Aiptasia on an encrusted monti frag

[Dj Orion]

I got as a gift today a monti superman frag, and when i took it home i noticed a head of aiptasia sticking out of it. The monti is encrusted all around the aiptasia and I dont know how I can kill it without hurting the coral. Does anyone have any ideas that may work on killing the monster without harming my lovely new coral?

 

[D1J8Z]

take out the coral and pluck off the aptasia with tweezers in a seperate container

 

[nanoreefer22]

If you pluck it out chances are its gonna just come back...take some kalk paste and carefully paste over it. Turn off all your flow first, and leave it off for 30 mins after.

 

[D1J8Z]

kalk will burn the monti if left for a long period of time

 

[DontXtripNfall]

Put it in front of the ph and maybe the aiptasia will decide to move away to an easier spot to treat it.

 

[nanoreefer22]

kalk will burn the monti if left for a long period of time

If he does it carefully, he might burn it a little but the aiptasia will be gone

JD,
That would mean the aiptasia would have to move across the monti no?

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Frag the monti and discard the aptasia. The only way to be sure it is gone is to remove ALL of it. I would also qt the monti to make sure no more surface. They can destroy a reef tank quickly as they reproduce at an exponential rate of plague proportions.

 

[Fragmented]

use Aiptasia X- Will kill the aiptasia and wont harm the coral

 

[Dj Orion]

well the monti was fragged today, to it is still healing. I really dont want to cut the frag. Maybe I can put the plug in a separate bucket and attempt to cut under the aiptasia?

 

[Dj Orion]

use Aiptasia X- Will kill the aiptasia and wont harm the coral

I tried using that stuff at my old job and i dont think it works. I glued a ton of them and they all came back. Maybe i was doing it wrong? I stuck the applicator in their mouths and juiced em up.

 

[marrone]

I have to say I used Aiptasia X and I was really impressed with it. It's very clean to work, little to no spilling, and you can get the syringe right into the Aiptasia without it pulling in. The Aiptasia will actually grab the syringe, then you just need to completely cover the Aiptasia mouth and watch it slowly pull in and die. It's almost like you're gluing the Aiptasia close.

 

[daaznmofo]

i recommend joe's juice or glue.
you only need to get a little of joe's juice on the head and he's gone. i never see aptasia come back for me.

 

[Dj Orion]

i recommend joe's juice or glue.
you only need to get a little of joe's juice on the head and he's gone. i never see aptasia come back for me.

I thought you had to stab it up with joes juice all over. Does joe's juice burn corals?

 

[daaznmofo]

you just use the syringe it comes with and make sure you squeeze it into the head. you should see it shrivel up and poof. gone.

 

[daaznmofo]

oops didn't answer the second question. i squeeze a little out so i don't get it everywhere. so i never killed anything else except my target.

 

[vashawn]

aiptasiaX......it works i had aiptasia all over a clam and aiptasiaX did the trick without hurting the clam. i didnt had to inject the needle all the way. i just sprayed the syringe on it and the next day ALL WAS DEAD! good luck

 

[pmoneyt]

all that you guys talk about just creates more and more. once u hit it would what your using and it starts to die it releases tiny pieces of it that spreads in your tank. it can take weeks or months before it will grow. you can try lemon juice becuase it wont burn the coral. but i sugest you read up on aiptasia. here is a few link i found that will kill them.


http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-01/ac/feature/index.php

http://berghia.net/market_berghia_view.html

 

[DontXtripNfall]

Kris, I never heard of the foot harming a coral? Just the tentacles? How I imagined it was that the aiptasia would be forced to stay open and move slowly away...?

 

[daaznmofo]

well i don't have any aiptasia at all. so it worked for me.

 

[Killerdrgn]

all that you guys talk about just creates more and more. once u hit it would what your using and it starts to die it releases tiny pieces of it that spreads in your tank. it can take weeks or months before it will grow. you can try lemon juice becuase it wont burn the coral. but i sugest you read up on aiptasia. here is a few link i found that will kill them.


http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-01/ac/feature/index.php

http://berghia.net/market_berghia_view.html

I had aptaisia long ago, I kalked them to get rid of them. So no they don't release tiny pieces and spread from kalk. And yes I have been aptaisia free for the past 2 years.