Aiptasia
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integlikewhoa
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It spreads like a wild fire and takes over. It also can be hard to get rid of some times.
hookdonreefs
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they can kill corals. Peppermint shrimp usually get rid of them.
SuperNerd
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I am battling them right now. They'll sting the begeezus out of most of your corals. Peppermints won't eat them if you feed your tank and the nudis end up dissapearing on me...I don't know what the heck is killing them.
I have since resigned to a tedious regiment of stick em in the mouth and squirt with lemon juice.
I have since resigned to a tedious regiment of stick em in the mouth and squirt with lemon juice.
cateyes
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i've been trying to use joes juice on some in my tank.
the problem is they are on a vertical area and i can't get the things covered with the juice.. even with the pumps off the jj sinks and wont stay on the aiptasia.. they just shrink and then reappear...
got any suggestions for getting rid of aiptasia on vertical surfaces??
the problem is they are on a vertical area and i can't get the things covered with the juice.. even with the pumps off the jj sinks and wont stay on the aiptasia.. they just shrink and then reappear...
got any suggestions for getting rid of aiptasia on vertical surfaces??
Pandora
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Kalk paste smeared over the area sometimes works, if you can't inject directly with kalk (small hypodermic needle with thin kalk paste). Also if you can't get directly to the bodies of a smaller one before it shrinks in, you can try boiling water with a turkey baster (microwave heated water, suck it out with the baster, and quickly squirt in the area before it cools... just take care not to burn yourself).
Lpsfanatic338
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If you only have a coulple you could just epoxy the hole they come out of
SuperNerd
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Lemon juice is working...so far and as long as I can get the tip of the applicator in their mouths. If you can get a needle you can inject the lemon juice/whatever it is you are using into their bases. It works just as well as stuffing down their mouths. I use the angled tips (http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=JJ1113) for the hard to reach ones...and if I manage to find another needle I will use that to inject their bases (anyone know where a non-physician can get one?).
With a little practice you will start to feel the tip of the applicator going into their mouths before you squirt the juice. If you just squirt aimlessly and damage them they will generate new ones so be careful.
I've tried smearing them with kalk paste as well as JJ but it seems either one or two new ones reappear or the corraline algae/whatever else I accidentally smear ends up dying or badly damaged. Not only that but the stuff always clogs the applicators.
With a little practice you will start to feel the tip of the applicator going into their mouths before you squirt the juice. If you just squirt aimlessly and damage them they will generate new ones so be careful.
I've tried smearing them with kalk paste as well as JJ but it seems either one or two new ones reappear or the corraline algae/whatever else I accidentally smear ends up dying or badly damaged. Not only that but the stuff always clogs the applicators.
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Nammy
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Lemon juice will only work temporally. Every time you inject the dam thing, microscopic peaces will brake away and become a new aiptasia! Itââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s best not to inject them. Joeââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s juice works because you donââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t inject them, you place it in the mouth of the aiptasia and it will shrink inside its hole and die. The only problem with this method, you have to do it to every aiptasia. If you have many, you will have alot of work to do.
davocean
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I succesfully got rid of my aptaisia with chem-marin stop aptasia.
Comes with a hypo applicator. Sneek up on them and inject into center of body if you can. If you wait a minute, they will start to release. Use the same hypo to suck them out.
I had one stubborn one that took several attempts because he was hard to reach, but persistance paid off.
No harm brought to my corals or aenoneomes.
Comes with a hypo applicator. Sneek up on them and inject into center of body if you can. If you wait a minute, they will start to release. Use the same hypo to suck them out.
I had one stubborn one that took several attempts because he was hard to reach, but persistance paid off.
No harm brought to my corals or aenoneomes.
ichthyophile
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i got some live rock that sprouted aiptasia so bad my friends made fun of me for having an aiptasia species tank. i added one lysmata wurdemanni for every ten gallons of tank, and within a week all aiptasia was gone, and i haven't seen any since. beware: lysmata californica are hard to distinguish from L. wurdemanni, and rhynchocinetes durbanensis & R. uritai are also sold as "peppermint shrimp". learn some latin, you will be amazed at what is passed off under "common names". people who say peppermint shrimp are not always apt to eat aiptasia probably bought the wrong kind. despite regular feeding, my L. wurdemanni seemed to go out of their way to eat my aiptasia.
hookdonreefs
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I got three peppermints and mine were gone in 2 days. I also have had sucsess with boiling water. Boil some water and use a turkey baster to squirt them it works good.
