identifying aiptasia

[Whatigot]

Originally Posted by mark

Got some big ones.

Best results I've had is from a suggestion on this board; make a paste using kalk and water mixing in some of the juice you get from thawing mysis, then using a syringe, feed the little buggers. Don't need to inject.

can you elaborate on this for a slow british columbian?

[mark]

Had tried injecting directly with vinegar or kalk (in solution) with limited luck. Could get some but most would retreat into the rock where I couldn't get them.

What I do now is make a paste using kalk and water. Thaw out some mysis in a little tank water then decant the liquid into the paste keeping the paste liquid enough that I can suck it into a large bore syringe. I'll then slowly drip a bit of the paste over the aiptasia, more to feed them rather than cover. Go slow and they'll stay out and eat the stuff up.

[Whatigot]

where do you get your kalk if you don't mind me asking?

[mark]

Originally Posted by Whatigot

where do you get your kalk if you don't mind me asking?

LFS, I've got a CA reactor so only needed a little bit for things like this.

If your planning on supplementing littlesilvermax seems the guy for buying bulk.

[Whatigot]

awesome.
thank you.

[dcmoore]

I was really hoping that someone would tell me that those were not aiptasia and that I should leave them alone. The dark brown one on the right and the almost purple one near the center look quite nice. I really hate to nuke them . What is the other purple growth near the center? I assume that it is some kind of coral since the broken tips are pure white. What type of macroalgae is growing on the left? I'm assuming that it is a keeper. Am I correct?