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02-06-2008, 04:59 AM
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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but........ That inhabitant that you have that you are so excited about......... It's aiptasia. NOT a good thing. You are gonna wanna get rid of it asap if you plan on keeping corals. Sorry dude.
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02-06-2008, 05:36 AM
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Should have known any luck I'd have wouldn't be the good kind...
What's the best course of action? Is Joe's Juice pretty reliable? I'm not very heavily invested in this tank, so I could dump the sand, boil the rock and leave the tank dry for a month if that's the only sure way to do it. Thanks, Nevin
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02-06-2008, 04:23 PM
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I tried vinegar, not much success. Never tried Joe's Juice. I wanted a couple shrimp anyway so I bought peppermint shrimp. They didn't touch it for a couple weeks then one day they went ballistic on it and haven't seen an aiptasia since.
HTH Brad
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02-06-2008, 09:40 PM
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I found a syringe with boiling hot water works great. If you miss the aptasia itself, you can still shoot the boiling water into the hole that the anemone retracted into, it'll boil the sucker in its hidey hole.
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02-07-2008, 05:58 AM
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Thanks for the advice. I boiled the rock that 2 of them were sitting on, and squirted the remaining 1 with vinegar. It's still retracted several hours later, so I hope it worked.
Rather than starting from scratch, I'm thinking to just watch for new ones for a good long time before putting anything else in. Is this a safe option? I don't know what the life cycle of aiptasia is like and would hate to see it pop up later after I put in corals. Thanks, Nevin
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02-13-2008, 07:43 AM
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Update
Nitrite .2 mg/L
Ammonia 1.2-2.4 mg/L Brown diatoms on the sand and glass--pretty mild so far compared to the algae I've grown in my freshwater tanks. Added 1 cup live sand from another source 2 days ago to seed mine. Added 8 lbs. live rock tonight for a total of 10--7 lb. of it was in a big square block that I got cheap and split in half. Might reduce some of it to rubble for the refugium. I like the design of the tank so far--it's nice to have the fluctuations in water level limited to the sump area, though it might cause problems for a protein skimmer if it is sensitive to variation in water level. Does anyone know how much of a problem this is with the Rio nano skimmer? Evaporation seems high to me--about 1 litre per week. Any advice more than welcome... Regards, Nevin
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