help - killing pest in live rocks

[dnsfpl]

is there any way(other than manual remove) to kill pest(aptasia, fire worms, large bristle worms) in live rocks without hurting other organism?

thanks a million

[yikai]

is there any way(other than manual remove) to kill pest(aptasia, fire worms, large bristle worms) in live rocks without hurting other organism?

thanks a million

Aiptasia, inject lemon juice. I heard it works. Personally, my tank no aiptasia.... dunno why. Bristle worms are good. Dont remove them... they eat uneaten food and dead fish. Unless its a eunicid bristleworm. those eat sleeping fishes. Fire woms.... u might need to manually remove them. I dunno how to remove them. Perhaps soaking the rock in freshwater to kill it. But then alot of things will start to crawl/run out. Some will not make it though, and u risk killing good organisms

[Kalib]

Read before that leaving the rock in a covered(to make sure its dark) pail of tank water overnight, it'll encourage the critters in the liverock to come out. Don't know if it'll work though as I've never tried.

If you know which hole the worm is hiding in, you can inject freshwater or concentrated kalkwasser into that hole to try to flush it out. It may kill the worm too, this would minimize the loss of organisms on the rock.