Wanted aptasia killer fish

Madreefer · #1 11-25-2010, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Rogue951

get rid of them ASAP.

I heard making a thick paste of Kalk and feeding it to aptasia will kill it.
I'm using joes juice and u can see it eat the stuff and melt away almost immediately.

Thats what Joes Juice is. Your wasting your money. $8.45 for 20ml of Joes Juice. $15.45 for 500ml of kalk at J&L prices. Theres probably only about a teaspoon of kalk in that Joes Juice.

donlite · #2 11-25-2010, 06:11 PM

Joes Juice. I paid about $14.00 from picies and had a fit when I opened it and there was a small bottle inside. Does this kalk do the same job?

Bblinks · #3 11-25-2010, 06:45 PM

JOES JUICE IS AN EXCELLENT PRODUCT, TRY TO SNEAK UP TO IT AND DOSE IT ALL OVER, BECAREFUL NOT TO HIT ANY OTHER LIVE STOCK AROUND IT. PEPPERMINT SHRIMP IS AN OTHER OPTION, BUT NOT GUARANTY. I HAVE ALSO USED 2 PART EPOXY, MIX SPARINGLY THEN APPLY TO THE WHOLE SURROUNDING.

BEST OF LUCK.

globaldesigns · #4 11-25-2010, 07:00 PM

I personally use KALK mixed with a little water to make a watery paste. Then using a syringe I inject each pest and cover it with the paste. Make sure all powerheads/pumps are off, otherwise the Kalk just get rinsed of very fast. Works for me, very cheap, and I found it very effective in treating usually in one dose.

reefwars · #5 11-26-2010, 12:32 AM

I'm gonna sum it up for you guy. , nudi's take a long time and need to battle in numbers to take down aiptasia so you need to breed as they are expensive.... Then they starve because they only eat aiptasia.

Filefish works well and very fast but are not reef safe and mine eats zoa's and lps and is eating them pretty good so you may want to weigh the pros and cons.

Peppermint shrimp work very well but you need to feed very little as they are known to eat alot o food that isn't aiptasia, so starving them or puttin them in yoursump with just aiptasia rocks works well.

Copperband are absolutely not reefsafe and 99% of hem die in our tanks as we dont really know what they requie to stay alive, very few have longterm succss

lemon juice is my preferrd method but like joes juice and Kalk you can't get them all withou tearing up your tank.

Aiptasi spreads really fast and they are twice the pest then they are beneficial, the will KILL coral and just about all coral their sting is very very strong.

Sooooo if your played with 300heads like I was the filefish was my best choice in a 33g , I've been breeding nudis but i can't wait foe months.... Peppermints are great if you get a bunch and limit their food. I use lemon juice and I may have to Stab some twice but they say gone.

There's a thread on here about methods of removing aiptasia I suggest everyone read before buying anything as evryy system will use dif methods, aipasia can and will take over your tank Tust me an. If it does your in for alon of work.....trust me I've been battling aiptasia in tanks of all sizes with as many as a 1000 heads......IMO if left untouched you will lose alotnof coral.

Goodluck you guys

Capt_kulafu · #6 11-26-2010, 02:19 PM

lemon>>>> is good they died already!!!

thank again guys!!

reefwars · #7 11-26-2010, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Capt_kulafu

lemon>>>> is good they died already!!!

thank again guys!!

It really does work well some may need to be gotten twice if they don't get enough the first time

glad you licked ut now for future reference keep an eye out fit mojano anemones they usually hitch hike on corals but like aiptasia they move around abd spread and sting corals so keep an eye out for those as well

Capt_kulafu · #8 11-26-2010, 03:32 PM

thanks reefwars!!

Coleus · #9 11-25-2010, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by donlite

Joes Juice. I paid about $14.00 from picies and had a fit when I opened it and there was a small bottle inside. Does this kalk do the same job?

Kalk works too. What have worked for me in the past is after i spray kalk, joe juice or aptiasia destroyer. I turn all my powerhead off for 10 minutes and use a small tube siphon everything out of the tank.

However, i only have one or two at a time so if you have lots i think you need something else.

globaldesigns · #10 11-25-2010, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Coleus

Kalk works too. What have worked for me in the past is after i spray kalk, joe juice or aptiasia destroyer. I turn all my powerhead off for 10 minutes and use a small tube siphon everything out of the tank.

However, i only have one or two at a time so if you have lots i think you need something else.

That is true, if you have lots, using anything can mess with PH and other things. So whatever you use, make sure you only do a bit at a time, and spread it out. This way you don't impact the overall environment adding KALK, JJ, or whatever method you chose.