Aiptasia !!!!

S-B · #1 02-20-2005, 10:30 PM

I've got an aiptasia problem that is driving me nuts !

I've used joes juice and chem-marin's Stop Aiptasia but it seems that everytime I do .........I end up with more growing then I had the last time .
( like shaving...they grow in thicker the next time ) .
I was thinking of getting afew Peppermint shrimp but I'd need a whole store full just to get this under control ! lol

What's the best way you've found to deal with this problem ?

thanks

Snappy · #2 02-20-2005, 10:36 PM

I would get the peppermint shrimp's ASAP and in the mean I've heard a turkey baster with hot water help's for temporary control and might help untill the PS can kill them.

G1GY · #3 02-20-2005, 10:38 PM

I alway's use a syringe with boiling water injected right in the centre of it with exellent results.

S-B · #4 02-20-2005, 11:35 PM

Thanks !
I'll give the boiling water a try and look around for some shrimp to help control this problem .

G1GY · #5 02-21-2005, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by S-B

Thanks !
I'll give the boiling water a try and look around for some shrimp to help control this problem .

I find a larger Syringe(The insullin ones are a little small) is best and I keep it sitting full in a container of boiling water untill I put it in the tank water.

Azilla · #6 02-21-2005, 12:33 AM

I use the boiling water method and works they never returned. But noted after i blasted mine my cleaner shrimp ran over to where i boiled them and Picked them out of the hole and ate them. Yes i said cleaner shrimp

S-B · #7 02-21-2005, 01:05 AM

G1GY
I just started with the boiling water and a larger Syringe.....and they are dying off . I wonder if it's the fact that the water is boiling , that has help in both your cases that that haven't come back ?

Azilla
I guess those cleaner shrimp are good for more then we know ?
I have a family member picking me up some cleaner shrimp from J&L (hopefuly)
I'll save on the cost of shipping since he'll be bring them back here to me
by air .

The price out here is double for one

whaase · #8 02-21-2005, 02:10 AM

Disreguard this message, I didn't read close enough

Walter

BCWolfen · #9 02-21-2005, 02:11 AM

Until about a week ago I had anywhere from 10-20 aiptasia at any given time. I was blasting them with a turkey baster of boiled RO water but it seemed there was always more. Last Saturday I picked up 3 Peppermint, an Emerald Crab, Custodian PKG 4 and 10 extra Nassarius snails from J&L along as my cleaner crew. I counted 15 Aiptasia when I dropped everyone in and opted not to turkey baste for 1 week to see what happened. The PS were quite small compared to pics I'd seen and I was concerned that they would not be able to handle the bigger Aiptasia's. As of today I can see 2 Aiptasia in my tank on the rock right out front. The PS have been reluctant to come out into the open, but I am leaving those 2 as a control to see if they will be removed as well.

In my books the PS's rock!!

G1GY · #10 02-21-2005, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by S-B

G1GY
I just started with the boiling water and a larger Syringe.....and they are dying off . I wonder if it's the fact that the water is boiling , that has help in both your cases that that haven't come back ?

The water has to be boiling(Or very close to it.). It's the heat cooking them that kills them. I've also used this method on small hairy crabs that seem to find a hole every time you try to grab them.

My cleaner shrimp also come out for the cook off.