I have aptasia! eek!

[Damsel13]

I came in on some macroalgae that I didn't get out fast enough. It attached to a rock that has LOTS of zoa's and orange sponge on. I actually boiled the bottom of the rock where the aiptasia lives. Didn't make a dent. It seems to like it's new home. I am wondering can I get a syringe with a needle and inject it? Is that better than just squirting stuff in its mouth? This one's going to stay unless I take drastic measures. I already stuck my rock in boiling water...didn't even phase the anemone. GRRRRRr

 

[colin779]

I have heard of people having mixed results, but i bought a peppermint shrimp for my 20 gallon tank. It took a few days for the shrimp to get used to its new surroundings but after the 3rd or 4th day all the aiptasia in my tank was gone.

 

[CarlaW]

Peppermint shrimp are sometimes hit and miss, good old Kalk paste will nuke the crap out of them!

 

[brady816]

i put 5 pepperment shrimp in my 55 gal tank and there all gone..

 

[Damsel13]

sent you a pm charlie.
I like the sound of nuke the crap out of them. I have two.

 

[CarlaW]

sent you a pm charlie.
I like the sound of nuke the crap out of them. I have two.

Gotcha Deb.

 

[Reefergeorge]

No luck with peppermint shrimp here. Joe's juice is the way to go.

 

[mmkeeper]

How goes your battle. i had a couple and used kalk paste and they were gone in a flash.

 

[Almondsaz]

I used Joe's juice in the beginning, but got lucky with a couple of peppermint shrimp. I agree that they are hit and miss. I have had a couple that didn't go near it. I would be concerned that the rock you "parboiled" might get some adverse effects...especially with zoa's and a sponge on it.

 

[Damsel13]

It didn't kill anything. I have to see if my lfs will give me or sell me a little kalk. I don't need a big container as I don't drip kalkwater.

 

[krisfal]

Deb,
Another way to get rid of these is to get a syringe full of boiling water and squirt it directly into its mouth. Just be careful that you do not hit anything else with the boiling water! I hit a tip of an acropora once ( I was focused on the anenome and didn't notice how close I was to the coral), it lost some flesh and took a few weeks to heal. I found this method worked pretty good as long as the water was plenty hot, the first one or two I would hit with each syringe full would not come back. I prefer Joe's juice because you have more time (the boiling water cools pretty quickly in the tank) to zap them all and it seems to be pretty reliable.

 

[tike]

Mrs Wages pickling lime is what most people use to make their kalk water. it is pretty cheap as you can see HERE.