Losing battle with aptasia - Page 4

trilinearmipmap · #31 10-19-2005, 01:15 AM

My Copperband wiped out the Aiptasia pretty quickly.

If a Copperband suits your tank that is a good option. The only downside so far is he eats the food (mysis) out of my LPS corals, this may be a factor in my Bubble Coral going downhill. He will also eat small feather dusters.

ridder · #32 10-19-2005, 01:33 AM

I use boiling hot water with a turckey baster and it works every time.
I will also try to suck out the dead aptasia with the baster to ensure
it's all gone.

Tarolisol · #33 10-19-2005, 02:48 AM

Ill keep trying with boiling water and see how that goes but so far it doesnt seem to do a thing to them. This is over 200 pounds of rock there is no way im going to kill it all by dumping it in boiling water.

Can butterflys life with eachother?

trilinearmipmap · #34 10-19-2005, 02:52 AM

Sorry I didn't see the earlier post about how you already have a Copperband. I would suggest starving him for a while, I'm sure he will take a liking to your Aiptasia.

reefburnaby · #35 10-19-2005, 07:44 AM

Hi,

If you have peppermint shrimp, you need to starve them a bit before they will even touch your pesky friends

If they are too full from eat fish food, they won't bother eating those ugly pests. I would try to feed less...or stop feeding altogether.

- Victor.

danny zubot · #36 10-19-2005, 02:08 PM

How hard would it be to remove all live contents of your tank and do hyposalinity treatment of the tank itself? A couple days at 1.09 would kill them, but your rock stands a better chance of surviving than boiling.

DiscusZ · #37 10-19-2005, 03:01 PM

I hav e nt had any luck getting rid of mine either.. I have tried Joes Juice, Boiling water thant I boiled on the stove so it was extremely hot. it helps for a bit but they come back in the same spots 9 times out of 10

I am going to try the vinegar method tonight.

Jim

Snoop Dog · #38 10-19-2005, 03:35 PM

My brother had about 4 million of them, no joke, every rock was covered. 3 pepermint shrips took care of them in about 1-2 months. it took them the first month to figure out that they were supposed to eat them

seashells · #39 10-20-2005, 03:13 AM

If you're looking for syringes you can try Vancouvers' downtown east side. Joking aside you can get them from your local pharmacy that carries supplies for diabetics.

doug

marie · #40 10-20-2005, 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seashells

If you're looking for syringes you can try Vancouvers' downtown east side...

doug

and then if the boiling water doesn't kill them, hepatitis is sure to do them all in