Terri Caton
Valuable Member
Ok, the strangest thing has just happened in my larger tank. (To be honest strange things are Always happening in my tanks)
This is how literally hundreds and hundreds of Aptasia disappeared overnight in my tank!
Aptasia. Hate them, hate them, hate them. I have been waging war on them for months and months now. 2 weeks ago I bought a Manjano Wand. Best purchase ever! So much sadistic fun killing those suckers off and it works like a charm! However, I knew there was absolutely no way I would ever get rid of all of them.
(Tried Berghia but my Wrasse ate all $350 of them)
Fried many of the visible ones over the course of the next couple of weeks. One happy day a few days later I was cleaning my sand bed. And, I made a very stupid mistake. I normally put a 50 micron sheet in one sock chamber and put the hose in it. I suck up the water, it gets out all the fine particles, and the water goes back in to my tank. Well, that day I put the hose in the sock chamber that didn't have the sheet in it. This was a very neglected tank I rescued and the sand bed was NASTY so I've been cleaning it little by little. A huge mess was in the tank at this point to say the least!!!
What did I do? Panicked of course! I had some AmGuard on hand so dumped some in. About 2x the recommended dose or 2 capfuls per 20 gal.
Anyway, everything was happy if not a little freaked out but settled down fine. Water cleared and it was back to business.
I went to bed and the next morning every single itty bitty Aptasia was literally gone!!! I searched and searched and couldn't find a single one. Now, three days later, I still haven't found one!
What the heck?!
Here are some variables that happened.
New ReeFi lights about 1 month ago.
I took out some of the rocks that had hundreds of Aptasia on them. A couple at a time.
Obviously there was a big shift in water quality when I screwed up the sand bed sifting.
I stopped all methods of killing Aptasia except the Majano Wand.
I dosed a large amount of AmGuard.
My water parameters didn't change during this period. TBH I haven't tested in the last couple of days because everything seems happy.
Anyway, maybe someone wants to do some experiments to see if they can figure out what worked for them all to disappear? If you can make a product that would replicate this I guarantee you'd be a zillionaire! (And you'd better give me a slice of the pie
)
I'll list parameters if anyone wants them.
This is how literally hundreds and hundreds of Aptasia disappeared overnight in my tank!
Aptasia. Hate them, hate them, hate them. I have been waging war on them for months and months now. 2 weeks ago I bought a Manjano Wand. Best purchase ever! So much sadistic fun killing those suckers off and it works like a charm! However, I knew there was absolutely no way I would ever get rid of all of them.
(Tried Berghia but my Wrasse ate all $350 of them)
Fried many of the visible ones over the course of the next couple of weeks. One happy day a few days later I was cleaning my sand bed. And, I made a very stupid mistake. I normally put a 50 micron sheet in one sock chamber and put the hose in it. I suck up the water, it gets out all the fine particles, and the water goes back in to my tank. Well, that day I put the hose in the sock chamber that didn't have the sheet in it. This was a very neglected tank I rescued and the sand bed was NASTY so I've been cleaning it little by little. A huge mess was in the tank at this point to say the least!!!
What did I do? Panicked of course! I had some AmGuard on hand so dumped some in. About 2x the recommended dose or 2 capfuls per 20 gal.
Anyway, everything was happy if not a little freaked out but settled down fine. Water cleared and it was back to business.
I went to bed and the next morning every single itty bitty Aptasia was literally gone!!! I searched and searched and couldn't find a single one. Now, three days later, I still haven't found one!
What the heck?!
Here are some variables that happened.
New ReeFi lights about 1 month ago.
I took out some of the rocks that had hundreds of Aptasia on them. A couple at a time.
Obviously there was a big shift in water quality when I screwed up the sand bed sifting.
I stopped all methods of killing Aptasia except the Majano Wand.
I dosed a large amount of AmGuard.
My water parameters didn't change during this period. TBH I haven't tested in the last couple of days because everything seems happy.
Anyway, maybe someone wants to do some experiments to see if they can figure out what worked for them all to disappear? If you can make a product that would replicate this I guarantee you'd be a zillionaire! (And you'd better give me a slice of the pie
)I'll list parameters if anyone wants them.
