Can someone ID this for me

[paul01]

Was wondering if you can id this if it's good or not

 

[FMF0331]

The infamous aptasia

 

[paul01]

That's what I thought

 

[paul01]

The infamous aptasia

What's the best way to get rid of it?

 

[paul01]

Bump

 

[Tori]

Can that rock it's on be taken out easily?

 

[paul01]

Yes it's out once I found out what it was

 

[Roy 9121]

What's the best way to get rid of it?

Pull that rock and scrape it off, then cover it with kalk paste.

 

[FrankiePuffer]

You can hit it with boiling hot water and a syringe. Will kill it and you can put your rock right back in.

 

[Tori]

Pull that rock and scrape it off, then cover it with kalk paste.

I've scrapped them off and put super glue gel over the spot they were in just to be sure. Now that that I think about it I also super glued one in the tank once. It was on a frag I just glued down and it didn't want to come off so I completely glued over the appy. That was a year ago and there are no aptaisia in the tank to this day so I think it worked.

 

[Roy 9121]

I've scrapped them off and put super glue gel over the spot they were in just to be sure. Now that that I think about it I also super glued one in the tank once. It was on a frag I just glued down and it didn't want to come off so I completely glued over the appy. That was a year ago and there are no aptaisia in the tank to this day so I think it worked.

Yeah, super glue works too.

 

[Airwarf]

they basically suck in anything you offer them. I think I've heard lemon juice works, but there is a product called Joe's Juice that does the trick.

 

[SteveSTL]

Nuke it from orbit - it's the only way to be sure.

 

[Family Tank]

I boiled lemon juice, used a syringe. Been a few yrs,haven't seen one since.

 

[Engloid]

I use a small insulin needle and inject them with white vinegar. I don't even remove it from the tank. It will die within about 5 seconds. I have zero aiptasia, in about 400 gallons of water.

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

I use a small insulin needle and inject them with white vinegar. I don't even remove it from the tank. It will die within about 5 seconds. I have zero aiptasia, in about 400 gallons of water.

I would not advise doing this in a tank any smaller than 90g. The more aptasia, the more vinegar you'll need, the larger amount of water you'll need to keep your tank from crashing.

Joe's juice/ aptasia X work well. You could also squirt a few mL of 'ph down' into its mouth.. a bit safer than vinegar

 

[cmcoker]

I would not advise doing this in a tank any smaller than 90g. The more aptasia, the more vinegar you'll need, the larger amount of water you'll need to keep your tank from crashing.

Joe's juice/ aptasia X work well. You could also squirt a few mL of 'ph down' into its mouth.. a bit safer than vinegar

I've nuked pulsing xenia with vinegar in a tank smaller than 90g.. And a tank larger. I could do like 30ml of vinegar in my 120g a day with no problems. Watch your nitrates though..
Its equivalent to carbon dosing with vinegar, if you don't use too much on any one day and have a skimmer it should be fine.
Just read a little about carbon dosing before you do a lot of them, if it's just one aiptasia with an insulin syringe, it's fine

 

[JustAnt]

Get a peppermint shrimp to eat the thing

 

[Engloid]

Many people dose vinegar as a carbon source.

Do you know whats in joes juice? Do you know how much you can put in the tank safely?

 

[Engloid]

It would be fine if it was 20 in a 50 gallon. It doesnt take much to kill one.