Red Sea Aiptasia-x
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hyperfocal
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[Shameless re-posting of a recent blog entry of mine]
I received my Aiptasia-X order from Marine Depot on Friday. JOY!
In the past, I’ve used Joe’s Juice to deal with aiptasia but it hasn’t worked well at all. Joe’s Juice is certainly good at ticking off aiptasia, causing them to spread, but it isn’t much use when you want to actually destroy the little buggers. If the information in the Aiptasia-X documentation is to be believed this is because products like Joe’s Juice panic the aiptasia, causing it to puke forth great gouts of planula then go into a biological version of lockdown.
Judging by the pretty pinkish-purple color of Aiptasia-X, the Evil Geniuses â"žÂ¢ at Red Sea have solved this problem by mixing the toxic/corrosive active ingredient with birthday cake. In addition to imparting a lovely lavender color, the cake makes the goop irresistibly yummy-smelling to aiptasia. To seal the deal, they added one additional secret ingredient: glue.
Here’s how it’s supposed to play out:
1. The noble aquarist moves the Aiptasia-X loaded syringe (which comes with long tips, much nicer than the ones Joe’s Juice charges you extra for) within range of the target aiptasia, and releases a small amount of payload.
2. The target aiptasia smells the cake, and though initially suspicious (â€ÂHey, it’s not my birthday but… CAKE!â€Â) can’t help but reach out hungrily for some of the delicious treat.
3. The aquarist moves the tip of the syringe to the oral disk of the aiptasia and releases more of the goop.
4. “Cake!†NOM NOM NOM
5. The aquarist gently covers the aiptasia’s entire oral disk with “delicious†cake.
6. Here’s where things start to get really twisted â€" the aiptasia, suffering the unpleasant effects of having eaten a bunch of corrosive goop, realizes that the cake is a lie.
7. Melting from the inside out, the aiptasia tries to expel the goop and release it’s larva but quickly realizes it can’t because SOME SICK S.O.B. has gone ahead and mixed GLUE in with the obviously-not-cake â€" glue that has sealed up the little bugger’s sole bodily orifice.
8. Aiptasia and planula melt away like Frosty the Snowman in an oddly-placed hothouse.
9. The Aquarist celebrates the elimination of the pest anemone.
I can vouch for steps #1 through roughly #7; whether Aiptasia-X can deliver on steps #8 and #9 remains to be seen. I’ll let you know in a week or so. Here’s hoping.
Oh, and even if it doesn’t work â€" kudos to the Evil Geniuses â"žÂ¢ at Red Sea. The product concept alone is pure gold.
I received my Aiptasia-X order from Marine Depot on Friday. JOY!
In the past, I’ve used Joe’s Juice to deal with aiptasia but it hasn’t worked well at all. Joe’s Juice is certainly good at ticking off aiptasia, causing them to spread, but it isn’t much use when you want to actually destroy the little buggers. If the information in the Aiptasia-X documentation is to be believed this is because products like Joe’s Juice panic the aiptasia, causing it to puke forth great gouts of planula then go into a biological version of lockdown.
Judging by the pretty pinkish-purple color of Aiptasia-X, the Evil Geniuses â"žÂ¢ at Red Sea have solved this problem by mixing the toxic/corrosive active ingredient with birthday cake. In addition to imparting a lovely lavender color, the cake makes the goop irresistibly yummy-smelling to aiptasia. To seal the deal, they added one additional secret ingredient: glue.
Here’s how it’s supposed to play out:
1. The noble aquarist moves the Aiptasia-X loaded syringe (which comes with long tips, much nicer than the ones Joe’s Juice charges you extra for) within range of the target aiptasia, and releases a small amount of payload.
2. The target aiptasia smells the cake, and though initially suspicious (â€ÂHey, it’s not my birthday but… CAKE!â€Â) can’t help but reach out hungrily for some of the delicious treat.
3. The aquarist moves the tip of the syringe to the oral disk of the aiptasia and releases more of the goop.
4. “Cake!†NOM NOM NOM
5. The aquarist gently covers the aiptasia’s entire oral disk with “delicious†cake.
6. Here’s where things start to get really twisted â€" the aiptasia, suffering the unpleasant effects of having eaten a bunch of corrosive goop, realizes that the cake is a lie.
