Potentially bad aiptasia removal idea

[mort]

So like many people I've got the odd aiptasia which I wish wasn't there. Now in the same way I know not to poke a tiger I don't believe any of the normal manual/chemical removal methods do anything but make them spread. I've seen countless times, whenever you go near one they spore and multiply fast. So this leads me to my thought, if sporing is the issue, is it possible to milk the aip before removal. My thoughts are to pee it off with a syphon tube during a water change and suck as many out as spores as possible and also if able snip it off at the base. In this way it would leave the base which is much less problematic and perhaps kalk paste would finish it off.

So mental thought or possible solution? The other "safer" test would be to stick a small bore pipe over it so that it has to climb it and can be removed easier.

 

[gtbarsi]

Physical removal under suction sounds like a good idea to me, that is how I remove bubble algae. I use a rigid tube connected to airline and use that to suck up any spores as I remove the algae and a easy disposal for any parts that will fit in the tube.

Be sure that you get the base with something. I would think a small tube of the gel type crazy glue would be the best way to go if the base is in a recess too small to get to. Just shove the tube in as far as it will go and squeeze the glue in there, filling the area. If the base is on an exposed surface scrape it off under suction.