F-A-ptasia: How Long to Harden?

Rovert · Aug 31, 2022

Not sure if I'm asking in the right place, but... the instructions for F-Aiptasia say to turn off power heads to allow it to harden, but they don't indicate how long it takes. Anyone have a recommendation?

fish farmer · Aug 31, 2022

Rovert said:
Not sure if I'm asking in the right place, but... the instructions for F-Aiptasia say to turn off power heads to allow it to harden, but they don't indicate how long it takes. Anyone have a recommendation?

It takes about a half hour I think.

D3DPrintedThingz · Aug 31, 2022

I used Aiptasia-X, didn't turn anything off, just squirted a ton of it and it's working with 100% success rate. I am unfamiliar with F-Aiptasia, but if it is not working for you then maybe switch to Aiptasia-X

Rovert · Aug 31, 2022

ilikefish69 said:
I used Aiptasia-X, didn't turn anything off, just squirted a ton of it and it's working with 100% success rate. I am unfamiliar with F-Aiptasia, but if it is not working for you then maybe switch to Aiptasia-X

Will do. I've used Joe's Juice and Berghia previously and only the latter have been successful in times past. But with two wrasses in my tank... it could probably turn into an expensive snack.

D3DPrintedThingz · Aug 31, 2022

Rovert said:
Will do. I've used Joe's Juice and Berghia previously and only the latter have been successful in times past. But with two wrasses in my tank... it could probably turn into an expensive snack.

If you end up needing help lmk, I can send you a video of what I did. The instructions say the aiptasia will "open up to accept what you're squirting" but that never happened to me, I try to get enough juice in the mouth but even after it closes I just squirt a marble's sized amount of liquid on it, the next morning it is nowhere to be seen. I also don't want to be giving bad advice though. I have heard well-placed squirts of boiling hot water in a syringe works for people too, and no chemicals involced