Joes Juice

Gizmo · #1 02-19-2006, 01:19 AM

What a sham!
This product does not work.
I have had to juice the same damn apitasia 4 times now, it shrivles up for about 3 weeks and then its back with a vengence, getting bigger every time. I follow the instructions to the tee, and yet no results of a dead apitasia, just dead zoos.

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wirehead · #2 02-19-2006, 01:58 AM

Hey Gizmo... Sorry to hear that about your dealings with "the juice", but I have found it to be an awesome product...I just wish the peppermint shrimp I got to deal with the plague of aptasia in a "natural" way would get off their collective butts and start chowing down...

kellehar · #3 02-19-2006, 02:13 AM

we tried joes juice once, and the apitasia came back 3 times worse, and also killed one of the bubble tips we had. after that we gave it away and have now tried vinegar which seems to work.

Griffin · #4 02-19-2006, 05:45 AM

vinegar and a needle works great IMO

Just don't overdue it at one time - it can affect your PH

Rich

Funky_Fish14 · #5 02-19-2006, 05:58 AM

JJ and anything else I have tried thus far has not worked. The only tried and true method for me so far is manual removal and digging it out. I have never tried the vinegar, will have to try that.

Chris

Ruth · #6 02-19-2006, 10:24 AM

Maybe I just got a good batch but it has worked quite well for me. I find you just have to sneak up on them and make sure they actually ingest it. My peppermint in my 44 cube eliminates all in that tank but in my 230 I have tried to get peppermint in there but my CBS keep killing them so JJ it is.

Brandoser · #7 04-14-2006, 11:41 PM

I agree, you need a perfect placement and it always seems to come back a few weeks later. I did nuke the larger ones into smaller ones and got a peppermint shrimp and now they are all gone......love that shrimp!

TheReefGeek · #8 04-17-2006, 02:27 PM

Any had any success with a copper banded butterfly?

Palster · #9 04-17-2006, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by TheReefGeek

Any had any success with a copper banded butterfly?

Some Cooperbands seem to eat Aiptasia and some don't. I had one that ate all of the Aiptasia in my tank over a several month period but after he ate all of the Aiptasia I was unable to get him to feed properly on live or frozen foods and he eventually perished (this seems to be a common problem). I have been told that the Cooperbands that are feeding well on live and prepared foods never really seem to feed on Aiptasia so it is kind of a tough call IMHO.

Now that I have the Aiptasia down to a manageable level thanks to the Copperband, who eventually perished. I am able to keep it under control with Joe's Juice but I can't say I have rid the tank completely.

JOEL · #10 04-22-2006, 06:02 AM

joe's juice did not work for me so I went to the drug store and got a 30ml syringe and I use boiling hot ro/di water and shoot them two or three times and that seems to work for me.