suggestions...

[islandcreation]

I plan on moving my environment into a new tank sometime next week. Unfortunately I have aiptasia on my live rocks (4 large pieces about 20-30 pounds a piece, then some smaller ones). Obviously I don't want them in the new tank.

Here's battle plan.

Blue collar way

Scrub them down (but don't want to loose the red/purple coralline)

White collar

Get a copper band butterfly or wrasse.


***Have about 3-4 peppermints and out of the 8 months I saw them twice. Didn't do crap for the aiptasia's. But then again I have about 2-4 on each large rock so not too bad. So they could be doing something?***

Any other way please give me your opinion. Thanks

 

[jkreefer]

I like Tom's method, It also applys to mushrooms. When you are transferring your liverock to the new tank, be aware of where the aiptasia are. When you pull the rock out, take some bone cutters and just dig the cutters about 1/8" to 1/4" (into the rock) under the aiptasia. That way, no part gets left behind, and live rock is soft enough that this is a very easy job.

 

[clayspst]

you can boil the rock. but then the live stuff dies. this would be a last ditch effort.

i think some use kalkawasser

 

[northbay-reefer]

Don't boil the rock its not a good idea.

Jason, take rocks out and hang them upside down you will see the aptasia hang down, use the bone cutter like Jeff said. After that put the rocks back into your old tank and keep and eye on the, if you missed anything then take the rocks out and do the same thing again until you get rid of all of them.

Once they are all gone then use the rocks in your new tank, if any of those come back use hot kalk paste on them and they will melt away. It is hard work but its well worth the trouble, just roll up your sleve and work at it until they are all gone.

 

[gdm42001]

I have always had good luck with the peppermint shrimp. I found about 18 to24 in my 95 cleaned out the beasts. They were fighting over them at one point. But you have to cut back on the feeding too so they eat the pests.
More peppermints, the better.
:lol:

 

[treesmoker]

This is the easiest way to get rid of them.....garaunteed! JOE'S JUICE! Take all of the un-effected rock out of the tank to make everything easier.....locate the aptaisa, then let joe's juice do the work for you. If you dig out the aptaisa, you risk leaving small pieces behind that will start a whole new polyp. I've been using in my reef for a year now...it works great for those little baby buggers that are too small to inject( w/ part b of BIONIC) Just make sure to turn off all of your pumps before applying it. It will drizzle out of the applicator like sand, then after 15 min it turns into a paste, then turn the pumps back on.

If there big enough to inject...I suggest using calcium chloride(part b of B ionic)

 

[islandcreation]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11013437#post11013437 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by treesmoker
This is the easiest way to get rid of them.....garaunteed! JOE'S JUICE! Take all of the un-effected rock out of the tank to make everything easier.....locate the aptaisa, then let joe's juice do the work for you. If you dig out the aptaisa, you risk leaving small pieces behind that will start a whole new polyp. I've been using in my reef for a year now...it works great for those little baby buggers that are too small to inject( w/ part b of BIONIC) Just make sure to turn off all of your pumps before applying it. It will drizzle out of the applicator like sand, then after 15 min it turns into a paste, then turn the pumps back on.

If there big enough to inject...I suggest using calcium chloride(part b of B ionic)

Jake,

I had great success with joe's juice and kalkwasser. It's just the aiptasia's under the rocks that mutiply and slowly come to the exposed sides are the problems. Plus, I don't want to always be looking for aiptasia's weekly or bi-weekly. So I think I'm heaing towards the high amount of peppermints as a natural remedy.

 

[crispyreef]

I have had good success with pickling lime (kalk). I made a paste, nuked it for about 20 seconds, and injected them for good. I have never seen them come back.