aptasia, can i take rock out to kill it?

2mandrians · 07/13/2009, 06:40 PM

Can i just take the rock out that its on an somehow kill it? I was thinking about returning the rock to get a different one. Or should i just buy aptasia x. I just dont want an aptasia problem after few weeks they are steadily getting a little bigger, but still kinda small. hmmm. suggestions?

20g reef tank

lmsmith · 07/13/2009, 06:43 PM

inject the foot with boiling water, then scrape it off.

RWITT · 07/13/2009, 07:19 PM

i had one that would keep withdrawing into the rock couldn't get to it. Took out the rock poured some vinegar directly on it never saw it again

lmsmith · 07/13/2009, 07:23 PM

I use a needle, and I haven't found one I couldn't kill. You actually have to pierce the nem though.

Sisterlimonpot · 07/13/2009, 07:32 PM

about 2 weeks ago someone posted a video of them removing the rock and hitting them with a propane torch to kill them. I guess I would do that too if I didn't have everything aquascaped already.

However I too inject with boiling hot water. Seems to work the best for me.

Toddrtrex · 07/13/2009, 08:11 PM

I just take the syringe and "pointed end" from a used up test kit (( see picture below )), and fill it up with some Kalk paste and inject the aptasia/its hole. For me, 95% of the time I only have to do it once.

spamreefnew · 07/13/2009, 08:14 PM

you have to make sure you kill it dead,,or let it be,,because they will divide if mutilated. for me i have found it best to let them be and try to make sure they dont get any food. that method caused the few in my main display to either die or move to the sump

nosecondz · 07/13/2009, 09:10 PM

have fast will they divide, i tried to scrape one off a rock and it ended up mutilating it! am i in trouble.

2mandrians · 07/13/2009, 09:13 PM

hmmm, thankyou very much.

Flipper62 · 07/13/2009, 11:12 PM

I have used both........they seem to work almost everytime. Once in a while I have to give a 2nd squirt.

jvannucc · 07/13/2009, 11:19 PM

If you can see the specific aptasia you want to kill, burn it.

If I can easily remove the rock that has aptasia on it I burn it using a lighter.

Rinse it off under the tap real quick to remove any char, and plop it back in the tank. I read this technique a long time ago on a forum similar to this, and have never had any ill effects in the past 8 years of doing it.

When you have a big tank with established rock you need to use some of the white chemical stuff, but if you can easily take the rock out of the water, the cheap and effective way to combat aptasia is the ancient method of searing it clean.

Sisterlimonpot · 07/13/2009, 11:27 PM

this was posted by reefski a couple weeks back:

Flipper62 · 07/13/2009, 11:54 PM

Aptasia always reminds me of Don King.........LOL

singold · 07/14/2009, 12:16 AM

+1 Flipper62

Sisterlimonpot · 07/14/2009, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Flipper62
Aptasia always reminds me of Don King.........LOL

deja vu

Flipper62 · 07/14/2009, 12:24 AM

Sister...???

Sisterlimonpot · 07/14/2009, 01:11 AM

I swear I saw that somewhere else.... and if memory serves me correctly I think you posted it

I remember laughing so hard that I blew soda through my nose...

07/13/2009, 06:40 PM	#1
2mandrians Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: yuba city CA Posts: 28	aptasia, can i take rock out to kill it? Can i just take the rock out that its on an somehow kill it? I was thinking about returning the rock to get a different one. Or should i just buy aptasia x. I just dont want an aptasia problem after few weeks they are steadily getting a little bigger, but still kinda small. hmmm. suggestions? 20g reef tank

07/13/2009, 07:32 PM	#5
Sisterlimonpot R.C. Fraternity President Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Litchfeild Park AZ Posts: 11,490 Blog Entries: 2	about 2 weeks ago someone posted a video of them removing the rock and hitting them with a propane torch to kill them. I guess I would do that too if I didn't have everything aquascaped already. However I too inject with boiling hot water. Seems to work the best for me. __________________ Jimmy MASVC President Dishes are done man! Current Tank Info: 300 in progress

07/13/2009, 08:11 PM	#6
Toddrtrex Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 23,162	I just take the syringe and "pointed end" from a used up test kit (( see picture below )), and fill it up with some Kalk paste and inject the aptasia/its hole. For me, 95% of the time I only have to do it once. __________________ Click my name and then "visit toddrtrex's homepage" for tank pictures Current Tank Info: 210g reef and 65g reef

07/13/2009, 09:10 PM	#8
nosecondz Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 74	have fast will they divide, i tried to scrape one off a rock and it ended up mutilating it! am i in trouble. __________________ Go Ravens!!! Current Tank Info: 29G,10G sump, 4x24 t5.

