Aipstasia laser

Cleo642 · Jul 29, 2015

I saw a video of a guy lasering aipstasia away. It seemed to work very well. Here the video of him explaining the laser and getting the aipstasia with it.

mfinn · Jul 29, 2015

I bought one of those off ebay and I'm a little disappointed and also concerned about using them to kill aptasias.
Everything I've read about aptasias, is that when they are under attack, they send off little pieces of themselves.
As in more aptasias?

If the laser were to completely cover and destroy right away, then maybe it would work.
But it takes minutes to reduce one to nothing.

Cleo642 · Jul 29, 2015

mfinn said:
I bought one of those off ebay and I'm a little disappointed and also concerned about using them to kill aptasias.
Everything I've read about aptasias, is that when they are under attack, they send off little pieces of themselves.
As in more aptasias?

If the laser were to completely cover and destroy right away, then maybe it would work.
But it takes minutes to reduce one to nothing.

The one he has in the video seemed to burn them quick. He burned off their tentacles so they can't feed, which they become very unhappy, and they die. Idk,it seemed to work well for him. And he said he saw no sign of them spreading.
I don't think anything is 100% good and no bad but I think I would try the matted filefish first then try the laser.
I wonder if the laser would hurt an acrylic tank? Melt it or burn it.

Rockinreefs · Jul 29, 2015

ive tried that its ok but like mfinn said they will just come back and infest your tank The best way ive found to eliminate completely is to gab a couple of peppermint shrimp at my local Reef store carries them all the time i think i pay like $15 or $20 for 3 they will consume all of them and if any mange to re spawn

Cleo642 · Jul 29, 2015

Rockinreefs said:
ive tried that its ok but like mfinn said they will just come back and infest your tank The best way ive found to eliminate completely is to gab a couple of peppermint shrimp at my local Reef store carries them all the time i think i pay like $15 or $20 for 3 they will consume all of them and if any mange to re spawn

Good idea, I like the matted filefish too. He just seemed to have a good time burning them off.

mfinn · Jul 29, 2015

Cleo642 said:
The one he has in the video seemed to burn them quick. He burned off their tentacles so they can't feed, which they become very unhappy, and they die. Idk,it seemed to work well for him. And he said he saw no sign of them spreading.
I don't think anything is 100% good and no bad but I think I would try the matted filefish first then try the laser.
I wonder if the laser would hurt an acrylic tank? Melt it or burn it.

For the most part he was going after majanos. They supposedly don't spread like aptasias.
Only at the end did he go after a aptasia

mfinn · Jul 29, 2015

Rockinreefs said:
ive tried that its ok but like mfinn said they will just come back and infest your tank The best way ive found to eliminate completely is to gab a couple of peppermint shrimp at my local Reef store carries them all the time i think i pay like $15 or $20 for 3 they will consume all of them and if any mange to re spawn

I've had peppermint shrimp work once out of 3 different trys.
I think it also has to do with how much you feed your tank with them.

Rockinreefs · Jul 29, 2015

or just get a big enough laser and make sure u get'em in one shot and if you don't kill everything in tank ha-ha

jsker · Jul 29, 2015

It is called a matted file fish. Works better then anything else I have tried

Rockinreefs · Jul 29, 2015

those are pretty sweet ive never heard of them before

Cleo642 · Jul 29, 2015

Rockinreefs said:
or just get a big enough laser and make sure u get'em in one shot and if you don't kill everything in tank ha-ha

That's awesome, might melt the whole tank. Lol

Slevin007 · Jul 29, 2015

Might be a stupid question, but do you think the laser can weaken the glass in any way?

Cleo642 · Jul 29, 2015

Slevin007 said:
Might be a stupid question, but do you think the laser can weaken the glass in any way?

Idk, in guy just said it have an spots on the glass. He had 3/4" glass. I would think acrylic would be more of a problem.

twilliard · Jul 29, 2015

More interested in controlling zoanthids

Cleo642 · Jul 29, 2015

twilliard said:
More interested in controlling zoanthids

Controlling zoas? Frag them. Lol

twilliard · Jul 29, 2015

Lol do you want them?
I have hundreds of eagle eye's taking over.
no way to frag them as they are on my main center rock.
nuke the suckers!!

Cleo642 · Jul 29, 2015

twilliard said:
Lol do you want them?
I have hundreds of eagle eye's taking over.
no way to frag them as they are on my main center rock.
nuke the suckers!!

First, aren't zoa's toxic? I wouldn't kill em in tank. Idk.
Haven't started my tank yet. I am here gathering information first.
What you do is frag them, try to trade them at the lfs. Post some on here, see if anyone wants to buy/trade. That's you wouldn't mind shipping or local pickup.