Id this thing on rock please

[Salty Brother]

Im curing some LR and saw this thing, what is it and can I get rid of it.

Thanks,
Patrick

 

[clkwrk]

Aptasia.

 

[Salty Brother]

OK, how do I kill it?

 

[clkwrk]

Joe Juice......Or I use kalkawasser mixed into a nice paste and smear it on the spot or inject it onto its oral disk with a syringe and a thinner solution.

 

[roons]

or peppermint shrimp, i have joes juice if your interested shoot me an email, i dont need it

 

[Salty Brother]

If I turn the rock over so it is in the sand will that kill it? Or could I maybe let the rock sit out for a day?

 

[avshockey311]

They will move to the light. So no turing the rock over probably will not kill it. You had better get rid of it ASAP because before you know it you will have 20 of them.

 

[Salty Brother]

ok, so what if i let it sti out for a day and try to srub it off?

 

[clkwrk]

if you let the rock dry out bacteria and life will die.

Kill it with some kalk, joe juice, aptaisa gone or lemon juice.

 

[clkwrk]

Or put some epoxy over it or even superglue gel

 

[Salty Brother]

K thanks, im gonna put some super glue gel on it right now

 

[alde]

You can also cover it with a small rock or shell. It will migrate to the small object over it to get to the light. You can then just throw away the small object.

 

[reefinmike]

cover it and its hole with epoxy and it will die in a week

 

[ReefEze]

I hate to say this, but people tend to worry needlessly over things like aptasia and flatworms. You will never have a true reef tank without some flatworms, aiptasia, bubble algae, etc. I have had aptasia in almost all my tanks, and I have never had a serious problem with them. You probably want to kill it just in case, but I really don't think that it is necissary until you start to have a problem.

IMHO

 

[clkwrk]

They are pest you wanna a picture that will give you the willys...................


Be right back

 

[clkwrk]

Aptasia unchecked can overrun a tank and sting other corals.

 

[ACBlinky]

OMG *shudder* that tank is a coral's worst nightmare!

Kalk paste usually works well for me. I try to feed the nem a chunk, then cover it in paste. I wait a few minutes, then use a turkey baster to suck up the (hopefully) dead nem and excess paste before I turn the pumps back on. 9 times out of 10 it works, but I've had the occasional stubborn Aiptasia that requires multiple beatings before it succumbs. I also really like alde's idea, never thought of that -- next time one of these pests rears its ugly head I'm going to try that out

 

[clkwrk]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8076850#post8076850 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ACBlinky
OMG *shudder* that tank is a coral's worst nightmare!

I agree there are only a few in there. Pavon, a favia, some huge green frilly shrooms and kenya tree. That tank is one of those that won't go away :lol: It has been setup for 4 years and has run on its own for the last 2 years with nothing but light ,one pump and an ocassional bloom.

Byro**** over ran the tank at the 2 year mark and I moved my corals to another tank and let it do its own thing . Later the byropsis burned off and aptasia took ahold . My other tanks are near aptasia free and look no where like that pic.

The only reason that tank still runs is it keeps my mandrian very fat and I never feed him . Also the tank is balanced and self suffeceint.

 

[Salty Brother]

Ok, I covered it with like a half tube of superglue, so hopefully that should do the trick

 

[Sk8r]

Aiptasia and I have learned to get along...my peppermint eats the babies, and the tentacles off the adults periodically. And I have a few that abut corals without stinging. Either they're so worn down by having their tentacles eaten that they can't produce the normal batch of stinging cells, or there are some aiptasia that are a little cooler. I used to freak about them, but now I don't worry so much---curiously if one ever bothers a coral the chemistry of the situation seems to draw the peppermint quite obligingly to eat that offender, and it's g-o-n-e.