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11-10-2006, 04:00 PM
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Just take some kalk and put it into a little cup and add some water, get good slurry of it doesnt have to be really think but use more kalk then can dissolve.
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11-10-2006, 06:28 PM
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If you add really fine or liquid food to the Kalk paste, the Aptasia will stay extended during injection and will actually ingest the paste better. They want the food so bad, they eat Kalk at the same time. Then a while later, they rupture and die.
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11-10-2006, 07:14 PM
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I have had a lot of success with just boiling hot water. Boil a kettle full, add some prime, and inject with a syringe. Even if you don't manage to actually inject the beasts the hot water still burns them to death. Then when you retract your syringe, pull back on the plunger part, and you'll suck the beasts into your syringe for easy removal. Just don't kill too many at once for obvious reasons.
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11-11-2006, 02:00 PM
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I just bought some peppermints. I got back from Jamaica on Friday and checked and no Aptaisia.. 1st time in over a year and half..
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11-11-2006, 03:22 PM
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I have a nice fat Peppermint, never visible during the day. I have NO APTASIA in my display. One or two in the sump though. I don't think the Peppermints will do anything about larger Aptasia, but they sure prevent new ones from growing. So for an Aptasia problem, blast all visible/large ones with whatever you find works; kalk, vinegar, hot water, ect., then add 1 or 2 Pep. Shrimp per 50 Gallons. Using that formula should get rid of them for as long as the Peppermints live.
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