injecting aiptasia ????

[Anonymous]

ive got 5 big ones, so i figured i'd start with one and see how it went.
i tried injecting it with hot kalk i warmed up in the microwave,
and it split. now ive got 6.
how much should i inject into each anenome? these are pretty big, 1 1/2 - 2" disc.

 

[Len]

Is the kalkwasser solution you're added a slurry paste? I've found the only way to kill them with kalkwasser was to use boiling kalk paste. The paste kinda sits there after you inject it. I inject a good 2-3 cc's per aiptasia.

You can also try NaOH (lye). It's not toxic if it's pure NaOH and it works better then kalk.

 

[Anonymous]

I've heard just boiling water works fine too... - I've got a few to fry myself, so I'll let ya know how it works for me. (Once I can find a needle end for my syringe..) :?

 

[Anonymous]

the needle i have i think is too small diameter for
getting paste through it. it clogs up at the tip when trying to
draw the solution in. i think i'll try boiling water with the thickest
kalk mix i can pull in.
grateful - i picked one up at a walgreens for a quarter. just told them what
i was using it for. they said they sell them all the time, people
use them for glueing models and things like that.

 

[sstephen]

One of the suckers just appeared out of my curing live rock over the weekend, and now the wife won't let me get rid of it! I told her if it moves, it's dead.

 

[texman]

Forget your wife sstephen - kill it now, or you will be sorry. KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL! I use a piece of IV tubing attached to a 30cc syringe - borrowed it from the hospital - and take about 5 tbsp of kalk powder and mix with about twice as much water, boil it, and drop down on top of the offensive little beast forming a small mound above where it used to be. Usually it works, but sometimes the sneaky little critter escapes and re-emerges a few days later. I then hit him again! KILL ALL APTAISIA!!!!

 

[liquid]

From Len's website: http://www.reefscapes.net/articles/bree ... ntrol.html



Shane

 

[texman]

That is an excellent description of how to kill aptasia, but I have had trouble finding any 2N NaOH from any online or mail order supplier. I do not have any local chemical supply companies. Does anyone out there know where to get some NaOH?

 

[liquid]

Red Devil lye. It's available from your local hardware / grocery store. It should be in the cleaning section. It's 100% NaOH and you'll have to dissolve it in water per the link above.

Shane

 

[Glenn UK]

FWIW

i had a aptaisia on a bit of lr and injected vinegar into it. Killed it with a single dose. the advantage is that with a small syringe and a fine needle you can dose the aptaisia easily into the body of it.

I have some manjano anenomes which may go the same way if they become trobulesome.

HTH

Glenn

 

[Anonymous]

i had an old bottle of aragamilk laying around and i figured
i'd give that a try. i had to dilute it with a little water to get
it to draw in the needle.
it liquified the aiptasia almost instantly.
maybe there is a use for this stuff.

 

[sstephen]

That's an excellent method. I'll keep it handy for when the wife isn't looking. :wink:

 

[DontYouJustWish]

Stephen ... Kill it ...dont wait or you'll be sorry

 

[Len]

Glenn,

 

[sstephen]

I just tried the NaOH method last night and it seemed to work. I haven't seen any sign of the anenome yet, but it may be a little early to declare victory. One piece of advice to anyone else who might attempt this: don't apply more than few drops (like 3) at the most of this stuff. As the article warns, the reaction will create a solid that settles around the anenome. You can say goodbye to anything that touches. I saw at least one amphipod that wasn't very lucky. After letting it settle for a few seconds around the hole the anenome was in, I stirred the water with my hand (I was wearing new rubber gloves) to try to get it dissolved and less concentrated. I was a little nervous about some of the stuff coming into contact with other inhabitants before it fully dissolved.

Scott