Windyman55
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I may have found a new way to eradicate Aptasia, clean rocks, glass and stir up and aerate sand. Or, maybe not I'm not the next recipient of the
"NOBEL FISH PRIZE".
Has anyone ever thought of using a waterpic like the one in the picture? The idea came to me about a week ago when I was using mine at the bathroom sink and I purchased a used one on Ebay for $40. I tried it out on some Aptasia the peppermint shrimp didn't want to mess with for some unknown reason.
I used with R/O water on full pressure on one attached to my feed lines. It literally DISOLVED in in about 2 second. I tried in next on a colony of small ones (about 20 or 30) that were all on a rock about 6 inches around. Again, for some reason the shrimps didn't want to mess with them. I check the tank at night a couple of times a night with a flash light looking for yellow Head Jawfish hatchlings since they are actively making batches of eggs. And the shrimp just had no interest on the colony.
Anyway, Within 10 seconds or so the rock was completely clean of the multiple pests. And it seems the high pressure water penetrated even the smallest crevices and COMPLETELY removed them. I'm monitoring that area to see what happens. And for some weird reason. That night when I did my peeping Tom thing that area of rock now had 5 shrimps scouring it. An area they previously avoided. GO FIGURE!
I next tried it on a couple of areas of rock that I had covered in that funky red algae. I used set the pressure for about 1/3 of what it took to dissolve the Aptasia. It vaporized the algae and it hasn't shown back up as of yet.
I turned my attention to the back glass that I never fool with and was covered in ........well, what ever the glass gets covered I when you don't mess with it. I can now see the back under water scenery I applied when I set up the tank.
This could be the next wonder tool (in my humble opinion) for the aquarium.
I know, I know. Before all the neigh Sayers jump my butt, Common sense would dictate a number of possible problems and an even LARGER number of precautions would need to be followed. COMMON SENSE being the key words here.
The most obvious one is when it's dissolved with the eggs (or what ever they spew to procreate) could compound the problem. well, having used a number of bottled treatments the do that anyway. Every time. So what's the difference. And I'm no expert. But maybe the instantaneous dissolving of them before they could take that action would help that problem.
The next thing would be to REGULATE the pressure according to what your doing and what's near the object your treating. Certain tips that come with this model 9the most powerful one made) actually have RED warning labels telling you NOT use it on full power in your mouth because it could damage your Gums. THAT'S the one I used on full power on the Aptasia.
And I wouldn't suggest using it PERIOD near the seams of your tank. Like I said...COMMON SENSE. LOL
So, should I submit my application for invention of the year for aquarists?:deadhorse1: send
Or has this been done before/
Greg
"NOBEL FISH PRIZE".
Has anyone ever thought of using a waterpic like the one in the picture? The idea came to me about a week ago when I was using mine at the bathroom sink and I purchased a used one on Ebay for $40. I tried it out on some Aptasia the peppermint shrimp didn't want to mess with for some unknown reason.
I used with R/O water on full pressure on one attached to my feed lines. It literally DISOLVED in in about 2 second. I tried in next on a colony of small ones (about 20 or 30) that were all on a rock about 6 inches around. Again, for some reason the shrimps didn't want to mess with them. I check the tank at night a couple of times a night with a flash light looking for yellow Head Jawfish hatchlings since they are actively making batches of eggs. And the shrimp just had no interest on the colony.
Anyway, Within 10 seconds or so the rock was completely clean of the multiple pests. And it seems the high pressure water penetrated even the smallest crevices and COMPLETELY removed them. I'm monitoring that area to see what happens. And for some weird reason. That night when I did my peeping Tom thing that area of rock now had 5 shrimps scouring it. An area they previously avoided. GO FIGURE!
I next tried it on a couple of areas of rock that I had covered in that funky red algae. I used set the pressure for about 1/3 of what it took to dissolve the Aptasia. It vaporized the algae and it hasn't shown back up as of yet.
I turned my attention to the back glass that I never fool with and was covered in ........well, what ever the glass gets covered I when you don't mess with it. I can now see the back under water scenery I applied when I set up the tank.
This could be the next wonder tool (in my humble opinion) for the aquarium.
I know, I know. Before all the neigh Sayers jump my butt, Common sense would dictate a number of possible problems and an even LARGER number of precautions would need to be followed. COMMON SENSE being the key words here.
The most obvious one is when it's dissolved with the eggs (or what ever they spew to procreate) could compound the problem. well, having used a number of bottled treatments the do that anyway. Every time. So what's the difference. And I'm no expert. But maybe the instantaneous dissolving of them before they could take that action would help that problem.
The next thing would be to REGULATE the pressure according to what your doing and what's near the object your treating. Certain tips that come with this model 9the most powerful one made) actually have RED warning labels telling you NOT use it on full power in your mouth because it could damage your Gums. THAT'S the one I used on full power on the Aptasia.
And I wouldn't suggest using it PERIOD near the seams of your tank. Like I said...COMMON SENSE. LOL
So, should I submit my application for invention of the year for aquarists?:deadhorse1: send
Or has this been done before/
Greg
