Why don't more people do this?

[deftonead]

First time im hearing about it...

 

[jeffchapok]

I used the boiling water method for Aiptaisa. I went from about 20 of them when I started using boiling water and I soon had hundreds. This didn't work for me and made it worse.

Hmm. I'll have to keep an eye out for this. How long was it before they started popping up?

 

[GeoSquid]

Hmm. I'll have to keep an eye out for this. How long was it before they started popping up?

I would pull out the smaller rocks that I could remove and squirt the aips with boiling water over the sink then replace back in the tank. Larger rocks I squirted the nems in the tank if they weren't next to a coral. At first it seemed like it was working, but soon turned into a plegue. This method definitely seemed to make it worse in my case. It was over a period of time....maybe 4 or 5 mos.

 

[JAMSOURY]

I used the boiling water method for Aiptaisa. I went from about 20 of them when I started using boiling water and I soon had hundreds. This didn't work for me and made it worse.

This also happened to me. You gotta get it right, or they will definitley multiplu

 

[2Wheelsonly]

Based on the pic in the original post I think any method would work. What becomes an issue are when these things grow deep under the dead part of a colony where shadowing has caused parts of the base to die out or the area under the SPS corals. The aipstasia starts to get out of control when small ones start to pop up in these extremely hard to reach places and that's why people end up creating hordes of them because they are not able to kill them in one shot.

I treat aipstasia like I would treat someone invading my home with a gun. If you shoot at them, you better aim to kill because if you miss it's not going to be a good situation.

 

[Tamberav]

I use boiling water on aptasia for years now... I have been telling others about it but it doesn't seem to catch on. Works wonders though.

After I melt it I can just pull back on the syringe and suck the leftover melted guts out too.

 

[JoshO]

Sometimes I worry that I'm beginning to sound like a broken record, but I've found that applying boiling RODI water with a turkey baster is very effective at treating both GHA and aiptasia. Yet I seldom see anyone discuss it and when I do bring it up, no one ever comments.

I try to keep my reef using only natural methods as much as possible, and haven't used any chemical treatments other than H2O2 (and that ended very badly!).

Is there some particular reason no one but me does this? It seems to me to be the cheapest and lowest risk thing you can do, as we all should already have access to RODI. The only drawback I see is that you can't use it immediately adjacent to coral without harming them as well. But I've done it within an inch or two with no adverse effects.

Here's a before and after of an aiptasia I eradicated last week this way after the often touted lemon juice treatment failed.

You can even see that the algae where it was is all gone too. I've used this to great effect to spot treat GHA, and once you do, the CUC go crazy over it. Boiled GHA must be delicious.

But I'm curious as to why this isn't more commonly discussed.

What an awesome idea for those of us without dense corals!

 

[PerplexyHexy]

remember aiptasia release spores when you vape them with any method... This is why you see them multiply so rapidly... Running filter socks after going on your aiptasia assassination attempt will help, but ultimately it will not catch everything they release, will help though. I bought a bunch of frags from a local dude and didn’t dip or quarantine... figured they were fine... turns out a few had aiptasia and Ive had a gnarly outbreak ever since... Ive tried everything... I’ve given up... I’d have to start over or just accept the fact i will always have them... starting over is not an option... lol... Gonna give your method a go though running filter socks... see if I can start an aiptasia genocide... lol

 

[Murica]

Probably my favorite method of removing aiptasia

 

[Billdogg]

FWIW - boiling water in a syringe is the ONLY way I have ever taken care of aiptasia/mojano anemones. I have posted about it numerous times over the years. Often I am shouted down by the Aiptasia X/Joe's Juice/Kalk paste/etc responders.

I try to avoid magic potions in my systems, and have always found the boiling water trick to work. Every single time. Why would I use anything else? Oh - and I just use tapwater. The couple of ml's used won't hurt a thing, and it's easier to get it from the kitchen sink than to run down to the fishroom and bring some ro/di up to the stove.

 

[KrisReef]

I’m wondering what kind of syringe folks use with boiling water to treat aptasia in a reef tank?
Also, do you inject water into the target or are you just laying down a boiling blanket on top of the infected area?
I’d not heard of this treatment method before this thread. Thanks.

 

[jeffchapok]

I just use tapwater. The couple of ml's used won't hurt a thing, and it's easier to get it from the kitchen sink than to run down to the fishroom and bring some ro/di up to the stove.

I have actually used tank water a couple of times in small quantities. I just brought a small cup of it to a boil in the microwave. I was worried that it might smell as it heated up, but I didn't notice anything.

 

[oceans garden aquaculture]

Sometimes I worry that I'm beginning to sound like a broken record, but I've found that applying boiling RODI water with a turkey baster is very effective at treating both GHA and aiptasia. Yet I seldom see anyone discuss it and when I do bring it up, no one ever comments.

