mrs wages lime for aptasia

[splateee]

Hello,

i have a big aptasia problem and was going to give this a shot. I have used joes juice and they just come back and peppermint shrimp won't work because of the trigger fish. Was just wondering what ratio to mix. I plan on using a syringe to inject them. How many parts pickling lime to water ratio would be good?

Thank you

 

[stingythingy45]

Just mix enough water into about 2-3 tablespoon to make it paste consistency.You don't really need to inject it.The stuff will come out of the syringe like frosting a cake.Just cover the aiptasia with it(it will melt) then wait about 5 full minutes then use a turkey baster to blast it off the rock after.Just be carefull you don't get any on corals.

 

[reefdude04]

I have done this with calcium and it works very good. First i would scrap it out then paste over it

 

[toaster77]

make sure you inject them good, or they'll come back eventually.

some people really like this new product aiptasia-X

 

[jade76]

you can also use plain old lemon juice with spectacular results.

 

[splateee]

Thanks everyone. Should i worry about this affecting my ph or any other water parameters? I have a 240 gallon tank and it is basically infested with aptasiai. I have used joes juice with no luck and i have just been putting it off. Should i just do maybe half or so and wait a week and do another half?

Thank you

 

[MThompson]

How much rock do you have? If it's not much, i find the best solution is to bring a rock to the surface, spot an aiptasia, pull rock out and burn the aip with a lighter or benzo-matic torch....

I use Mrs. Wages paste for the ones on the bottom rocks, and have had several survive. Not one has survived a torch!

 

[cd77]

I've used Joe's Juice, Kalk paste, and Lime Juice (didn't have any lemon juice at the time) -- Besides peppermint shrimp, lime juice has worked the best for me

I do like the torch idea though...