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btymens 02-24-2012 01:09 AM
Aptasia Issue
 
One of my rocks has just started growing this little bugger. Does anyone have any tips or tricks to get rid of them?

Nano 02-24-2012 01:16 AM
peppermint shrimp in large numbers, or berghia nudibranches if its a very extreme case

HaZRaTTy 02-24-2012 01:25 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by btymens (Post 685916)
One of my rocks has just started growing this little bugger. Does anyone have any tips or tricks to get rid of them?
ZAPPPPPPPPPPPER!!!!

Pepermints, FileFish, or Nuds

But I would go with the Zapppper!

btymens 02-24-2012 01:27 AM
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Originally Posted by HaZRaTTy (Post 685925)
ZAPPPPPPPPPPPER!!!!

Pepermints, FileFish, or Nuds

But I would go with the Zapppper!
dumb ? what's a zapper?

btymens 02-24-2012 01:29 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by nanomano (Post 685922)
peppermint shrimp in large numbers, or berghia nudibranches if its a very extreme case
i've heard that peppermint shrimp could make it worse meaning that when they eat it they actually end up spreading it more or they won't eat it at all. I have a fire shrimp right now and he could care less.

Blom 02-24-2012 01:31 AM
Ive had good luck with injecting them with boiling hot vinegar. Just grab a couple of needles from the drug store. Microwave vinegar for a minute and sick it up in the needle. Stab and inject the wee buggers. If you have alot you may want to do this over a couple of days/weeks as you can swing you pH with enough vinegar.

The only issue I can see with adding something to eat the problem away is what happens if they eat you clean. So I inject... with a small bit of satisfaction every time I kill one.

HaZRaTTy 02-24-2012 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by btymens (Post 685927)
dumb ? what's a zapper?

Google Aptasia Zapper. It's exactly as it sounds haha.

monocus 02-24-2012 01:57 AM
aptasia
 
inject it with lemon juice,smother with kalkwasser.make sure you cover the whole foot as this is where the daughter cells are,and most importantly-do this during the day so it won't release the cells.if worse comes to worse and you get a large outbreak-pm me for berghia nudibranches

btymens 02-24-2012 01:57 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Blom (Post 685929)
Ive had good luck with injecting them with boiling hot vinegar. Just grab a couple of needles from the drug store. Microwave vinegar for a minute and sick it up in the needle. Stab and inject the wee buggers. If you have alot you may want to do this over a couple of days/weeks as you can swing you pH with enough vinegar.

The only issue I can see with adding something to eat the problem away is what happens if they eat you clean. So I inject... with a small bit of satisfaction every time I kill one.
thanks, but what about the vinegar reacting with the tank after the injection?

btymens 02-24-2012 02:00 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Blom (Post 685929)
Ive had good luck with injecting them with boiling hot vinegar. Just grab a couple of needles from the drug store. Microwave vinegar for a minute and sick it up in the needle. Stab and inject the wee buggers. If you have alot you may want to do this over a couple of days/weeks as you can swing you pH with enough vinegar.

The only issue I can see with adding something to eat the problem away is what happens if they eat you clean. So I inject... with a small bit of satisfaction every time I kill one.
thanks


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