aiptasia

[TriMax]

Is this aiptasia?

If so, do I go get some shrimp, inject with lemon juice, buy something else?

http://s377.photobucket.com/albums/oo214/eknealphoto/?action=view&current=IMG_5310.jpg

Sorry, could not figure out how to get just the image.

I have done it before, BUT.....

 

[CHALICEKEEPER]

If you can get the rock out of the tank get a screwdriver and get it out of there chip the rock a little bit to make sure you get all of it thats how i do it anyway

 

[modifyd]

A new post! You can melt it with a little kalk powder mixed in to a paste I have kalk here if you need some.

 

[ct_vol]

I am a big fan of Kalk paste for fighting aiptasia, which is indeed what you have... I prefer to use a syringe and inject it straight into the little jerks...

 

[TriMax]

Should I have none this?



I guess so. Ha! HA!!

 

[TriMax]

That rock weighs about 60 pounds. Injection sounds so personnel. They do look kind of evil though.

So do not buy the shrimp?

 

[macclellan]

Injection sounds so personnel.

Dude, it's not like they said penetrate the thing... jes kill et!
Shrimp cost money and die... kalk is almost free!

 

[ct_vol]

Shrimp cost money and die... kalk is almost free!

That and kalk won't walk over to your LPS and shred it looking for food... :squigglemouth:

 

[EvilMel]

I need to try that. I completely forgot about the kalk thing.

I think I gave someone my Mrs. Wages bag. dang.

The only bad thing about using it as a paste is that NOTHING will grow over that stuff. It's sterling white forever, isn't it?

Injecting it sounds like a great idea.

My stinking peppermints don't do anything. I think I feed too much. Useless little POSs.

edit: Randy...can you add santa hats to Jaws and Heff?

 

[ct_vol]

Melly~ Sure I will...

It doesn't stay white forever... It will usually break down shortly and be absorbed and used as a Ca source...

 

[EvilMel]

Get with it then!!!

Jaws and Heff need santa hats...baaaad.

 

[GPhiAce]

The thing with using the paste (which is the method I use, since I don't like shrimp) is that if you don't get all of them, they will just keep coming back. So chances are that you have a population in there that you don't see and those will continue to produce others. So with that in mind, you will be kalk pasting them constantly. that's my $0.02 worth.

I like injecting the paste. Seems like they think that food is coming, take it, close up and slowly melt away. I love that melting away part.

 

[EvilMel]

Where's my Santa hats?

 

[Cuda]

Some people use Joe's juice. I grow them in another tank and use them for treats for my copperband.

 

[ct_vol]

 

[reef-nut]

It will not hurt to put a few peppermint shrimp in there they love them. I had a few aptasia in a tank once and put in these shrimp and in a week or so I never seen another aptasia.