Need some advice on this aptasia.

[PeterB113]

Hey guys so I just noticed I have 1 huge aiptasia on one of my corals. It was hidden in my clove polyps. I want to use Frank's F Aiptasia on it but I'm scared that I'll get some on the torch corals right below it. Is it possible to remove the clove polyps and use F aiptasia out of the water? I also want to remove some of the clove polyps because I think there choking my utter chaos colony, the heads have been really shriveled up lately.... there usually huge I don't know if it's because of the aiptasia or the clove polyps. Please let me know what you guys think I should do.

 

[Pistondog]

Hey guys so I just noticed I have 1 huge aiptasia on one of my corals. It was hidden in my clove polyps. I want to use Frank's F Aiptasia on it but I'm scared that I'll get some on the torch corals right below it. Is it possible to remove the clove polyps and use F aiptasia out of the water? I also want to remove some of the clove polyps because I think there choking my utter chaos colony, the heads have been really shriveled up lately.... there usually huge I don't know if it's because of the aiptasia or the clove polyps. Please let me know what you guys think I should do.

Use kalkwasser powder mixed as a paste/slurry and injected into aptasia, following it down as it retracts. It stays where you squirt it.

 

[PeterB113]

Use kalkwasser powder mixed as a paste/slurry and injected into aptasia, following it down as it retracts. It stays where you squirt it.

Can Kalk hurt corals if it gets on them? I never used it before.

 

[sunken3]

if you are worried and can take the rock out, just put it in a bucket of tank water and wait for the aipt to reopen... then aptaisa X him!

 

[PeterB113]

if you are worried and can take the rock out, just put it in a bucket of tank water and wait for the aipt to reopen... then aptaisa X him!

Yea I can take the rock out I'll probably do that. Do you think the clove polyps are what's making my utter chaos close up?

 

[Isopod80]

I've had luck in situations with aiptasia close to corals by injecting them with a little white vinegar. Consider it a carbon dose. Lol

 

[Pistondog]

Can Kalk hurt corals if it gets on them? I never used it before.

Yes, but it's easy to see and control. If it starts going where you don't want it, turkey baster blast away to dissipate

 

[Isopod80]

To me the vinegar is easiest in this situation. At worst the surrounding cloves close up for a few seconds as it dissipates. No risk for burning anything.

 

[Brady4000]

Where there’s one there’s more! lol. At least this rings true in my tank. Peppermint shrimp have won the war in my tank. I will never not have peppermint shrimp in my tank.

 

[dvgyfresh]

Kalk paste , lemon juice , aptasia x all work well. I would just turn off flow and inject the aptasia and keep turkey Baster nearby