lemon juice for aiptasia?

[chevyjaxon]

i just found out lemon juice is supposed to work to cure aiptasia anyone have any experience with this remedy? i guess you are supposed to inject 5ml with a needle right into this monsters mouth i have a few aiptasia in my tank now and want to get rid of them before they spread

[Parker]

I have never tried lemon juice myself, but I have always had good luck with boiling water and a syringe. If the lemon juice fails you may want to give it a try. I have also heard of people using vinegar.

[justinl]

works well for me! I dont inject into the mouth though, I stab the beast in the side and inject there... doesn't allow the anemone to spit the stuff out. If there is a patch of them, i just throw the rock in the sink and pour a full kettle of boiling water over it (overkill). imo boiling water in the syringe allows the water to cool too much... or maybe im just too slow

[robzilla]

i use vinegar with good results

[michika]

Lemon Juice is my prefered method. I think I love it best because they swell and turn a bright purple! Like Justinl said make sure you get the stalk rather then the mouth.

[chevyjaxon]

im a newbie to the "marine" end of things do I just leave the rock in the aquarium when i inject? will it affect the fish and crabs i have? i was also told that removing or otherwise disturbing the rock will cause the aiptasia to populate my tank even worse

[KrazyKuch]

I have used lemon juice in the stalks with good success...Leave the rock in the tank, if killing multiple heads only do a couple at once if you have a small tank, or your PH will swing!!

[bv_reefer]

Originally Posted by chevyjaxon

im a newbie to the "marine" end of things do I just leave the rock in the aquarium when i inject? will it affect the fish and crabs i have? i was also told that removing or otherwise disturbing the rock will cause the aiptasia to populate my tank even worse

yes just leave the rock in the tank after ''extermination'' , no it won't affect the fish and inverts i've done it to dozens of aiptasia. I'm almost positive that aiptasia anemones populate themselves when they move around at night, please correct me if I'm wrong though, pretty sure I've read that several times. again keeping in mind you use the pure stuff. I always use the Real Lemon brand, seems to be working for me.

ya michika I'm pretty sure they do change color when you get them, probably the only fun part about having aiptasia

[chevyjaxon]

is 90 gallons considered to be small in marine?

[bv_reefer]

general rule is imagine the smallest tank you'd ever want to have and double it. again keeping in mind what livestock you plan to have, a 90-gallon gives you alot of options, for instance fish that favor long narrow tanks with plenty of swimming room. 90-gallon is an awesome choice IMO