Stupid aptasia

[saltwaterseahorses]

mk

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by saltwaterseahorses

mk, also im getting seahorses soon thats why im not sure bout the shrimp because i dont know bout them with the seahorses but i will research then reply! lol

I have one single peppermint shrimp with my seahorse. Has never bothered her. I have the shrimp in there to take care of any aptasia that may pop up. In my opinion aptasia will do more harm than a peppermint shrimp. What are you going to be running for a system for your seahorse tank? As in for tank size and height? Are you going to be able to meet their needs for them to survive more than a couple of months?

[monocus]

use lemon juice in the needle-kalkwasser or joes juice would be too thick for the needle,and i find joes juice too thin -dissapates in a current.if you start having a bigger problem with the aptasia-i am willing to trade berghia for aptasia

[globaldesigns]

Originally Posted by monocus

use lemon juice in the needle-kalkwasser or joes juice would be too thick for the needle,and i find joes juice too thin -dissapates in a current.if you start having a bigger problem with the aptasia-i am willing to trade berghia for aptasia

Sorry Monocus, but I disagree... I use a syringe purchased from Shoppers drug mart and use a Kalk paste with no issues. Remember it isn't actually pastey, but a thick liquid. Also the nice thing is that because it is thicker than lemon juice, it will stay in place even when there is flow in the tank.

[Ron99]

I used lemon juice but the trick is to have a sharp needle and pierce the aiptasia. Injecting the lemon juice into the body nukes it immediately. I have done it this way for the occasional majano or aiptasia that showed up on a frag and have never had a problem with them spreading.

[monocus]

sorry-i,m using a wavemaker and a wave box in my aquarium-the joes juice tends to not stay put as it is thinner than mixing the kalkwasser paste myself,and that even gets dissipated by the current,or i'm left with a blob of thick kaulkwasser on my rock for a week.one of the reasons i started breeding berghia

[trilinearmipmap]

I have some aiptasia in one of my tanks. I have used Aiptasia-X, it works temporarily but then the aiptasia just grows back. I don't have time to do repeat injections every week so I was thinking of trying peppermint shrimp.

I have two cleaner shrimp in the tank right now, also some zoanthids. I am not sure if the cleaner shrimp will try to eat the peppermint shrimp. And I am pretty sure the peppermint shrimp will eat the zoanthids.

Maybe I will try the injecting lemon juice with a sharp needle into the body of the aiptasia thing first.

[saltwaterseahorses]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

I have one single peppermint shrimp with my seahorse. Has never bothered her. I have the shrimp in there to take care of any aptasia that may pop up. In my opinion aptasia will do more harm than a peppermint shrimp. What are you going to be running for a system for your seahorse tank? As in for tank size and height? Are you going to be able to meet their needs for them to survive more than a couple of months?

hey, and I have been researching for round 2 years on seahorse and it turns out i I have a great chance on having them survive so yah. But I'm getting Barbouri seahorse since there easier to breed but I have a 35 gallon, with live rock, and scooter blenny, By The Way everyone APTASIA IS GONE!!!! But yah at the end of May I will be getting some barbs but other then that its al good, also my tank is 2.1/5 feet tall and its around 3 feet in length and 2 feet in width, and i have candy cane coral, montipora digi coral,some zoas including, death purple, watermelon, stony grey, green, and some others, I also have a toadstool mushroom, and a Yellow Finger Leather, and a devils hand coral, and xenia, and I'm soon getting either a gorgonian or a dendro coral!

[Gaffer]

How about electrocution?

A guy over on reef central has been zapping them with a device he made.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1808040

I find that Joes is easier to apply if you turn off your pumps when you do it.

Andrew