large aptasia
 

i was wondering if some of the chemical stuff you can buy kill aptasia very good?i have 1 very large aptasia about size of a quarter round growing in my tank .i know cbb eat them but my system is fairly new .was thinking about a peperment srimp to controll them but cant seem find any :sad:

inject some lemon juice or vinegar into it with a syringe.
worked for me.

I injected my lonely aptasia with lemon juice and the result was dozens of little aptasia in two weeks. :sad:

joes juice works well or if you dont have any other coral u could get a copperband butterfly fish and throw him in there it all depends on your tank

Joe's Juice or kalkwasser

If there is one thing you don’t want to do is play with aptasia!
Based on my experience, injecting stuff may look as solving things, but at the meter of fact it just making everything worst. Upon injecting, while the syringe needle in penetrating the aptasia it will feel in danger and immediately retract into holes in the rock then it will spread its larvae in to water currents in the aquarium. The next step will be the development of new colonies of these horrendous anemones.
FYI any remains of the aptasia body left attached to a rock or drifted in water current have a fairly good chance to regenerate into a full aptasia instead of eradicating you will cause proliferation.

So what should you do? Use a commercial product such as “Joe’s juice” or “aptasia X” by RedSea. With these products the aptasia is being feed with the stuff that kills it, since it see it as food, it won’t get frighten and die with its larvae.

Tailored Aquatics - Aiptasia Destroyer is the only way to go!!! It works unbelievably well!

+1 best on the market for sure!

Tailored Aquatics - Aiptasia Destroyer for sure.
It will clear them up fast, they sell bottles at redcoral in calgary for about 18$ i think.
http://redcoralaquarium.net/onlinest...roducts_id=126

If you can get the LR out take a blow torch to it, if your tank is cycling it wont make that much of a difference.

When you inject the aiptasia with lemon/vinegar don't tear the anemone apart. Just inject it and it should die.

The recipe I use with great success is 1 tsp of calcium hydroxide mixed with 2 tbls of tap water mixed together and then boiled in the microwave for 30 sec. Use a plastic syringe to squirt a bit at the mouth of the aiptasia and they draw it in and disappear for good. It took me about a week to get rid of a really bad infestation in a 72g tank and after 2 years they never came back.

Not sure if it will work long term or not, but I have covered Aiptasia with reef epoxy, including filling the hole. I have tried the other products, but have had the aiptasia come back on me.

Had good success just making a slurry of kalk and the water from thawing some mysis, then feeding the aiptasia using a syringe. Peppermint shrimp are then good to get the ones you can't reach to feed.

Apatasia X. Works wonders.

Dont use anything but two Peppermint Shrimp, it work for me. :D

I use Tailored Aquatics Aptasia Killer, and it works like a hot damn.... See Kevin at Red Coral, he carries it, that is where I got mine.

One squirt usually torches it.

+1 and good that you have decided against the copper banded butterfly.

I agree! Peppermint Shrimp are one of the best ways to rid of that Aptasia!