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06-04-2006, 04:43 PM
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My attempt at aptaisia genocide
pepermint shrimp didnt work, copperband butterfly didnt work, vinegar basted over them with a baster hurt them.
today i dirrectly injected them with vinegar. anyone else ever done this? if this doesnt work anything stronger out there? i have heard mixed results from joes juice. There is a weed exterminator, a pest extreminator, an insect exterminator. anyone ever thought of starting a proffession as a reef tank pest exterminator? i would hire you.... Richard 
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06-04-2006, 04:50 PM
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joes juice works fine
Joe juice him. Peps only work on small small ones. Copperbands are 50/50 whether they touch em. at least thats my take. One blast with Joe's nukes mine. Hard to get the ones under rocks though.
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06-04-2006, 04:54 PM
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I have used Joe's Juice so many times...they go away for a bit....then return in full force in the same place...its so frustrating!
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06-04-2006, 05:05 PM
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I always inject vinegar or kalk right into aptasia. Because they tend to retract when you get near them with anything, it sometimes takes a few tries to actually inject and kill them. I turn off the water flow for 5-10 minutes when injecting so the vinegar or kalk stays in place around them, giving a better chance at killing them.
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06-04-2006, 05:33 PM
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Was keeping them down in my tank by directly injecting with vinegar, but had a few I couldn't reach or were to quick. Tried the Peppermint didn't seem like it was doing much before it went MIA.
Back to vinegar injections until I get bold enough to pull out the rock and go at them with a torch. If I was to try a kalk paste, do you just turn off the pumps and place a blob over the hole they retreat to?
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06-05-2006, 04:04 AM
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i've used PH up (freash water thing) and inject them with a seringe. it burns em up then scrap them of the rock. the hard part is being quick enough, and finding a seringe. The good thing is injecting them at their base is better anyway. good hunting
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06-05-2006, 05:40 PM
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has anyone ever thought of giving them a nice and heavy coating of underwater curing epoxy? I remember my dad killing a wasp's nest by coating the entire thing in that spray insulation foam...
i'm SURE that would kill them 
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06-06-2006, 06:06 AM
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i have heard of people plugging the holes they live in with that stuff but 200 plugs in my rock doesnt seem very cool.
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