In the year of our lord 2001 I took the field of battle against the evil foe aptasia. Sword glistening in the sunlight(light bulbs) I struck the first blow for the freedom of the oppressed pieces of LR in the tank. After realizing that the tank was no place for the rapier, I opted for the champion of champions. Sir peppermintalot. He attacked the savages with an abandon not seen since the fields of scotland all those years ago. The battle lasted for three days and three nights. When the sand settled over the aquascape, there remained but one. And he was molting. He has remained vigilant in his security over the realm, and no aptasia shall dare enter his domain.
Also tried boiling water that worked pretty good too.
Also tried boiling water that worked pretty good too.
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I tried a peppermint shrimp, killed 3 aptaisia. But left the 5 big ones alone. This week end we bought some kind of open brain that has one small on the side of it. Waited 2 days, peppermint did not go for it. We tried the boiling water with kalkwasser in the big ones (but not on the one near the brain) they ALL came back (probably showing us a finger). WE put epoxy on the small one and on the one that was high on a rock. Well they are both getting out of it by the side of the epoxy. Now we are kind of out of idea. We might try to burry the ones near the ground with some rocks and cc but the one on the brain scares me a little. Can it hurt the brain? Or will the brain eventually kill it? ( I doubt). We were told also for the ones at the bottom that we could put our elegance coral near them and it would kill the b*****ds. But I do not want to risk the elegance just for aptaisia.
But it takes a big part of the tank because we are scared to put anything around them. Darn aptaisia! Why aren't corals as strong and stubborn as them???????
I tried a peppermint shrimp, killed 3 aptaisia. But left the 5 big ones alone. This week end we bought some kind of open brain that has one small on the side of it. Waited 2 days, peppermint did not go for it. We tried the boiling water with kalkwasser in the big ones (but not on the one near the brain) they ALL came back (probably showing us a finger). WE put epoxy on the small one and on the one that was high on a rock. Well they are both getting out of it by the side of the epoxy. Now we are kind of out of idea. We might try to burry the ones near the ground with some rocks and cc but the one on the brain scares me a little. Can it hurt the brain? Or will the brain eventually kill it? ( I doubt). We were told also for the ones at the bottom that we could put our elegance coral near them and it would kill the b*****ds. But I do not want to risk the elegance just for aptaisia.
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Wow, sounds like you have some big ones, hmmm that didn't sound right. Anyway I think you should have no problem, once the torch coral stings the aiptasia they should stick together and you will be able to turn the torch coral to stick to the base and pop it right out. Let me know how it works for you, the aiptasia in my tank didn't grow that large before I got to them.
Wow, sounds like you have some big ones, hmmm that didn't sound right. Anyway I think you should have no problem, once the torch coral stings the aiptasia they should stick together and you will be able to turn the torch coral to stick to the base and pop it right out. Let me know how it works for you, the aiptasia in my tank didn't grow that large before I got to them.
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Well I know patience is a virtue you must have in this hobby.. (that must be why we let them grow so big
) But we lacked some and did not wait for the toch, we gave them a massive dose of kalkwasser. Was *funny* to see them choke on it.. no kidding they were choking.. and then poof.. they shrank and fell.. only one survived(kind of)Looks like part of it dissolved and it cut in half.. so now it is half as big as it was... maybe now the peppermint will be able to get it. As for the torch, well we recieved it yesterday, it is still not opened today. But at least it is in is upright position, ready to fill our eyes (if it ever opens). We will definitly try the torch one day if we see some more aptasia again.. The one that is left is in such a place that even the seringe was hard to reach. So the torch would not be able to *do the job*.
Well I know patience is a virtue you must have in this hobby.. (that must be why we let them grow so big
I'm trying the kalkwasser injection method, but I want to make sure I'm doing it right.
I just try to stick the needle into the anemone somewhere, and I squirt about a half-cc into it. Some of the time it causes it to fall off the rock, but most of the time the anemone just seems to "die" and stick in the rock. Do I have to make sure to get it out of the rock? Some of them are damn hard to get at!
I just try to stick the needle into the anemone somewhere, and I squirt about a half-cc into it. Some of the time it causes it to fall off the rock, but most of the time the anemone just seems to "die" and stick in the rock. Do I have to make sure to get it out of the rock? Some of them are damn hard to get at!
The one we succeeded to kill were the ones that we could inject the kalk stuff directly in the middle of it where the mouth is. The one that survived we were not in the middle because like you said they are not always in the best place to reach
Half part of the aiptasia was covered with the white stuff. That part died but the other regenerate into a half size aiptasia. So I would say they have to ingest the stuff to die. Try not to touch them with the seringe, it makes them close before you can do it good.
I think I know what you mean by fall and revive. We tried it with boiling water and that is what happened. We thought they were dead but the next day they were as *nice* as ever.. This time we did it with kalkwasser. But...honestly it scared me because we put a lot of kalk in the water (seringe). Good thing our parameter were really good or it might have been a bad thing. I say that because we could see chalkdust floating in the aquarium (and were eaten by stupid 3-stripes damsel) Make sure if you put a lot of kalk, not to let the stuff go on your other corals. If so brush it away as soon as you can. Some went on some seamat polyps we had near the aiptasia, we removed it... they looked bad for a few hours then came back to normal. Might not be as lucky with some other type of corals though.
I think I know what you mean by fall and revive. We tried it with boiling water and that is what happened. We thought they were dead but the next day they were as *nice* as ever.. This time we did it with kalkwasser. But...honestly it scared me because we put a lot of kalk in the water (seringe). Good thing our parameter were really good or it might have been a bad thing. I say that because we could see chalkdust floating in the aquarium (and were eaten by stupid 3-stripes damsel) Make sure if you put a lot of kalk, not to let the stuff go on your other corals. If so brush it away as soon as you can. Some went on some seamat polyps we had near the aiptasia, we removed it... they looked bad for a few hours then came back to normal. Might not be as lucky with some other type of corals though.
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