large aptasia

mycat99 · #1 07-10-2009, 06:33 AM

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

KennyKen · #2 07-10-2009, 07:13 AM

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

Snaz · #3 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.

DJ_drew · #4 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 · #5 07-10-2009, 12:32 PM

Joe's Juice or kalkwasser

Navarchus · #6 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 · #7 07-10-2009, 02:57 PM

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

subman · #8 07-10-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Norstar

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

+1 best on the market for sure!

fragNplug · #9 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 · #10 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.