weileong Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Need some expert help to confirm if these are Aiptasia. What's the best way of getting rid of them. Quote Weileong's 4ft tank Part I Weileong's 4ft tank Part II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weileong Posted November 15, 2003 Author Share Posted November 15, 2003 another one Quote Weileong's 4ft tank Part I Weileong's 4ft tank Part II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuEl Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Inject with kalkwasser. Quote Always something more important than fish. http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weileong Posted November 15, 2003 Author Share Posted November 15, 2003 Cofirm or not it's Aiptasia, bcos I could see 3 or 4 in my tank. and you said Inject, means use syringe and do injection direction into the aiptasia but they are so small. Or do you meant by lowering the pH ? Quote Weileong's 4ft tank Part I Weileong's 4ft tank Part II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuEl Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Use needle syringe and inject into the darn thing. You lower pH of your water everything else will die..not only your aiptasia Quote Always something more important than fish. http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryz_ Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Buy peppermint shrimp also can rite... peppermint shrimp eat aiptasia one rite... Quote Member of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Tang Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Yup! That's aiptasisa alright. Just use a small syringe, suck up some kalkwasser paste and inject just over the mouth. They will automatically close up and suck in the kalkwasser paste and die almost immediately. Within a minute or two, you can scrap away the shrunken body and suck it out of the tank. Be careful with the kalk paste. Suck up any residue. This operation is best done with zero water circulation as you don't want the paste to go onto any other organisms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dispar_Anthias Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Squash them, smash them, kill them and inject them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Kalk paste don't seem to work for me......yes the shrunk up and seem to disappear but then they return after a month or 2 Don't know about peppermint shrimp but large copperband butterfly are very effective....down side is that after the aiptasia are gone the fish is going to starve unless you can get them to eat other type of food. You cannot put tubeworms together with butterfly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member dradttg Posted November 15, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted November 15, 2003 Need some expert help to confirm if these are Aiptasia. What's the best way of getting rid of them. Why do we need to get rid of this? Will it harm the coral or LS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 When they grow too big.......will sting and irritate your fishes They do sting certain corals.......it a win or lose war It always start with just 1 and they can multiply really really fast and difficuit to kill cause their regenerative power is very strong. And they are ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Tang Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Kalk paste don't seem to work for me......yes the shrunk up and seem to disappear but then they return after a month or 2 Don't know about peppermint shrimp but large copperband butterfly are very effective....down side is that after the aiptasia are gone the fish is going to starve unless you can get them to eat other type of food. You cannot put tubeworms together with butterfly. Morg, The ones killed by kalk paste should be dead. Probably spread from some hidden nook. I know I have one or two which is really hard to reach. Actually, I have not started my anti-aiptasia war... my clams still have the aiptasia on them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member cool water Posted November 15, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted November 15, 2003 aiptasia spp anemones: Add in acopperband butterfly fish. IMO no peppermint shrimp they eat zoanthids also. use boiling water on it if that is a dead rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ai[k²]wan Posted November 16, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted November 16, 2003 peppermints are reef safe aren;'t they Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 How would you define reef safe? If it does not harm corals and other crustecean...then it is If you consider them eating those pesky zoanthids...then it is not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assillian Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 I think butterfly will do a the job but it might nip on some of your soft corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Dong gu Posted November 16, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted November 16, 2003 my peppermint isn't doing it's job well. probably not even doing anything at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 I think butterfly will do a the job but it might nip on some of your soft corals. Yes butterfly fish of the chaetodon species will definately do the job...they will also clear all the hard corals in the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member junyong84 Posted November 16, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted November 16, 2003 how do these kind of stuff exist in the first place... they juz grow from no where?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 You normally bring them back as hitch hiker....on LR, on the clams shell and even corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member nivlac Posted November 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted November 17, 2003 Like what the folks say, use a syringe with a long needle to inject hot chalk paste on them... What I did was slightly different. I mixed the chalk paste with hot water to supersaturate the thing. Then I only used the syringe to suck up the clear part and used that on the pests. Works like a charm. Peppermint shrimp- I haven't seen any for sale in the LFS here before. They usually have the camel-back shrimp only, which look like peppermint. Peppermints don't have camel backs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Tang Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 Yes butterfly fish of the chaetodon species will definately do the job...they will also clear all the hard corals in the process. Copperband too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Copperband is a chelmon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter Joe_P Posted November 18, 2003 SRC Supporter Share Posted November 18, 2003 Like what the folks say, use a syringe with a long needle to inject hot chalk paste on them... What I did was slightly different. I mixed the chalk paste with hot water to supersaturate the thing. Then I only used the syringe to suck up the clear part and used that on the pests. Works like a charm. Peppermint shrimp- I haven't seen any for sale in the LFS here before. They usually have the camel-back shrimp only, which look like peppermint. Peppermints don't have camel backs. There are some peppermint shrimps found in ML .... on whether they take a liking to aiptasia......... I'm also thinking of obtaining a copperband to deal with my currently growing population of aiptasia..... only concern is getting them to start feeding in my reef seems to be a problem.... anyone to help..... with some instructions?? and yes, if i'm getting a copperband, what is a good size to buy?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 You have to get a big copperband or else it may not work....the fish IMO has to be more than 3" before they are able to tackle those big aiptasia. Got my fish from yazid, it cleared away my few aiptasia within a few days. He trained the fish very well....to the extend of being very tame and can be hand feed with shrimps . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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