I try to keep my reef using only natural methods as much as possible, and haven't used any chemical treatments other than H2O2 (and that ended very badly!).

Is there some particular reason no one but me does this? It seems to me to be the cheapest and lowest risk thing you can do, as we all should already have access to RODI. The only drawback I see is that you can't use it immediately adjacent to coral without harming them as well. But I've done it within an inch or two with no adverse effects.

Here's a before and after of an aiptasia I eradicated last week this way after the often touted lemon juice treatment failed.

You can even see that the algae where it was is all gone too. I've used this to great effect to spot treat GHA, and once you do, the CUC go crazy over it. Boiled GHA must be delicious.

But I'm curious as to why this isn't more commonly discussed.

I can already see the thread. NEED HELP DUMPED BOILING POT OF APTASIA DEATH WATER IN MY LAP! NOW MAN POLYP HAS RECEDED!

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Your rock looks white where you hit the aiptasia, do you suppose your killing all of the beneficial bacteria in that spot? I suppose it wouldn't be a big deal unless your treating 100 aiptasia at a time. Fwiw I'm a kalk paste guy!

 

[Billdogg]

I’m wondering what kind of syringe folks use with boiling water to treat aptasia in a reef tank?
Also, do you inject water into the target or are you just laying down a boiling blanket on top of the infected area?
I’d not heard of this treatment method before this thread. Thanks.

You can find syringes in the glue section at HD/Lowes. If you put a short section of rigid airline tubing on the tip you can easily place it right at the base of the pest anemone and blast away. 5ml is usually plenty. If it happens to be in the center of some zoanthids or something there will be a small amount of collateral damage but they will quickly grow over the spot.

I have actually used tank water a couple of times in small quantities. I just brought a small cup of it to a boil in the microwave. I was worried that it might smell as it heated up, but I didn't notice anything.

That would work fine as well, but if my wife found out I was boiling tank water in one of her pots.......................;Nailbiting

 

[Billdogg]

I can already see the thread. NEED HELP DUMPED BOILING POT OF APTASIA DEATH WATER IN MY LAP! NOW MAN POLYP HAS RECEDED!

Nah - it would slough off over a few days and debridements!;Sorry;Sorry

 

[jeffchapok]

Your rock looks white where you hit the aiptasia, do you suppose your killing all of the beneficial bacteria in that spot? I suppose it wouldn't be a big deal unless your treating 100 aiptasia at a time. Fwiw I'm a kalk paste guy!

Yes, I'm sure I am. But it's a quarter sized spot amongst 60 lbs of rock. So negligible.

 

[Zfishman]

Sometimes I worry that I'm beginning to sound like a broken record, but I've found that applying boiling RODI water with a turkey baster is very effective at treating both GHA and aiptasia. Yet I seldom see anyone discuss it and when I do bring it up, no one ever comments.

I try to keep my reef using only natural methods as much as possible, and haven't used any chemical treatments other than H2O2 (and that ended very badly!).

Is there some particular reason no one but me does this? It seems to me to be the cheapest and lowest risk thing you can do, as we all should already have access to RODI. The only drawback I see is that you can't use it immediately adjacent to coral without harming them as well. But I've done it within an inch or two with no adverse effects.

Here's a before and after of an aiptasia I eradicated last week this way after the often touted lemon juice treatment failed.

You can even see that the algae where it was is all gone too. I've used this to great effect to spot treat GHA, and once you do, the CUC go crazy over it. Boiled GHA must be delicious.

But I'm curious as to why this isn't more commonly discussed.

Does the bulb on the baster get pretty hot? Do you wrap it with Arafat or something?

 

[jeffchapok]

Does the bulb on the baster get pretty hot? Do you wrap it with Arafat or something?

Don't suck it all the way into the bulb, just up the cylinder.

 

[JSully_94]

Sometimes I worry that I'm beginning to sound like a broken record, but I've found that applying boiling RODI water with a turkey baster is very effective at treating both GHA and aiptasia. Yet I seldom see anyone discuss it and when I do bring it up, no one ever comments.

I try to keep my reef using only natural methods as much as possible, and haven't used any chemical treatments other than H2O2 (and that ended very badly!).

Is there some particular reason no one but me does this? It seems to me to be the cheapest and lowest risk thing you can do, as we all should already have access to RODI. The only drawback I see is that you can't use it immediately adjacent to coral without harming them as well. But I've done it within an inch or two with no adverse effects.

Here's a before and after of an aiptasia I eradicated last week this way after the often touted lemon juice treatment failed.

You can even see that the algae where it was is all gone too. I've used this to great effect to spot treat GHA, and once you do, the CUC go crazy over it. Boiled GHA must be delicious.

But I'm curious as to why this isn't more commonly discussed.

Can you break your process down step by step from boiling the water to actually applying it to the affected area?