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Old 04-27-2012, 09:03 PM
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I'm currently cooking rocks to get rid of massive GHA and aptasia, it's in a Rubbermaid with a power head and the lid on. It's been in cooking for about a week, I just checked the phosphate level two days after doing a complete water change and it's already at 1.35.

How often should I do a water change while cooking? I was thinking once a week.
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Old 04-27-2012, 09:20 PM
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I believe Myka has a thread in regards to cooking and curing LR might be worth a read
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I have been looking it up and from what I have seen, cooking does not get rid of aptasia and mojano. Can anybody confirm?
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Old 04-27-2012, 09:26 PM
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I believe Myka has a thread in regards to cooking and curing LR might be worth a read
Found it thanks, he says once a week until all tests are 0

As far as aptasia goes I've heard people have had success cooking them out.
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Old 04-27-2012, 09:26 PM
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it didn't work for me, but peppermint shrimp and berghia nudibranches seem to be working really well for the aiptasia
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Found it thanks, he says once a week until all tests are 0

As far as aptasia goes I've heard people have had success cooking them out.
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I've been cooking my rock since Feb 2nd and the one Aptasia I can't get at is still there. I'm going to have to leave the lid off for a day and then go after it
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Old 04-27-2012, 10:52 PM
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Are you cooking it in a Rubbermaid so it's pitch black?

And my apologies to myka.
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Old 04-27-2012, 11:11 PM
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Yup, covered rubbermaid. I trimmed a little off the lid lip for the power cords.

I mentioned taking the lid off for a day. If you aren't aware - going after Aptasia in the dark causes them to throw babies
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Lovely, may have to resort to pep shrimps after the cooking process to take care of them.
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Old 04-27-2012, 11:17 PM
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If you can use a pipette to squirt lemon juice on them, try that and then it's recommended to cover them after with some reef epoxy.
There are youtube vids if you wanna try it.
I did it over a month ago on one and got lucky. It didn't spawn and I never covered it up 'cause it was buried in a hole.
Actually, it was Feb 10th, so I know it worked as there aren't any new ones to see.
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