lemon juice for aiptasia?

robzilla · #1 02-04-2008, 10:03 PM

i use vinegar with good results

michika · #2 02-04-2008, 10:07 PM

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 · #3 02-04-2008, 11:21 PM

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 · #4 02-04-2008, 11:49 PM

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!!

chevyjaxon · #5 02-04-2008, 11:56 PM

is 90 gallons considered to be small in marine?

bv_reefer · #6 02-05-2008, 12:08 AM

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

justinl · #7 02-05-2008, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by 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

is it just me or did that not make very much sense?

yeah 90g is a fine size. Small in the hobby is on the range of 5-10g.

I also forgot to mention that you should turn the pumps off during the injections. helps keep the juice in place even if the beastie spits some out. You can leave the rock in the tank... if you take it out the aiptasia will close up and you might lose track of it as it retracts into a crevice or something.

bv_reefer, night or day doesn't matter to these guys, if they break a piece of themselves off and that frag hits rock, it will regenrate itself into a full aiptasia... they're actually remarkably resilient... if a lil more than annoying.

bv_reefer · #8 02-04-2008, 11:56 PM

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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