The Joys and Sorrows of Trading!

[jhale]

Originally posted by solbby:
Good links Dean! THANKS!

who is faster Dean or google?

 

[nanoreefer22]

Dean for sure.!!!!!

 

[Missy Johnson]

When I was new to reefkeeping I found an aiptasia in my tank. I handfed it (GASP!) thinking it was a baby anemone. 2 years later now that Hits and I have combined our tanks, we had a horrible infestation. Oh yeah, I did the same thing with mojanos - the guy i bought them off of said they were 'button polyps' and who was I to know...poor hits had neither in his tank and now has both. We've gotten rid of the aiptasia - through kalking and a gorgeous copper banded butterfly. The mojanos are still a problem but we don't mind them too much. They don't grow that big...does anyone know anything that will eat them?

 

[jhale]

a syringe full of kalk should take care of them.

try feeding them slecon first to get them to open up, then hit them with the kalk.

 

[Deanos]

Originally posted by jhale:
try feeding them slecon first to get them to open up, then hit them with the kalk.

LMAO...like a death-row inmate's last meal...LOL

 

[jhale]

I got that tip from Rich Durso on RC.

 

[House of Laughter]

Missy,

A wire brush, 2 months dry, 3 months in water with actinic supplement, skimmer, heater and 3 peppermint shrimp - don't feed them.

Worked for me and the 175lbs of rock I bought from Vic

House

 

[Missy Johnson]

House - unfortunately almost all of the rocks have softies and SPS growing on them - so taking them out of the tank is out of the question.

Jon - i've been kalking them, but they don't take to it as well as aiptasia does, i will try the selcon trick

 

[House of Laughter]

Missy,

I have heard of guys making a kalk paste and covering the bast**d then letting the kalk melt away - have you tried that?

House

 

[Missy Johnson]

No, I will run that by hits and we'll give it a try. (He gets nervous when I do anything in the tank without prior approval!) Thanks!

 

[212jay]

I have used the kalk paste and it works. The little SOB's are gone.
Jay

 

[nanoreefer22]

How do you make kalk paste? I now have aiptasia. Wanna kill them before they get out of hand.

-Kris

 

[Deanos]

Kalk paste

 

[nanoreefer22]

Thanks Dean! Thats what I'm doing tmrw.

 

[jhale]

^^ for a good topic.

 

[alrha]

luckily i never got any diseases from any of my trades, but i would think it to only be fair for someone making a trade to be honest and admit if he has anything. it is possible that some people dont even know they have a problem, so its always best to let the person know if you got a disease from them. the only problem i ever had was a trade in which there was some algae on the rock. I had non in my tank and figured it would just die off, well actually the opposite happened and it spread further causing me much additional hassle. but that was my fault, not the person i traded with.

 

[spykes]

are limpets considered a pest? and what about the Astroidea stars? are these hitchhikers harmless or not, i been reading mixed feedback on these two for a while.

 

[marrone]

I had a limpet in my tank, start out about the size of a grain of sand and grow to the size of a 1/2 dollar. Never did anything to my corals and would just eat the algae growing on the rocks. I lost it when I upgrade the tank.

I'm looking for one, so if anyone has one that they want to get rid of let me know.

 

[spykes]

i have alot of tiny limpets, the thing is i heard they scratch acrylic and some eat acros. i have no idea what is good or bad.