Aptasia remover

Delphinus · #1 11-12-2007, 09:37 PM

Have you actually tried torching them? I've been tempted, but have never actually tried it.

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Originally Posted by fkshiu

Either a hammer/chisel or a propane torch should take care of the hydroids while saving the rest of the rock that you paid all that hard earned money for.

kwirky · #2 11-12-2007, 09:47 PM

one guy used a soldering torch like you buy at Canadian Tire or The Source (radioscrap). They're tiny and usually about like $10.

for aiptasia I used joe's juice to kill individual polyps and it kept them under control. I turned off my pumps for 15 minutes before hand, then completely smothered them in joe's juice. left the pumps off for another 15 minutes... sucked out the joe's juice with a big syringe taking the majority of the aiptasia polyp guts with it. Sucking out the aiptasia guts with the joe's juice afterwards is the important step, along with leaving the pumps off so you're not spreading aiptasia and joe's juice all over your tank.

worked well for me

but hydroids I never had so don't know how to deal with those

mark · #3 11-12-2007, 09:48 PM

Wondering about the touch method as well. Going to be pulling apart my tank to get the fish out so really thinking of hitting the hydroids while the rocks out.

Did try the kalk paste on them, I'm sure I heard them laughing.

Brighteyes_13 · #4 11-12-2007, 10:14 PM

well, the problem rock has been removed, as well as a smaller one with a minor issue, might take the hammer to that one since it also has a few button polyps on it... took the opportunity to re-arrange some of the rocks to open up one side of the tank a bit more. its a tall tank so a bit interesting to try and aquascape.

fkshiu · #5 11-12-2007, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Have you actually tried torching them? I've been tempted, but have never actually tried it.

Done the hammer and chisel thing before, but never the torch thing (yet). Saw a couple guys on RC do it complete with pictures. Apparently it stunk to high heaven but it worked and the rest of the rock was fine.

I would imagine that properly cooking the rock (i.e. with frequent water changes and over the course of months) would work to but that would take a long time.