shadowmaker
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Hello Everyone,
First off this is NOT a sales pitch...I've been looking for a way to control the Aiptasia (curly cue anemone, glass anemone) for a while now, and I figured I would post my findings here as an additional resource for those trying to control Aiptasia.
I have read that Peppermint shrimp eat them, and they do, however my 2nd tank (the little 29 gal) has about 70 of them and they just aren't fast enough.
I have heard of the lemon juice trick, and that does work a little, but not as well as a product I found at my LFS.
The product is Aiptasia Control and is made by Blue Vet RX.
Reef safe, Works in minutes, and Veterinarian Approved is on the box and I have seen nothing that contradicts this info.
It DID NOT follow the instructions on the box to a tee, simply because I first tried it on a small one to see how it works.. They say to use 1 CC (Syringe comes in box) and squeeze the contents out OVER the top of the anemone and let it do its thing.
I only used about 1/4 of a CC and it did the trick fine.
I DID turn off all pumps/skimmers to make sure no water movement was going just to make sure it was a localized treatment about 3-5 min before I did the treatment.
I DID let the product sit on the anemone for about 30 min (it looked like a white blob at this point and I could not see the anemone anymore... it looked like it MELTED!)
I DID turn everything back on after about 30 min and now (24 hours later) no anemone can be seen, the treatment is heavier then water and seems to stay in a clump. I did swish it away from the rock and don't see any trace of the anemone.
Again, this is not a "I swear by" or "you must buy this" this is only my personal experiance with the product...and it worked well. It cost me only $9.00. I am following the instructions that say "use only once every 24 hours" which semi-worries me, I will post more if any ill effects are seen.
Personally I recommend using a combination of this product and peppermint shrimp to wipe out any colonies... The shrimp will kill any comming back and do on-going control. Besides Biological control in my opinion is best and lets face it you can NEVER have enough cleaners!
First off this is NOT a sales pitch...I've been looking for a way to control the Aiptasia (curly cue anemone, glass anemone) for a while now, and I figured I would post my findings here as an additional resource for those trying to control Aiptasia.
I have read that Peppermint shrimp eat them, and they do, however my 2nd tank (the little 29 gal) has about 70 of them and they just aren't fast enough.
I have heard of the lemon juice trick, and that does work a little, but not as well as a product I found at my LFS.
The product is Aiptasia Control and is made by Blue Vet RX.
Reef safe, Works in minutes, and Veterinarian Approved is on the box and I have seen nothing that contradicts this info.
It DID NOT follow the instructions on the box to a tee, simply because I first tried it on a small one to see how it works.. They say to use 1 CC (Syringe comes in box) and squeeze the contents out OVER the top of the anemone and let it do its thing.
I only used about 1/4 of a CC and it did the trick fine.
I DID turn off all pumps/skimmers to make sure no water movement was going just to make sure it was a localized treatment about 3-5 min before I did the treatment.
I DID let the product sit on the anemone for about 30 min (it looked like a white blob at this point and I could not see the anemone anymore... it looked like it MELTED!)
I DID turn everything back on after about 30 min and now (24 hours later) no anemone can be seen, the treatment is heavier then water and seems to stay in a clump. I did swish it away from the rock and don't see any trace of the anemone.
Again, this is not a "I swear by" or "you must buy this" this is only my personal experiance with the product...and it worked well. It cost me only $9.00. I am following the instructions that say "use only once every 24 hours" which semi-worries me, I will post more if any ill effects are seen.
Personally I recommend using a combination of this product and peppermint shrimp to wipe out any colonies... The shrimp will kill any comming back and do on-going control. Besides Biological control in my opinion is best and lets face it you can NEVER have enough cleaners!
