Aiptasia quarantine

[Po Sei Don]

Hi all,

My buddy purchased a nice acan colony yesterday and I noticed that there were two dead polyps on the back of the piece. I wasn't alarmed but today I noticed a little aiptasia. Darn culprit.

I have some joe's juice and I was planning on putting the piece in a tupperware container and launching the assault. How long should I leave the acan colony in the tupperware container?

 

[aleonn]

So the acan colony is in a tupperware container inside a separate QT tank? If in QT, be sure it has appropriate lighting. I'd leave the acans in for at least 2-3 weeks. I've found that aiptasia that I've killed with Aiptasia-X tend to come back after 2 weeks (they're cockroaches!).

 

[Po Sei Don]

ok sounds good. I have a nano with some high T-5 lighting that should be fully cycled. I could try to rehab it in there.

If I use lemon juice/joe's juice/vinegar in the container, will the nem release its seeds into the container and in essence, all over the acans?

 

[aleonn]

The key is fully coating the aiptasia with the juice so that it doesn't get the chance to release the spores/seeds. I've been successful in that regard (they don't multiply on me). However, they often come back in the same spot. I've even used a lighter to burn the spot the aiptasia was after using Aiptasia-X. But they still came back!

 

[Po Sei Don]

thanks for the advice aleonn. I just had a brilliant idea. Since the aiptasia is on a dead piece of the colony, can I just chisel off the piece of coral?

 

[aleonn]

Thats what I ended up doing actually