Dealing With Aiptasia

[Achilles Tang]

If you have aiptasia anemones in your tank, there are several ways to deal with them.

Under water

1. Administer kalk paste via a syringe straight into their mouths. Within a minute they are shrunken and dead. Use a syringe to suck out the kalk paste/aiptasia remains. (my fav method)

Note: switch off all water circulation. Practice depressing the syringe... you only want to deposit a tiny blob, not the entire content. And you want to push kalk paste straight into the aiptasia's mouth... not air bubbles!!! If they close up, putting kalk over their body won't be as effective as the aiptasia ingesting kalk as it retracts into the rock.

2. Use a syringe with needle, jab their bodies and inject boiling water (not practical).

3. Use epoxy to trap them inside their nooks and crannies in the LR.

Above water

1. Take out the rock if possible and dry them in the sun. (Morgan's fav method)

2. Take the rock out and use a mini blow torch to burn them. (my alternative method).

[Achilles Tang]

kalk paste is just some kalkwasser powder and a bit of water, enough to form a thick paste.

Warning: harmful caustic properties so avoid skin contact.

[bum]

2. Take the rock out and use a mini blow torch to burn them. (my alternative method).

my favourite method,

too bad i always find my aiptasia on my clam shells

[Achilles Tang]

You'll have cooked clams if you use this method!

[Tanzy]

Yummm....

[SpiderOne]

i wish i had aptasia so i could burn them off. does this burn method work on mushrooms ?

[Tanzy]

Yes! Kill them all!

[Achilles Tang]

You can burn just about anything you want, spidey...

[bum]

they work great on spiders

[SpiderOne]

my god.. why wasnt i informed of this extremely fun method of removing mushrooms!! i have had to use my fingernails to dig them off the rock and leave half the mushroom on the rock which will stink water majorly in the next 2 hours. now i just live with the damn mushrooms

[Achilles Tang]

Because you are a lowly apprentice who can barely lift up a sand grain with that mind of yours.

[SpiderOne]

the power of my mind is only unleashed under intense intoxication. It is a built in safety measure when the unholy one created me . to prevent the power of my mind from wreaking havoc on this virgin earth.. that has not known the likes of me.

[Achilles Tang]

Believe me, I have seen your dark powers unleashed that night, and it wasn't a pretty sight!

[ah_d3x]

got picture of aiptasia? hm.... ah...hm.... wats the kalk u r talking about?

[reeff]

why don't u just give me the whole rock with the mushrooms , huh spidey

spare the trouble and spare their lives

[SpiderOne]

Believe me, I have seen your dark powers unleashed that night, and it wasn't a pretty sight!

it wasnt?? awww... the waitress did look like sammi cheng !! . i need to go back there and stay sober this time. i totally cant remember a thing

[bum]

well...

you always have the pics to remind you

does this jog your memory?

[SpiderOne]

Oh man now i remember. u took all the proper cups and gave them to tanzy to hide so i would drink from the ladies glass.

how immature

[jsoon]

Hi,

I think I saw an aiptasia clingling to the wall of my tank about 5mm big. It look like a starfish and move pretty fast and within half an hour, it crawl into on of the LR. After reading this thread, I think I ID it wrong.

How do we spot aiptasia again and lure them out ?

[SpiderOne]

Best if u have pic. u say it move pretty fast.. but it takes half hour to climb onto LR?? it doesnt look lie a starfish. its an anemone u dont have to lure it out.. it just stays in one place where it can be seen.

[FuEl]

Some anemones are evil. BEWARE!

[newdamsel]

Hi,

I think I saw an aiptasia clingling to the wall of my tank about 5mm big. It look like a starfish and move pretty fast and within half an hour, it crawl into on of the LR. After reading this thread, I think I ID it wrong.

How do we spot aiptasia again and lure them out ?

That should be a britttle star that you are talking about... aiptasia doesnt move~! Brittle stars are actually good for your tank.

[jsoon]

OK...will try to spot on and take photo. Thanks for the info.

[euphoria]

Hi AT...i think i found one on my Bubble's rock. Transparent, and open and close (retreats into the rock)

If i use the kalk paste..will it harm my Bubble?

[Dispar_Anthias]

got picture of aiptasia? hm.... ah...hm.... wats the kalk u r talking about?

Eh go to t9* or re** wor** or any farms which uses plastic tub to place their coral for sale...... And look at the very top corner or each tub near the surface or the water and you will find jelly like thingy which is transparent and has long tentacle and that is aiptasia