Is this Aptasia?

[slugwall]

I need to know as I am getting ready to kill this large looking Aptasia's!!!

Thanks,

 

[nata]

Yes,it's an ugly one..

 

[slugwall]

I bought a 10 syringes for 4.99 from Hannaford Phyrmasist and a thing of lemon juice... took the rock out and isolated it and then went to town... It's been 15 minutes since and the they are all gone. Need to wait a week to make sure but I will update... thanks

1 Day after... This morning I noticed some Aptasia that I had missed so today I will go on another Lemon Juice rampage.

Death by Lemon Juice!!! This was a 1.5" Disc very big Aptasia...

Death by Lemon Juice!!!

 

[AJQ69]

good work!!!

 

[AquaticReeferMan]

i have one on my acan frag with a piece of rock on it. any ideas on how i can remove the aptasia without hurting my acans?

 

[richardb]

i have removed them with a bubble method smother the pest with tiny bubbles from a air stone and it will float away ,it will upset your acan but no harm will come to it..if you isolate it there will be no worries of it settling somewhere else in the tank, it took mine 30 minutes so you may need some patience

 

[slugwall]

I would buy a syringe from your local pharmacy and get your lemon juice out of the frig... and stick that needle into the center core of the Aptasia. If the Aptasia is to small then I would buy a peppermint shrimp. I have used peppermint shrimps before and they do a good job until they run into a big Aptasia and that's how I lost one of my shrimps.

 

[STL]

Aiptasia-X works really well too - check your sump/overflows/filter boxes for colonies

 

[AquaticReeferMan]

im going to try slugwall method. as for lemon juice one that they sell in the super market? lime or lemon?

 

[slugwall]

Lemon juice from the super marker and I tried it... It only works on the big ones that I noticed... the small tiny ones I have tried but I need way better eyes to see...

Good Luck!

 

[Skeeter7424]

ive also found that you need to move fairly quickly or they retract.

I use kalk paste instead of lemon juice, though I know both works.

Jordan

 

[Hyprviperx]

Aiptasia-X works really well too - check your sump/overflows/filter boxes for colonies

+++1 definitely check the over flows and filter boxes

 

[richardb]

what ever you do dont get that stuff on your coral it will burn them

 

[slugwall]

Do you mean the Lemon Juice? I have tried isolating as much as possible but I haven't seen any issues with my soft or hard coral... Just an FYI... I would recommend a peppermint shrimp for the smaller Aptasia LFS doesn't seem to have a problem with it as she has an abundance of peppermint shrimps that eat it when her shipments come in.

 

[endy0430]

Joe's Juice works very well....