I have about 4 pieces of nice rock however there is some aptasia i dont want to give anyone unwanted pests so is there something i can do to kill it without injecting it with syringe. Maybe dip the rock in something? Please let me know. Thank you.
What to do with aptasia?..
- Thread starter BrownieKid72
- Start date
- Location
- Long Island
Use aiptasia x, works great imo.
- Location
- Brooklyn
Search the forums.
- Location
- Franklin Lakes, NJ
Place in large skillet with 1 tsp olive oil
Cook on low until lightly browned
Lightly flour and season with salt pepper and paprika
Cook on medium for 2-3 minutes
Serve with lemon
Oh wait, that's tilapia....
Yeah, try kalk or one of the other products out there.
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- Location
- South Hackensack, NJ
I dont know of anyone that once they aptasia pops up has in fact been able to eradicate.
I have read countless pages trying to find the "permanent solution". There is no permanent solution without sort of starting from the beggining, all you can do is stay on top of it so it does not become a plague.
Your options:
Redo your tank, take your fish and put in a new tank. Put the rock in a garbage can in your back yard, leave it out there without water to die then cycle it again, ohhhh and dont forget to dry out your entire system to kill all of the aptasia in tubes, drains, sump, etc...
Waste your time killing one at a time nd be a slave for ever or try introducting a natural predator to do the population control for you. You may have to buy a few different types of predators until you find one that has a taste for aptasia but imo its better than dipping my arm every time I see an aptasia anem.
IMO dont waste your time, start over OR find a natural predator for every 1 aptasia you kill there are already dozens of spores in the tank.
I have read countless pages trying to find the "permanent solution". There is no permanent solution without sort of starting from the beggining, all you can do is stay on top of it so it does not become a plague.
Your options:
Redo your tank, take your fish and put in a new tank. Put the rock in a garbage can in your back yard, leave it out there without water to die then cycle it again, ohhhh and dont forget to dry out your entire system to kill all of the aptasia in tubes, drains, sump, etc...
Waste your time killing one at a time nd be a slave for ever or try introducting a natural predator to do the population control for you. You may have to buy a few different types of predators until you find one that has a taste for aptasia but imo its better than dipping my arm every time I see an aptasia anem.
IMO dont waste your time, start over OR find a natural predator for every 1 aptasia you kill there are already dozens of spores in the tank.
- Location
- Mt Sinai, NY
Hit mine with Kalk paste and they are gone.
- Location
- Rockland County
3 peppermints shrimps for me and have not had a single one since
Nice, was going to do that myself and then I saw some in the sump, some in the pre filter drains and opted not to fight the wet arm battle and threw two file fish in, one eats them the other does not, if this does not work will be using peppermint shrimp next.
- Location
- Rockland County
Only problem with my peppermints is they started nipping at my acans so I leave them in the sump.
burghia nudi thats the only thing that working for me i tried all the other animal no luck they are all hit or miss pep shrimp/file fish/copper band ect i tried all them and they did nothing i have friends that tried some the fish/shrimp and it works so i dont know but the nudis are a sure thing that i am sure of
- Location
- Wheatley Heights, NY (long island)
just got the majano wand and it seems to do a good job.
- Location
- Yonkers, NY
i put 5 peppermint shrimp and my mystery wrasse ate them all so now i have a copperband and it's taking care of business
Any issues with the Majano Wand?
- Location
- Corona
Peppermints work for me too I had 2 of them in my 24 gallon cleaned them up overnight when the lights were out I also had some in my larger tank and they cleaned those up also same day I put them in
I put 2 matted filefish and 3 peppermind shrimp and in 2 weeks I cannot find anymore aptasia.
The matted filefish do an amazing job, those things cruise the rock all day long.
I will probably be keeping one filefish in my sump as a reserve guy bc I cant find the shrimp I threw in the sump.
The matted filefish do an amazing job, those things cruise the rock all day long.
I will probably be keeping one filefish in my sump as a reserve guy bc I cant find the shrimp I threw in the sump.
henrystyle
Bad Mutha Shut Your mouth
- Location
- East Stroudsburg, PA
kill the rock. Overnight fresh water dip. Works everytime if you dont mind killing everything on the rock.. instant dead.
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