johnmariados Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Read somewhere, (here I think), that you can squirt lemon juice with a syringe to kill aiptasia. Concerns include pH swing, so do google it, HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member tropic Posted December 12, 2012 SRC Member Share Posted December 12, 2012 What grade sand is that? Grade0? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiraltian Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Nice minimalist style of scape. Quote Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture. Lightings : Ecotech Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank. Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil. Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer. FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos. CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor. BPR: Marine Source Biopellet Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump. Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M Sine Wave Pump for Frag Tank. Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eniram Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Aptasia in rocks my advice is to throw or suntan e rocks till bone dry. Suntanning your rocks dry will kill almost every living creature but for sure you'll have a peaceful sleep as crabs, bristle worms and whatever dreaded pest will be killed. No point using aptasia juice killer as upon contact they will shrink and hide. Also if the first shot of death juice ain't done properly you'll only aggravate it further and you might soon be a proud father of baby aptasia. Happy reefing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soong Yu Juan Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 What grade sand is that? Grade0? Yup.. its dry oolite sand from madpetz. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soong Yu Juan Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Aptasia in rocks my advice is to throw or suntan e rocks till bone dry. Suntanning your rocks dry will kill almost every living creature but for sure you'll have a peaceful sleep as crabs, bristle worms and whatever dreaded pest will be killed. No point using aptasia juice killer as upon contact they will shrink and hide. Also if the first shot of death juice ain't done properly you'll only aggravate it further and you might soon be a proud father of baby aptasia. Happy reefing After spending to buy live rock, cannot bear to kill it.. was thinking of peppermint shrimps... yeah, actually kinda in a dilemma. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eniram Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Peppermint shrimp is not a 100% aptasia killer. You do know that dead rocks can be alive again over time. As for crabs you can make a trap using bait and essence of chicken bottle. 99.99% effective. That 1% failure is when cleaner shrimps beat them to it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamomatt Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I just mix kalk with water till it is a thick white paste, draw with a syringe and cover the mouth of the aiptasia. Works just like Joe's juice/aiptasia X except much cheaper. But they can never be truly eradicated As there will be small ones hiding somewhere and growing in the tank. I've done this for years and killed hundreds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiraltian Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Can try copperband butterfly, they feed on aiptasia too. Quote Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture. Lightings : Ecotech Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank. Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil. Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer. FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos. CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor. BPR: Marine Source Biopellet Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump. Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M Sine Wave Pump for Frag Tank. Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member jxlex Posted December 13, 2012 SRC Member Share Posted December 13, 2012 I believe bro fuel brings in a variant of nudibranch that feeds exclusively on aiptisia.. Exclusive is a strong word meaning if no more aiptsia these nudi will also starve to death Quote :: just a noob :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushAct Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 hi bro, just dry the rocks.. it will save you a lot of trouble in future. IMHO the number of rock inside your tank is very little so there isnt much biological filter the LR can provide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soong Yu Juan Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 hi bro, just dry the rocks.. it will save you a lot of trouble in future. IMHO the number of rock inside your tank is very little so there isnt much biological filter the LR can provide. your presuasive argument drove me into action, i'm sunning the future zoas island now, hope the apitase has not spread to the other rocks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROX Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Peppermint will eat all your aiptasia after few days of introduction. However, mine decided to go overboard and eat acans after the only single aiptasia got munch down completely.. On top of that, they also pick on my radioactive birdnest. I guess if you don't have enough food for them, they will go and eat something else. Your tank is pretty shallow so no harm giving it a try. After all, you can easily remove them later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soong Yu Juan Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 sorry to hear that your peppermint went rogue, hope the damage was minimal. anyway i nuked the affected rocks... sundried and boil them in water. Kinda sad to see the reddish rocks turn bone white/dirty olive. Dont think i can stock fish until next year. For the moment, letting the pod population build up as i planned my 1st fish to be a mandarin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member zorden Posted December 29, 2012 SRC Member Share Posted December 29, 2012 Its good to bake rocks. I sun dried mine to get rid of mantis and other unwanted stuff. Quote I am just an average FR (fish reefing) writer. If you like my FRs, please upz my points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soong Yu Juan Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 Just some updates before i clean up the algea on my glass walls and post pics... I want to highly recommand Reefpods tisbe copepods. I wanted to build up my pods population before getting mandarin fishes and i happen to chance upon a new shipment of reefpods products brought in around mid dec. Before adding the tisbe pods, the existing pods were all the crawling types. But the tisbe are very active free swimming type... makes me so happy to see so much life in the water. After adding a young green mandarin and a young spotted mandarin, the pair absolutely decimated the pod population within a few days. Lucky i managed to get them to eat frozen daphnia by polluting my tank with loads of frozen daphnia, brine and mysis everyday. Hope they catch on to the mysis soon. They have been alive for 3 weeks now and i see them shit alot of thick black stuff so i think they will live.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ryanlio Posted January 15, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted January 15, 2013 Cool.. did the tisbe pods multiply in your sump? Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soong Yu Juan Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 Yup, i do see them in my sump. There is a course filter between sump and return pump to trap broken cheato. Hopefully some pods do get pumped back to the main tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member james72 Posted January 17, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted January 17, 2013 Where you get the reefpods tushes? Quote Cheers, James Reviving my reef tank : Crystal glass 53" x 22" x 17" rimless (inclusive of 12"x22"x17" IOS) Life Reef HVS3-24 with mazzei venturi ATI Sunpower 8 x 39w T5 (4 x Blue plus, 2 x Aqua blue special, Coral plus) ZET Light 3 x 3w LEDs moonlight Arctica 1/3 Hp + 1/4 Hp back up Vortech mp40w x 3 + Jebao wp25 Eheim 1264 x 3 + water blaster 5000 Vortech back up battery TLF-150 + Rowaphos Activated carbon Kamoer 3 channel + CaCl2 + NaHCo3 150L Refugium with DSB, miracle mud, cheato 2ft T5 x 2 light tubes for refugium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member james72 Posted January 17, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted January 17, 2013 Where you get the reefpods tisbe? Quote Cheers, James Reviving my reef tank : Crystal glass 53" x 22" x 17" rimless (inclusive of 12"x22"x17" IOS) Life Reef HVS3-24 with mazzei venturi ATI Sunpower 8 x 39w T5 (4 x Blue plus, 2 x Aqua blue special, Coral plus) ZET Light 3 x 3w LEDs moonlight Arctica 1/3 Hp + 1/4 Hp back up Vortech mp40w x 3 + Jebao wp25 Eheim 1264 x 3 + water blaster 5000 Vortech back up battery TLF-150 + Rowaphos Activated carbon Kamoer 3 channel + CaCl2 + NaHCo3 150L Refugium with DSB, miracle mud, cheato 2ft T5 x 2 light tubes for refugium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soong Yu Juan Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 from one of the sponsors Aquafuana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soong Yu Juan Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 some pics. Sorry, the tank is still very bare, i'm adding corals and fish at a rate of 1 per week... mangroves from Boss Thairun, thanks bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoVan Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 nice lights. where did you get them bro? Quote Happy Reefing, Marc J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soong Yu Juan Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 bulbs from rapidled about 110? each once converted from usd. fixtures from Ikea, 19.90 each. sorry, something went wrong.. cannot upload any more pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiraltian Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Stocking slowly is the right thing to do. Quote Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture. Lightings : Ecotech Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank. Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil. Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer. FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos. CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor. BPR: Marine Source Biopellet Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump. Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M Sine Wave Pump for Frag Tank. Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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