How tough are Aiptasia?

[stephane]

Originally posted by Bob Ipema:
Muriatic acid is vinegar, right?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It is real acid you could buy it in any
hardware store but in gallon only it is cheap
6-7$ if my memory ok

But be realy carfull whith that stuff as it is
very dangerous it burn skin in no time a splash in your eye and your blind even the vapor
will praticaly knock you. dont play with it in a stainless sink because it will make spot and you wife......(I have made the experience :( ) Glove and protection gass are realy needed

IMO if kalkwaser work or boiling water you beter go that way
;)

[ 25 September 2002, 16:42: Message edited by: stephane ]

[Bob I]

OK, thanks Stephane. I will just leave the rock in fresh water for a week or so. Then I will try it again. If nothing else I will get a Peppermint shrimp, and turn the nano into a shrimp tank for awhile. :D

[fishboy]

Thanks for telling me about my broken link. I switched servers on the weekend and forgot to update it. It should work now.

[Aquattro]

Originally posted by Bob Ipema:
Muriatic acid is vinegar, right?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bob, Muriatic acid is a dilution of hydrochloric acid. If I recall correctly, it's about 43% HCL

[Bob I]

I more or less posted the note to show how tough the little buggers are. I realise the beneficial stuff is now dead anyway. The rock is isolated in my new nano so I can take it out and leave it in fresh water for a longer period (days even). I did consider the Peppermints, but the problem with those is that when the Aiptasia are gone one now has peppermints. They too can become pesky. I had them chew on Featherdusters and reduce their crowns to nothing. :( :mad:

And to fishboy, the link to your 54 gallon reef does not work.

[ 25 September 2002, 12:51: Message edited by: Bob Ipema ]

[Aquattro]

Originally posted by Bob Ipema:

And to fishboy, the link to your 54 gallon reef does not work.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fishboy, you need to edit your link to read /reeftank.htm not /reeftank/

[Doug]

I have always used the kalk paste. Works well for me.

I have seen Jayson use the acid solution, but dont know what mixture he uses. Looks scary to me. :eek: