usirchchris
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Have any pictures by chance?
oceansidefish
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Little joes juice or kalkwasser paste will do the trick
fishhunter
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A good injection of lime juice will tost em as well
silencio530
Member
Squirt them with boiling water
Get a turkey baster and fill it up with boiling water and then get close to this sucka and shoot him ...just make sure u dont get ur fish after u do that u remove them or get pepperment shrimp they will eat them but have herd that they will eat sps too so yeah all i can do here
Get a turkey baster and fill it up with boiling water and then get close to this sucka and shoot him ...just make sure u dont get ur fish after u do that u remove them or get pepperment shrimp they will eat them but have herd that they will eat sps too so yeah all i can do here
oceanlover
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Personally, I've had the best luck getting rid of aptasia with Red Sea's AptasiaX product.
rotarymagic
Active Member
all these products are the same lol... just different names.. its best to nuke them outside of the tank if possible so that they don't release spores when stressed into the tank... I entombed one in superglue for kicks, but it was a loner... I'd definitely use kalk or joes juice on lots of them, but becareful how much you shoot into the tank as it can spike KH and pH.
deejeff442
Active Member
+1 on the peppermint shrimp.
once that stuff spreads they will be in the back and in spot s you cant see and will keep spreading.
the shrimp will find them all.
i had a huge breakout of them some years back and i put in 8 shrimp
i mean i had well over 100 of them in the tank some were huge.
the shrimp got them all i n a couple weeks then i brought the shrimp back to the store for credit before they messes with the corals.
once that stuff spreads they will be in the back and in spot s you cant see and will keep spreading.
the shrimp will find them all.
i had a huge breakout of them some years back and i put in 8 shrimp
i mean i had well over 100 of them in the tank some were huge.
the shrimp got them all i n a couple weeks then i brought the shrimp back to the store for credit before they messes with the corals.
natclanwy
Active Member
Peppermints are great if you can find some that will eat aiptasia, and you dont' have anything in your tank that eats them. Otherwise kalkwasser paste has been the most effective and the safest treatment I have used. Boiling water is pretty ineffective and its almost impossible to treat more than one plus it stresses the aiptasia causing them to spread. Lemon juice wasn't even 50% effective. Joes Juice, Aiptasia X, Blue Life Aiptasia control are all pretty much the same. They all are variations of a kalkwasser paste, you can make your own out of Mrs Wages pickling lime which can be found in the grocery store in the canning section with the mason jars. To make it mix 1 part lime to 2 parts boiling saltwater and stir it well until there are no lumps then pour it into container to store it and use it after it has cooled. This recipie is very effective and the least expensive method and I have used it to kill several thousand aiptasia.
To treat the aiptasia you will need a syringe, then turn off all of your pumps and powerheads and wait for the water to still. Now you use the syringe to apply the paste to the mouth of the aiptasia and it will ingest it, don't touch the aiptasia with the syringe and try not to disturb it too much otherwise it will retract and expell all of the solution. Once you treat all of the aiptasia leave your pumps off for 20 more minutes and then turn them back on.
Kalkwasser can spike your PH so starting out I would not use more than 5ml in one treatment as long as your tank is 55g or larger, less if it is smaller. Keep an eye on your PH and if it spikes too much reduce the amount that you use in one treatment or you can use more if there isn't much effect on your PH.
To treat the aiptasia you will need a syringe, then turn off all of your pumps and powerheads and wait for the water to still. Now you use the syringe to apply the paste to the mouth of the aiptasia and it will ingest it, don't touch the aiptasia with the syringe and try not to disturb it too much otherwise it will retract and expell all of the solution. Once you treat all of the aiptasia leave your pumps off for 20 more minutes and then turn them back on.
Kalkwasser can spike your PH so starting out I would not use more than 5ml in one treatment as long as your tank is 55g or larger, less if it is smaller. Keep an eye on your PH and if it spikes too much reduce the amount that you use in one treatment or you can use more if there isn't much effect on your PH.
fishhunter
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Originally Posted by SILENCIO530
http:///forum/post/2890129
Squirt them with boiling water
Get a turkey baster and fill it up with boiling water and then get close to this sucka and shoot him ...just make sure u dont get ur fish after u do that u remove them or get pepperment shrimp they will eat them but have herd that they will eat sps too so yeah all i can do here
That rarely works... I have had really good luck with lime juice you have inject it inside of the little pest! You cant just spray them like some others but it is cheaper then other ways.
So what you need is a syringe, some lime or lemon juice from consintrate and the infected rock. If there is nothing on the rock ie. corals I will take it out of the tank and put it in a 5 gal bucket of salt water or smaller depending on the size of rock then i do the injections there once im done i discard the water form the bucket.
http:///forum/post/2890129
Squirt them with boiling water
Get a turkey baster and fill it up with boiling water and then get close to this sucka and shoot him ...just make sure u dont get ur fish after u do that u remove them or get pepperment shrimp they will eat them but have herd that they will eat sps too so yeah all i can do here
That rarely works... I have had really good luck with lime juice you have inject it inside of the little pest! You cant just spray them like some others but it is cheaper then other ways.
So what you need is a syringe, some lime or lemon juice from consintrate and the infected rock. If there is nothing on the rock ie. corals I will take it out of the tank and put it in a 5 gal bucket of salt water or smaller depending on the size of rock then i do the injections there once im done i discard the water form the bucket.
