the pest

babyb

babyb

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in my little 29 gl tank you can see 17 pest anemonies, what is a good natural way to get rid of them. i dont want to use chem. it is a reef tank. i got one pep shrimp and it died so i was wondering what else could i get that stays small . but i do have a 120 gal if i need it later. name of it and price range would be great or just name
thanks babyb
 
zanoshanox

zanoshanox

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I've heard that the best way to di it is to get some boiling water in a sirringe and blast that on the apestia.
 
babyb

babyb

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i tried that with one and it didnt do anything. it looked like it would but then a few days later it was right back to norm and i shot it up with air as well and didnt do anything but tear it up somthing bad andd then back to norm
 
captneil

captneil

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Sorry for the ignorance, but could someone clarify what apestia is? My hubby pointed out something we have that he said was a "nuisance" and I wonder if that is the same thing?
 
babyb

babyb

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its a little red/brown anemonie and stings coral and stuff and they multiply like no other
 
captneil

captneil

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Originally Posted by BabyB
its a little red/brown anemonie and stings coral and stuff and they multiply like no other
I believe we have them on our live rock! What we have just grows like a weed....they look interesting enough, but they should be taken care of you say?
 
nygel

nygel

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my scarlet hermit took care of all of mine.... and bubble algae ... and two snails.... stupid hermit
 
nygel

nygel

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i really wish i never got mine..... snails are the best in my opinion. they clear everything up and so on.... hermit just kills the snails.... thats about it..i liked my bubble algae
 
babyb

babyb

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ok i just heard of a new way to take care of the pests, lemon juice. has anyone ever used this method i would love to hear if it works and how effective it was
 
supalupa

supalupa

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You could try joes juice sold at your lfs. Here are a couple of pics to help you identify the pest. 1st one is aptasia 2nd is mujano. I got lucky and my flame angel ate every bit of aptasia in my tank the first day it was introduced.

 
dogstar

dogstar

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Some reefers use Berghia nudibranchs ( do a google ) to eat aiptasia, its the ONLY thing they eat. They want eat majano.
 
jdykstra

jdykstra

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I had one aptasia in my tank so I took out the rock it was on, touched it and made it go in then super glued him in. ALL GONE!
 
dieselndix

dieselndix

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i had this issue before, and I put a pep shrimp in, and he had eaten all of the aptasia in my tank the first night I put him in.
if you are looking for a natural way, it may be worth trying another pep shrimp.
 
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