Aiptasia issue

ReefMadScientist · Jul 29, 2015

As for the laser, you can find those EXACT lasers with the same wattage on ebay. They are way cheaper than you think.

Cleo642 · Jul 29, 2015

ReefMadScientist said:
As for the laser, you can find those EXACT lasers with the same wattage on ebay. They are way cheaper than you think.

That's cool to know

steven REYNOLDS · Jul 29, 2015

renato120 said:
Get some peppermint shrimp if they appear in your DT. They will love it!
Boiling water + glass = disaster.

I had a peppermint shrimp; ate aiptasia as well as some palm tree corral and then got eatn himself by the acan brain corral.. Lol

Cleo642 · Jul 29, 2015

steven REYNOLDS said:
I had a peppermint shrimp; ate aiptasia as well as some palm tree corral and then got eatn himself by the acan brain corral.. Lol

I have read a few posts where people have said acans ate their fish.

Z06-Hec · Sep 2, 2015

Just an FYI, the Boiling water trick worked... No more Aiptasia in my overflow and never saw or see any in my DT

twilliard · Sep 2, 2015

Z06-Hec said:
Just an FYI, the Boiling water trick worked... No more Aiptasia in my overflow and never saw or see any in my DT

Right on that's good to hear!
I have solutions for aiptasia but its a hot solution!

ReeferBob · Sep 2, 2015

You can get those on ebay but I strongly advise against them. You can blind yourself in an instant. You can also blind your fish or any eye that gets hit with the beam including from a reflection. At the least get a pair of matched glasses to go with it that are designed to filter out the light that your particular laser puts out. These can be very dangerous.

Reefing Madness · Sep 2, 2015

MHG · Sep 12, 2015

FF337 · Sep 12, 2015

twilliard said:
Shut the return down once water is lower than the overflow then empty that section and fill that sucker with boiling water.
watch your water temp as I don't know the size of your tank.
once it cools down drain that overflow section and fire your tank back up

I have also heard of shutting all pumps off. And closing drain lines and then nuking the overflows with kalk for several hours. Then pull the drains out of the bulkheads to drain out into buckets Then reinstalling and top off with fresh saltwater.