Frag it? Throw it? Or what?

Treenk · Dec 17, 2019

I bought this frag from my LFS and first I found this

I thought it was on the other side too but now it is apartment the other side is aptasia.

Not the best pic.
I'm debating just trying to frag it onto a couple things and then just throwing away any that show signs. Or just plain throwing it, unless anyone has other ideas.

AllSignsPointToFish · Dec 17, 2019

Just give it a shot of kalk paste or aiptasia X right in the mouth. Repeat if necessary.

Treenk · Dec 17, 2019

Yeah I dont have either if those ;Dead

Fishfinder · Dec 17, 2019

Just glue over everything

AllSignsPointToFish · Dec 17, 2019

Go to Walmart and buy a bag of Mrs wages pickling lime. It is food grade calcium hydroxide. Mix a little with water and give that aiptasia a punch in the mouth. Lol

MTBake · Dec 17, 2019

Can you scrape it off with an xacto blade? Or other knife? Need to make sure you get absolutely all of it. Then, I would cover the spot with kalk paste to be sure it's dead.

dansreef · Dec 17, 2019

Put a dab of glue on it...and you will be golden.

Treenk · Dec 17, 2019

dansreef said:
Put a dab of glue on it...and you will be golden.

This one sounds easiest even if it takes out a head I didnt think of that

Treenk · Dec 17, 2019

Thanks for all your input if one doesn't work I'll try another

Treenk · Dec 17, 2019

Omg it went so badly lol. I went to scrape where I think it was and the rock broke off of the frag plug. So then I try to super glue it back on, but I didnt buy the gel kind, so I had to put it on very thick and then the frag fell into glue upside down. I got glue on some of it so I try it pick it off and it falls apart in half. So now half of it is glued to the plug, and half of it I glued to a small rock in the tank. Hopefully one of them opens and not with the thing I was trying to kill sigh.;Nailbiting

xxkenny90xx · Dec 17, 2019

Dip it in some coral dip or insecticide!

AZMSGT · Dec 17, 2019

xxkenny90xx said:
Dip it in some coral dip or insecticide!

That doesn’t work on Aptashia.

xxkenny90xx · Dec 17, 2019

AZMSGT said:
That doesn’t work on Aptashia.

Interesting, the more you know!

MTBake · Dec 17, 2019

Treenk said:
Omg it went so badly lol. I went to scrape where I think it was and the rock broke off of the frag plug. So then I try to super glue it back on, but I didnt buy the gel kind, so I had to put it on very thick and then the frag fell into glue upside down. I got glue on some of it so I try it pick it off and it falls apart in half. So now half of it is glued to the plug, and half of it I glued to a small rock in the tank. Hopefully one of them opens and not with the thing I was trying to kill sigh.;Nailbiting

I've done the same. More times than I care to admit, lol. Hopefully, a few polyps will pull through this and you still get a colony out of it

Gogi · Dec 18, 2019

I always remove zoas from the original frag/rock and move them onto a small dry rock on top of a fresh plug. It's the maximum possible thing you can do to avoid unwanted organisms. You never know where on that frag there's more aiptasia tissue waiting to sprout into a full grown one.

Zoas are super easy to get off with a scalpel. Once you get under the connecting tissue they just peel off. Just take precaution. Tiny amount of super glue will help them hold on to their new home.