my 1st pest anemone?

[gil716]

i was thinking about scraping it off with a razor since they're so close to my zoos. i'm concerned about casualties from friendly fire if i use kalk paste. i mean, how tenacious are these guys?

 

[Deanos]

A syringe filled with kalk paste should be precise enough to get that aiptasia (assuming you have a steady hand).

 

[stingnyc]

i would not hesitate to kalk that little pest. there will always be some casualties of war =( use a syringe to kalk it should be fine.

 

[herman]

Congratulations on the little one - NOW KILL IT!! :icon16:

 

[samksy]

turn off all powerhead when kalking or whatever u are gonna do....so that it won't be blowing everywhere......STILL WATER. Wait for a while, and turn the powerhead back on.

 

[gil716]

wow, thx for the quick replies. should i drown the bugger in kalk paste or will a little go a long way?

 

[Nsr250NYC]

can't you just use lemon juice for that?

 

[Deanos]

can't you just use lemon juice for that?

I can't say that I've heard this option :scratchch . I know firsthand, that kalk works.

 

[samksy]

wow, thx for the quick replies. should i drown the bugger in kalk paste or will a little go a long way?

I did it with Joe's Juice, used the syringe and feeded to it's mouth and covered the rock after it retracted. Did well at first but started to see it poping up everywhere. It went outta control and my CBB came in and ate all of it. =D

 

[inline6]

Lemon Juice is known to work w/less drastic effects to your tank if you OD by accident.
http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/msubpestaiptasia/a/aa061903.htm

 

[nanoreefer22]

Kalk it. I've done it a lot of times, even on button polyps. Make sure you get a little on their mouts before they close and then when they close just cover them up in kalk.
-Kris

 

[jhale]

what about covering them in frag glue? I have two I need to get rid of.

 

[inline6]

what about covering them in frag glue? I have two I need to get rid of.

Not sure if frag glue will do the trick, I tried that method they seem to find a way out, unless you dump alot of it on one spot which i'm hesitant to do.

 

[michaelp]

Do you inject it inside the bugger? or are the syringes just for getting it onto the mouth (no needle).

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

I heard Hot water works too.

 

[gil716]

i think i'll test this lemon juice method. doesn't sound like many have tried it, so i'll report back with results.

i read that the lemon juice has to be injected whereas the kalk paste just needs to be squeezed on and into the mouths.

anyone ever tried biological warfare? e.g. using a mushroom or something high in allelopathic potential to smother the aiptasia.

 

[inline6]

I heard Hot water works too.

Hot water works, only if you can remove the rock, most of the time you don't have that option.

 

[Deanos]

anyone ever tried biological warfare? e.g. using a mushroom or something high in allelopathic potential to smother the aiptasia.

Biological warfare is usually won by creatures that eat aiptasia. I've read their sting is more potent than most anemones and corals (I personally wouldn't sacrifice coral when kalk is cheap).

 

[Nsr250NYC]

Hot water works, only if you can remove the rock, most of the time you don't have that option.

if you can remove the rock, how do you do the hot water way? do you just rinse it under hot water?

 

[nanoreefer22]

I'd still go the kalk route, its almost guaranteed to get them out of the tank in a hurry. Just mix a little in a cup extra thick and use a salifert test kit syringe to kalk em. Easy as that and it works. Just leave all flow off for abour 10 mins so the kalk can "harden".

The thing i wasn't sure about with hot water, joes juice, or lime water was what if par to of them anemone ripped in the process and landed in another place or in two other places? What would you do then ? Just more aiptasia fun :icon16: