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Old 06-02-2013, 01:05 AM
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I've had success injecting Aiptasia and Mojanos with lemon juice straight out of the fridge
The trick is to blast them dead center before they start to close up
Do it in the middle of your 'lights on' period when they are fully open for ease of injection and less risk of cell release
A steady hand and an insulin syringe are best
Get as close as you can without touching it, or creating water movement, or they will start to close. If so, wait 'till they open
Then, get close and WHAM
It'll shrivel up taking the juice in with it and 'buh bye' pest
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Old 06-02-2013, 01:31 AM
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I've had success injecting Aiptasia and Mojanos with lemon juice straight out of the fridge
The trick is to blast them dead center before they start to close up
Do it in the middle of your 'lights on' period when they are fully open for ease of injection and less risk of cell release
A steady hand and an insulin syringe are best
Get as close as you can without touching it, or creating water movement, or they will start to close. If so, wait 'till they open
Then, get close and WHAM
It'll shrivel up taking the juice in with it and 'buh bye' pest
How much lemon juice?
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Old 06-02-2013, 06:45 PM
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How much lemon juice?
Maybe 4 or 5 ml
I used an Elos syringe, but it was akward as the tip is pretty large
If I ever have to do it again, I will get a proper syringe from the pharmacy
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after reading this thread i just injected some lemon juice into the 3 that are visible in my tank and they certainly didn't like it. I used a pipette and got it directly down their throat before they could close up.

We'll see if its a permanent fix but for now it's clear that they really disliked that lemon juice.
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after reading this thread i just injected some lemon juice into the 3 that are visible in my tank and they certainly didn't like it. I used a pipette and got it directly down their throat before they could close up.

We'll see if its a permanent fix but for now it's clear that they really disliked that lemon juice.
Well, does it works?
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i solved my pesky "nems" problem by epoxiying the heck out of em never saw any again
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i solved my pesky "nems" problem by epoxiying the heck out of em never saw any again
Problem is some of them are under the rocks.
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