Aptasia remover

[Brighteyes_13]

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.

[Voli]

Originally Posted by Brighteyes_13

So the tank is up and running nicely. i have found what i call my problem rock tho. it has a few heads of aptasia on it, the largest being just over an inch. it also has what i think are colonial hydroids (little round brow puffballs connected by a brown thread looking thing?) When i went to the fishstore today for the aptasia he recommended a product called "tailored aquatics aptasia destroyer"

its aparently a high concentration calcium mix powder liquified and applied directly to the aptasia (he also said it may work on the hydroids?)

has anyone used this before? and if so anything i should watch out for?
and in all honesty... do you think it will work on the hydroids?

and lastly... anyone have a method to get rid of the hydroids? ive tried looking it up on the site, but short from letting the rock die seems like theres not much positive info available other than it sucks.

I had a few large aiptasia so I just tried the Tailored Aquatics Aiptasia Destoryer at my local pet stores recommendation. It seem to work well even on the Aiptasia in the middle of my zoa's with no harm done to them. Fish ate a bit of it and they seem fine too. Ive been using the tailored Aquatic Reef dKH for a while now as well, before I couldnt keep my dKH above 7 for more than a day... this stuff seems stronger than the others I was trying.

[Fishward]

has anyone had any success with lemon juice? i've read before that injecting it will kill aptasia like Kalk. i've not had any luck with my peppermint shrimp so im resorting to chemical means to rid myself of them.

[Ian]

I have used the T.A. aptasia stuff before and it work quite well. Just be sure to put a fair amount on each one and that should be the end of them.

[dirtbag]

try putting a small rock or shell on top of them and then when they crall on it throw out the small rock

works for me