To burn an aptasia.

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Well here goes nothing. Gonna attempt my kill it with fire method. Lol.
We will see if it works. Spreads the nems. Or simply not beneficial to my aquarium lol. I will use a butane torch similar to a camping torch to burn the little ^*%(#>^÷
Lol.
D

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

These are on flat non porous shelf rock.
So the foot is exposed.
D

 

[Janet Belanger]

I got rid of the two I found years ago with boiling water in a turkey baster then sucking it up when it let go of the rock. Worked like a charm. Tricky part was keeping the fish away.

 

[bradleym]

Well here goes nothing. Gonna attempt my kill it with fire method. Lol.
We will see if it works. Spreads the nems. Or simply not beneficial to my aquarium lol. I will use a butane torch similar to a camping torch to burn the little ^*%(#>^÷
Lol.
D

I'll be honest, I did that a few times, but the hassle of taking the rock out and burning it until the water boiled off, and then finally getting hot enough to burn... it didn't pay off long term for me. I am way happier chasing them down with a syringe and pickling lime mixed with RO.

 

[rockdiver]

I'll be honest, I did that a few times, but the hassle of taking the rock out and burning it until the water boiled off, and then finally getting hot enough to burn... it didn't pay off long term for me. I am way happier chasing them down with a syringe and pickling lime mixed with RO.

You used pickling lime and it worked ? How much pickling lime ?

 

[flagg37]

You used pickling lime and it worked ? How much pickling lime ?

It’s calcium hydroxide (kalkwasser). I add water and make it into a paste so that I can coat the whole aptasia. I used a modified syringe; the kind you give liquid medicine to babies with but I cut the tip to enlarge the opening.

 

[bradleym]

It’s calcium hydroxide (kalkwasser). I add water and make it into a paste so that I can coat the whole aptasia. I used a modified syringe; the kind you give liquid medicine to babies with but I cut the tip to enlarge the opening.

Same here, I just mix it until it's about as thick as a smoothie, then turn off the flow and cover the aiptasia in place. After about 10 minutes I blow it off with a turkey baster and turn the flow back on.

 

[bradleym]

Same here, I just mix it until it's about as thick as a smoothie, then turn off the flow and cover the aiptasia in place. After about 10 minutes I blow it off with a turkey baster and turn the flow back on.

For really big ones, you put some on the mouth first. It'll shrink down after a moment, then you can cover it up.