7. Melting from the inside out, the aiptasia tries to expel the goop and release it’s larva but quickly realizes it can’t because SOME SICK S.O.B. has gone ahead and mixed GLUE in with the obviously-not-cake â€" glue that has sealed up the little bugger’s sole bodily orifice.
8. Aiptasia and planula melt away like Frosty the Snowman in an oddly-placed hothouse.
9. The Aquarist celebrates the elimination of the pest anemone.
I can vouch for steps #1 through roughly #7; whether Aiptasia-X can deliver on steps #8 and #9 remains to be seen. I’ll let you know in a week or so. Here’s hoping.
Oh, and even if it doesn’t work â€" kudos to the Evil Geniuses â"žÂ¢ at Red Sea. The product concept alone is pure gold.
WinnipegDragon
Canuckian
That's gold hyperfocal.
Mappelbaum37
New member
I've always been curious about this. I had an aptasia I got from a mushroom rock almost a year ago...Never spread, just sits there. I tried to cover it with a rubble rock AND THE APTASIA SLIPS OUT A CREVICE! My question is, why are these bad for a tank? My yellow tang sometimes used to pick at it, but it just closes up. It doesn't seem like its harmed anything so far...
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Are you sure it's aiptasia? That little bugger spreads like wild fire! Doesn't matter what your water conditions are like either. I've seen aiptasia in a tide pool that had been sitting stagnant for months.
Usually when I see one juvenille, others will start popping out a few days later. It's an on-going battle for me.
Usually when I see one juvenille, others will start popping out a few days later. It's an on-going battle for me.
Nabber86
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HYPERFOCAL, I agree 1000%
Our 75-gallon reef tank was completely over run with aiptasia, to the point where they are killing off the other corals in the tank.
We have tried everything. We even bought $150 worth of those Berghia nudi's from Salty Underground (TOTAL rip-off, dont try it). Joe's Juice worked a little but not much. We tried kalk-paste, kalk injection, and I even tried injecting with muratic acid and it didnt work.
My wife decided to get some Aipatsia-X from an e-mail that she got from Red Sea advertising the the product. I figured it must be another "snake oil" treatment, but what the heck, it was 10x cheaper than those stupid nudi's.
All I can say is "WOW", that stuff works good (Aiptasia-X)! The lil' bastards actually move towards the syringe and inhale the stuff. Then they swell up, begin to regurgitate, and completley explode (or is it impload?) after a couple of minutes. The next morning there is a dead slimy blob where the aipatasia was and none of them have re-grown.
We blew through the first bottle in about a week and killed most of the aiptasia and then ordered 3 more bottles just to make sure we keep up with the treatments until we get them all.
Thank God! We are getting our tank back.
Our 75-gallon reef tank was completely over run with aiptasia, to the point where they are killing off the other corals in the tank.
We have tried everything. We even bought $150 worth of those Berghia nudi's from Salty Underground (TOTAL rip-off, dont try it). Joe's Juice worked a little but not much. We tried kalk-paste, kalk injection, and I even tried injecting with muratic acid and it didnt work.
My wife decided to get some Aipatsia-X from an e-mail that she got from Red Sea advertising the the product. I figured it must be another "snake oil" treatment, but what the heck, it was 10x cheaper than those stupid nudi's.
All I can say is "WOW", that stuff works good (Aiptasia-X)! The lil' bastards actually move towards the syringe and inhale the stuff. Then they swell up, begin to regurgitate, and completley explode (or is it impload?) after a couple of minutes. The next morning there is a dead slimy blob where the aipatasia was and none of them have re-grown.
We blew through the first bottle in about a week and killed most of the aiptasia and then ordered 3 more bottles just to make sure we keep up with the treatments until we get them all.
Thank God! We are getting our tank back.
MMM33732
New member
I was just about to buy this stuff the other day but I came across a kalk recipe that said boil 1 cup RODI and 3/8 cup of kalk for 5 min. I did that and fed it to the aiptasias just as you would with aiptasia-x and it worked exactly the same. They ate it and then imploded. A few moments later there was no sign of them left after I blew away the kalk. Its been a few days and theres deff no sign of them coming back yet. I'd give that a try before spending money if I were you (anyone reading this who hasn't bought aiptasia-x yet). Worked for me.
hyperfocal
Active member
FWIW, half the aiptasia I nuked with Aiptasia-X have returned. That's much better performance than Joe's Juice, but far from perfect.
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