07/13/2009, 11:12 PM	#10
Flipper62 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Naperville, Il. Business Owner, President & CEO Posts: 3,045	I have used both........they seem to work almost everytime. Once in a while I have to give a 2nd squirt. __________________ If todays automobile had followed the same development as the computer, A Rolls Royce would cost $100.00. It would get a million miles per gallon, but it would explode once a year killing everyone inside." Current Tanks... 90 gal Reef... My awesome Office BioCube....( 180 was on hold ..no time ) ... The 180 gal has been sold...Yay..yay..yay. Hobby Experience: 19 years Reef...22 years FW

07/13/2009, 06:43 PM	#2
lmsmith Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 323	inject the foot with boiling water, then scrape it off.

07/13/2009, 07:19 PM	#3
RWITT Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Fl Keys Posts: 47	i had one that would keep withdrawing into the rock couldn't get to it. Took out the rock poured some vinegar directly on it never saw it again

07/13/2009, 07:23 PM	#4
lmsmith Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 323	I use a needle, and I haven't found one I couldn't kill. You actually have to pierce the nem though.

07/13/2009, 08:14 PM	#7
spamreefnew Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: rhodeisland Posts: 1,491	you have to make sure you kill it dead,,or let it be,,because they will divide if mutilated. for me i have found it best to let them be and try to make sure they dont get any food. that method caused the few in my main display to either die or move to the sump

07/13/2009, 09:13 PM	#9
2mandrians Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: yuba city CA Posts: 28	hmmm, thankyou very much.

07/13/2009, 11:19 PM	#11
jvannucc Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 19	If you can see the specific aptasia you want to kill, burn it. If I can easily remove the rock that has aptasia on it I burn it using a lighter. Rinse it off under the tap real quick to remove any char, and plop it back in the tank. I read this technique a long time ago on a forum similar to this, and have never had any ill effects in the past 8 years of doing it. When you have a big tank with established rock you need to use some of the white chemical stuff, but if you can easily take the rock out of the water, the cheap and effective way to combat aptasia is the ancient method of searing it clean.

07/13/2009, 11:27 PM	#12
Sisterlimonpot R.C. Fraternity President Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Litchfeild Park AZ Posts: 11,490 Blog Entries: 2	this was posted by reefski a couple weeks back: __________________ Jimmy MASVC President Dishes are done man! Current Tank Info: 300 in progress

07/13/2009, 11:54 PM	#13
Flipper62 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Naperville, Il. Business Owner, President & CEO Posts: 3,045	Aptasia always reminds me of Don King.........LOL __________________ If todays automobile had followed the same development as the computer, A Rolls Royce would cost $100.00. It would get a million miles per gallon, but it would explode once a year killing everyone inside." Current Tanks... 90 gal Reef... My awesome Office BioCube....( 180 was on hold ..no time ) ... The 180 gal has been sold...Yay..yay..yay. Hobby Experience: 19 years Reef...22 years FW

07/14/2009, 12:16 AM	#14
singold Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lake Saint Louis, Missouri Posts: 1,827	+1 Flipper62 __________________ "If there is no wind.....row." Current Tank Info: 75gal Reef w/29gal Refugium

07/14/2009, 12:24 AM	#16
Flipper62 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Naperville, Il. Business Owner, President & CEO Posts: 3,045	Sister...??? __________________ If todays automobile had followed the same development as the computer, A Rolls Royce would cost $100.00. It would get a million miles per gallon, but it would explode once a year killing everyone inside." Current Tanks... 90 gal Reef... My awesome Office BioCube....( 180 was on hold ..no time ) ... The 180 gal has been sold...Yay..yay..yay. Hobby Experience: 19 years Reef...22 years FW

07/14/2009, 01:11 AM	#17
Sisterlimonpot R.C. Fraternity President Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Litchfeild Park AZ Posts: 11,490 Blog Entries: 2	I swear I saw that somewhere else.... and if memory serves me correctly I think you posted it I remember laughing so hard that I blew soda through my nose... __________________ Jimmy MASVC President Dishes are done man! Current Tank Info: 300 in progress