aptesia????????????
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kzickovich
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they spred like crazy remove what you have now before you have hundreds. They will sting your coral. If you only have a few try injecting them with boiling water. Peppermint shimp have been known to eat them also but it is hit or miss with them guys.
My two cents and others can correct me if Im way off but I get rid of mine this way: I got a 3 ml /.05ml hypo needle from my pharmacy and I inject a small amount of lemon juice concentrate into the base of the Aptasia (into the stalk but not thru the other side and not down through the mouth) it didnt affect my pH level and killed them within hours. I will include the article link that I followed : http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/msubpestaiptasia/a/aa061903.htm
Hope this helps. Kev
Hope this helps. Kev
kzickovich
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yep that's it
tspors
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I have used this Method it is safe and a sure fire way. Just use as directed and Moderation. If you only have a few this is the trick.
OK, here is my sure fire way, 100% success rate, never to return again method.
Use a saturated solution of Sodium Hydroxide (Drain Away, Draino, whatever you like to call it) and water. Using a syringe, squirt about 0.5 mL into the mouth of each aiptasia. This will kill even the stubborn foot tissue.
I initially used kalk paste like pies, by found that the success rate wasn't that great. Sodium Hydroxide is much more soluble than Calcium Hydroxide, and is more alkaline, completely nuking the aiptasia.
Again don't dose too much at one time. It is not harmful to your reef, unless you directly squirt it onto corals. Just a warning that Sodium Hydroxide will cause sever chemical burns if handled, you can tell if you have it on your hands 'cause they will feel "soapy" and slippery. If you feel your hands becoming slippery, wash with a LOT of cold water. Preferably wear gloves when handling.
As dangerous as the chemical sounds, it is really quite safe for your reef.
It's great to see some different people on this board too, from what I hear, the hobby is really starting to grow. draino is surprisingly pure sodium hydroxide, and is really no more dangerous to your tank than calcium hydroxide (kalk). Any tank with a reasonable alkalinity (greater than 2.6) should have no problems adding it. The hydroxide ion reacts relativly quickly with dissolved carbon dioxide producing, there are also other mechanisms for the neutralisation of the free hydroxide. Which reaction is most significant is determined by the pH.
2(OH)- + 2CO2 ---> H20 + 2(CO3)2-
The only difference between this and the kalk method is the spectator ion (Ca2+ as opposed to Na+).
Kalk will do the same thing to your hand as sodium hydroxide, at a much much slower rate.
If anything this method is easier on the fish, I had problems with fish eating, or trying to eat the white kalk paste. I for one wouldn't like a mouth full of kalk. The sodium hydroxide method is much safer in that it is completely soluble, such that any solution which doesn't make it into the aiptasia, is quikly netralised by surrounding water by the above reaction, and no solid remains to be eaten by fish.
OK, here is my sure fire way, 100% success rate, never to return again method.
Use a saturated solution of Sodium Hydroxide (Drain Away, Draino, whatever you like to call it) and water. Using a syringe, squirt about 0.5 mL into the mouth of each aiptasia. This will kill even the stubborn foot tissue.
I initially used kalk paste like pies, by found that the success rate wasn't that great. Sodium Hydroxide is much more soluble than Calcium Hydroxide, and is more alkaline, completely nuking the aiptasia.
Again don't dose too much at one time. It is not harmful to your reef, unless you directly squirt it onto corals. Just a warning that Sodium Hydroxide will cause sever chemical burns if handled, you can tell if you have it on your hands 'cause they will feel "soapy" and slippery. If you feel your hands becoming slippery, wash with a LOT of cold water. Preferably wear gloves when handling.
As dangerous as the chemical sounds, it is really quite safe for your reef.
It's great to see some different people on this board too, from what I hear, the hobby is really starting to grow. draino is surprisingly pure sodium hydroxide, and is really no more dangerous to your tank than calcium hydroxide (kalk). Any tank with a reasonable alkalinity (greater than 2.6) should have no problems adding it. The hydroxide ion reacts relativly quickly with dissolved carbon dioxide producing, there are also other mechanisms for the neutralisation of the free hydroxide. Which reaction is most significant is determined by the pH.
2(OH)- + 2CO2 ---> H20 + 2(CO3)2-
The only difference between this and the kalk method is the spectator ion (Ca2+ as opposed to Na+).
Kalk will do the same thing to your hand as sodium hydroxide, at a much much slower rate.
If anything this method is easier on the fish, I had problems with fish eating, or trying to eat the white kalk paste. I for one wouldn't like a mouth full of kalk. The sodium hydroxide method is much safer in that it is completely soluble, such that any solution which doesn't make it into the aiptasia, is quikly netralised by surrounding water by the above reaction, and no solid remains to be eaten by fish.
Saltwater Guy
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