Aiptasia on zoa frag

[SirDukelll]

There are 2 very small aiptasias on my zoa frag. The aiptasia are right beside to the polyps. Should i use aiptasia x and risk getting some on the zoa or should i wait?

 

[SirDukelll]

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[Reefing_addiction]

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[vetteguy53081]

Syringe is your friend here as it will reach between small areas.
Using kalkwasser powder, mix into a paste with tank water and inject into center core of Aptasia and it will melt away

 

[blasterman]

Last time I tried to nuke aiptasia that close to zoa polyps I nipped the main polyp mass and melted them. It was a colony of hyper rare nirvana morphs and I'm still not happy about it.

I would maybe try a little bit of super glue over them first, Wont hurt the zoas if you get sloppy. If you can get enough aiptasia X over the aiptasia it also might do the trick. Actually injecting them as tiny as they are means you got some serious surgical skilz

 

[vetteguy53081]

Last time I tried to nuke aiptasia that close to zoa polyps I nipped the main polyp mass and melted them. It was a colony of hyper rare nirvana morphs and I'm still not happy about it.

I would maybe try a little bit of super glue over them first, Wont hurt the zoas if you get sloppy. If you can get enough aiptasia X over the aiptasia it also might do the trick. Actually injecting them as tiny as they are means you got some serious surgical skilz

Actually too many people recently getting superglue on their zoa.
Gel superglue is safer and Most (not all) zoa recover from glue on them. Ive done the syringe method many times with zoa and no hiccups

 

[Lovelydrew]

Do you have a peppermint shrimps do pretty well. Or you could try apstasia x, but be careful around the zoas

 

[Tailfisher]

Kalk paste works great

 

[King Turkey]

I used aiptasia X on mine did not bother the zoas they just closed up for a few days.

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

Bergia nudibranch if your LFS can get them. They ONLY eat aptasia. They’ll starve eventually without them but you can usually pass them off to another local reefer with aptasia. Also they don’t live a super long time anyway so if you’ve got a ton of aptasia think of them as a one shot missile to end the war.