red sea aptasia-x

[hybridazn]

Does anyone have experience with this? I noticed a couple of these pita's in my tank today. I've heard of butterflies taking care of these but are hard to get in the tank without them not making it. Bergia nudi's are supposed to be good too. Any input?

Thanks ppl!

 

[sedor]

Aiptasia X will work but you have to get the whole thing. Any little piece left over will sprout 2 more. Copperbanded Butterflys will eat them as well as Bergia Nudibranchs. The Bergias are 100% guaranteed because its their only diet although they are harder to get. Peppermint shrimp might do the trick too. Instead of Aiptasia X you could also try injecting lemon juice, kalkwasser paste, or boiling water. Good luck I have been fighting these pesky things for a while now. You have to be diligent whatever way you decide to remove them.

 

[Raceimage]

I used it and it worked well. I don't have any more in my display; however, I have them in my built-in overflows where I can't reach. I'm going to try making an extension for the syringe to killem there.

 

[raynist]

I have had no better luck with this than making kalk paste the same consistancy.

 

[NaClH2Opgh]

I have had no better luck with this than making kalk paste the same consistancy.

+1

I have a half bottle you can have to try it if you like.

I found that kalk paste works the best. Also lemon juice like above and also vinegar. I just saw something the other night. I normally hit them on the weekend when the lights come on. I kill some completely but most just come back. I hit some before just before the lights went out and they retracted and became real stringy. When I check the tank with my red led light some of the ones that I knew for sure would come back, won't be because the bristle worms where feasting on them. Two worms had their head buried inside chomping away. Maybe whatever damage I did to them caused some of it to die off and that attracted the bristle worms. That never happened when I hit them earlier in the day and then had a little time to recover before the lights went off. Dunno, just an observation.

 

[raynist]

When I hit them with kalk paste I turn off all flow in the tank except the return fir 12 hours. If you dose them and them blast all of the kalk off it does no good.

 

[hybridazn]

When I hit them with kalk paste I turn off all flow in the tank except the return fir 12 hours. If you dose them and them blast all of the kalk off it does no good.

yea i heard that it is best to shut off all flow for a while when dosing. its not completely out of control yet, so i might just remove the rock and scrub it down.

 

[PhysicsMunkey]

I noticed with the Aptasia-X you have to be very careful not get get any on surrounding corals, mushrooms especially. I left a little bit of the stuff on the edge of some of my mushrooms and it burned a chunk out of the parts it was touching. When some lands on the corals I just carefully wave my hand in the water near the coral to stir up the aptasia x so it doesn't rest on the coral. I don't know if any one else had this experience too.

 

[raynist]

I noticed with the Aptasia-X you have to be very careful not get get any on surrounding corals, mushrooms especially. I left a little bit of the stuff on the edge of some of my mushrooms and it burned a chunk out of the parts it was touching. When some lands on the corals I just carefully wave my hand in the water near the coral to stir up the aptasia x so it doesn't rest on the coral. I don't know if any one else had this experience too.

Yeah, happens for me too.

I actually use my kalk past mixture to kill off nuisance yellow polyps and blue clove polyps that try to take over other corals.

 

[PhysicsMunkey]

Hey raynist,

Are you talking about the little tiny blue clove polyps that are dark blue and about a quarter of an inch? Almost the size of green star? I've seen them advertised as forget me not polyps and snowflake polyps before. If so, where did you find them? I've been looking everywhere for them.

 

[raynist]

Yes, they were at pest proportions in my tank.

Steve Yurkovich should have some still. You can talk to him at the meeting tonight at Elmer's.

 

[PhysicsMunkey]

Shoot! I wont be able to attend the meeting. I'm new to the Pittsburgh group. I've been into my reef tanks for a while now but just found out there was a Pittsburgh society for it.

I know I've been warned by multiple people not to even introduce the blue cloves but they are so pretty. I dont seem to have the pest problem in my tank. I regularly kill (unintentionally) xenia and yellow polyps but yet my elegance coral is taking over the tank like a pest... go figure...

Thanks for the name though! I'll try and track him down and see if he has any left!

 

[cloakerpoked]

My mom has some she might be able to sell you. These things will pop up everywhere....they don't spread like a normal polyps...seemingly for no reason you'll see them on the complete opposite side of the tank.

 

[PhysicsMunkey]

That would be fantastic! If you could ask her if she would like to sell me a frag of the stuff it'd be much appreciated.