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mycat99 07-10-2009 06:33 AM

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:

KennyKen 07-10-2009 07:13 AM

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

Snaz 07-10-2009 07:20 AM

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

DJ_drew 07-10-2009 07:59 AM

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

belzebuth 07-10-2009 12:32 PM

Joe's Juice or kalkwasser

Navarchus 07-10-2009 01:33 PM

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.

Norstar 07-10-2009 02:57 PM

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

subman 07-10-2009 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norstar (Post 433965)
Tailored Aquatics - Aiptasia Destroyer is the only way to go!!! It works unbelievably well!

+1 best on the market for sure!

fragNplug 07-10-2009 03:43 PM

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

parkinsn 07-10-2009 03:51 PM

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.


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