arghs....More bad hitchhikers

[nycfatcow]

Wow....i found like 6-8 of those aisptas anemone lookin things on my rock...Gforce just came over and tells me thats the black bubbles on the rocks are also bad hitchhikers.....so i had to take them out to....so for the past hour....ive been doing my tank....for the anemone looking things i sprayed boiling hot water at the anemones...they closed up and as i kept on shooting them they fell off completely...hopefully that gets rid of those... the bubble things i was standing there for 20 mins trying to poke them out one by one not poping it....after i got all the big ones out....i noticed an unreal amount of small tiny bubbles....that just made me gave up...So anyways....are these bubbles bad....? do you think i got rid of the anemones..???

 

[noodleman]

if they fell off completely you got them out. I thought if you pop the bubble algae you release the spores so mroe can grow???? you cna always try a emerald crab to eat the bubbles

 

[nanoreefer22]

If the anemone fell off, I hope it died or they could come back in numbers. Thats why I prefer kalk, you make sure all remnants of the aiptasia are completely covered to die off. Hope it all goes well, bubble algae isnt as bad.

 

[nycfatcow]

yeh im pretty sure i killed it...they first shrink to hide...then the hot water literally burns it off....and with a tooth pick to give it a lil help the whole things kinda just pops off....yeh the buble algae is kinda pissing me off...

 

[samksy]

bake it! bake it! bake it!

 

[inkblue]

fatCow... u make me laugh dude :lol: :yo:

 

[nanoreefer22]

yeh im pretty sure i killed it...they first shrink to hide...then the hot water literally burns it off....and with a tooth pick to give it a lil help the whole things kinda just pops off....yeh the buble algae is kinda pissing me off...

Any little tiny remnants of it that floats around may still be live if it broke of, when that settles...well you know..its a whole new aiptasia .

 

[nycfatcow]

hehe, after i did the whole hot water thing...took a bucket of saltwater and rinsed the crap outta it...so hopefully any remains washed off...thats was another way to ensure it fully came off