Aptasia???

[mjslaugh]

Well I just got done looking at the pics in the hitchickers thread, looking for what I see growing on one of my LR in my tank. The closest thing to it is the pic of aptasia, is this something bad?? I had one person tell me that I don't want it so if that is the case what should I do about it??

 

[mjslaugh]

Whoops for got the pics. the first one is the highlighted item in question I know its hard to see but it is small like the size of a pencisl lead. and the second is my tank now that I reoganized the rock and got the rest of it in there.

 

[eliterecon14]

pretty much you kill it by
natural: klein's butterflyfish
peppermint shrimp
manual: injecting with joe's juice
lemon juice injection

 

[mjslaugh]

I would like to use peppermint shrimp, I want to add them eventually anyway, but I was told that since my tank has only been going for a week and a half I need to wait 2 months before it can handle crabs or shrimp, is that right??

 

[DonW]

Boiling water will get them fine. Do it before they start spreading and take over your tank and eat your children.

Don

 

[mjslaugh]

And what exactly does that do, and how do I do it??

 

[DonW]

Boiling water shot from a syringe or turkey baster will kill them.

Don

 

[Shaunalynna]

Peppermint shrimp and a klines butterfly! I found my klines to do a better job for me though. I don't think my peppermints worked anything if at all!

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

...Do it before they start spreading and take over your tank and eat your children.

Don

:lol:

And you don't want that to happen because you've got a pretty cute kid! (Assuming that's your kid in your avatar picture!)

Whatever you do, do NOT try to manually remove it with a knife, screwdriver, corkscrew, etc. You'll only manage to shred it into bits that will float to the unreachable parts of your tank only to grow new little buggers.

Spackeling them over with a paste made of kalkwasser and saltwater will do them in also.