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the temporary relief of joe's juice
- Thread starter CiXeL
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The little terrors are quite hard to get rid off efficiently. Are you sure you got rid of all of them? Very , very sure? Well you almost certainly didn't because they drop little baby horrors off the base as they move around.
Compared to a biological cure Joes Juice, or kalk is a fix to kill what you see or notice, but if you have a lot you won't get rid of them first time round, and they will seem to rebloom.
It's not magic, and it's not cause Joes Juice is making them breed or anything. It's just the nature of the beast. The moment you stop activly removing them, the ones you missed spring into life-
No shrimps for me, but mishiting some zo's didn't help them (didn't kill them though)
Compared to a biological cure Joes Juice, or kalk is a fix to kill what you see or notice, but if you have a lot you won't get rid of them first time round, and they will seem to rebloom.
It's not magic, and it's not cause Joes Juice is making them breed or anything. It's just the nature of the beast. The moment you stop activly removing them, the ones you missed spring into life-
No shrimps for me, but mishiting some zo's didn't help them (didn't kill them though)
CiXeL":35537lf4 said:Anyone else notice that treating aiptasia with joe's juice results in a massive re-bloom of aiptasia 2-3 weeks after treatment?
i've heard this from multiple people and experienced it as well.
Same experience here.
Right now it's the best thing I have! I just give them a Joe's Juice treatment every once in a while. They come back but at least I get a week or so without having to look at them.
I have tried peppermint shrimp from all the retailer around here, none will touch the aptaisia. Which is troublesome to me because I have used peppermint shrimps in years past and they did a great job.
I have tried peppermint shrimp from all the retailer around here, none will touch the aptaisia. Which is troublesome to me because I have used peppermint shrimps in years past and they did a great job.
Same experience here. I'm not too sure it's not from the tissue that sloughs off and sticks somewhere to create a new aptasia.
Mojanos are tough too. They will disappear for at least a month then the little bastages will pop out again.
Oh well, better to have them trying to regrow than reproduce I guess.
Mojanos are tough too. They will disappear for at least a month then the little bastages will pop out again.
Oh well, better to have them trying to regrow than reproduce I guess.
all i know is i had a real disaster with joe's juice because i used it and then started feeding with cyclopeeze. it had a beautiful combination of the joe's juice making more baby aiptasia and feeding them deliciously nutritious cyclopeeze. i'm sure my tank is what berghia heaven looks like.
I also have a severe aptasia outbreak that I can't slow down. I have been removing the rocks that are covered with them and putting them in a cold dark 5 gal bucket for a couple weeks. This is the only thing that seemd to work. I have noticed on several of the bigger units that they are full of babies. Anyone else seen this? I will take a picture the next time.
I have found that if you are by removing them that you have to get all of the dead one off the host. Any little piece will regenerate new ones.
Where do I find joes juice? how much is it?
I have found that if you are by removing them that you have to get all of the dead one off the host. Any little piece will regenerate new ones.
Where do I find joes juice? how much is it?
I havent had a problem with the juice.
Yes they rebloom but not nearly in the numbers that they used to be in. YOu just have o be sure you get the whole aptasia a good healthy squirt. I get about %60 to %70 kill rate. When I first started using it I would just kill the tops of aptasia and they would just come back. Since then and my second bottle of the juice I have gotten alot better at fully juicing the pests.
Yes they rebloom but not nearly in the numbers that they used to be in. YOu just have o be sure you get the whole aptasia a good healthy squirt. I get about %60 to %70 kill rate. When I first started using it I would just kill the tops of aptasia and they would just come back. Since then and my second bottle of the juice I have gotten alot better at fully juicing the pests.
I read in last month's issue of practical fishkeeper (a uk magazine) that peppermint shrimp only work on aiptasia if they are added in sufficient quantities that they are in competition for non-aiptasia food. At this point, the shrimp will start to feed on the pest aiptasia.
Obviously, this population of shrimp is unsustainable once the aiptasia has gone, so you'd need to rehome them.
I've no experience in this, but just thought it was an interesting article and not something I've previously read on these boards.
Perhaps that is why people have mixed success with peppermint shrimp in aiptasia control.
Obviously, this population of shrimp is unsustainable once the aiptasia has gone, so you'd need to rehome them.
I've no experience in this, but just thought it was an interesting article and not something I've previously read on these boards.
Perhaps that is why people have mixed success with peppermint shrimp in aiptasia control.
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