Different question re adding rock

cuttle killer · 04/01/2007, 02:53 PM

Hi, this is my 1st post.

i have a 180 gal fish/reef saltwater aquarium & also a nano cube aquarium. Im ditching the nano, but there is a fair bit of rock in there im considering adding to the 180 tank.

The nano also got overtaken by bristol worms & Aiptasia.

Question.

If i sit the rocks in the sun for say 1 month. Then add them to the 180 gal tank, Is it possible that any traces of bristol worms OR Aiptasia or any seeds of any kind will have survived?? Are they more likely to preffer this rock now that theres been a greater history with them?

thank you

Dr4g0nf1y · 04/01/2007, 03:52 PM

I'm sure you'll kill anything alive in those rocks if you do that. The bristle worms really aren't a problem. It's the aiptasia I'd worry about. Is there any visible aiptasia left on the rocks? If not I'd just toss it in. The bacteria and life forms are more beneficial than "Dead" rock.

dc_909 · 04/01/2007, 04:03 PM

I believe things will still survive. If you want to kill everything on the rock, you are better off boiling it and then sitting in the sun.

I would add a pep to the nano and let him eat the aiptasia prior to moving into new tank.

cuttle killer · 04/05/2007, 09:49 PM

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Originally posted by Dr4g0nf1y
I'm sure you'll kill anything alive in those rocks if you do that.

Thats what im hearing. Iv purchased 5 feeder shrimp not the camelback ones but the ones that are supposed to eat the aiptasia, but so far i dont see a big change. Also ive used alot of joes juice, but they just keep showing up.

However the 180 gall as never had a problem for the year that ive had it. And theres a large amount of rock in there. i just dont want to spread the aiptasia.

So saying that, if the rock from the nano were place in the sump of the 180. Would aiptasia and bristle worms be able to spread by traveling through the water and into the main aquarium??

serum153 · 04/05/2007, 10:42 PM

Get a baby medicine syringe and then put a mug of water in the microwave for 2 min. fill the syringe up and approach that pesty glass anenome and push hard and shoot it with hot water. I did that to one of my rocks covered with at least 10 aiptasia that were at least 1 - 3" tall. I tried that after joes juice, aiptasia stop, and 3 pep shrimps.

marduc · 04/05/2007, 11:29 PM

If you don't want to spread the aiptasia, don't put the rock from your nano into the 180 at all IMO, it is just not worth the risk.

Even if you cannot see any on the rock that does'nt mean they won't be back, the only way to be certain that you kill the aiptasia is to also kill EVERYTHING else on the rock.. methods such as boiling for a few hours, exposing to nuclear waste, or dropping into a pool liquid nitrogen come to mind here

cuttle killer · 04/05/2007, 11:58 PM

no kidding

but,

but what if i dump these rock into the sump tank. "Would aiptasia and bristle worms be able to spread by traveling through the water and into the aquarium??"

Tony44 · 04/06/2007, 12:48 AM

What is so bad about the aptasia?

cuttle killer · 04/06/2007, 01:15 AM

um...

besides growing everywhere, taking over the tank, eating the food i put in the tank, and stinging the bejesis out of my seahorses and anything else in there way, nothin really.

i guess youve not experiences a hostile takeover.

cuttle killer · 04/06/2007, 01:17 AM

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Originally posted by cuttle killer
no kidding but,

but what if i dump these rock into the sump tank. "Would aiptasia and bristle worms be able to spread by traveling through the water and into the aquarium??"

04/01/2007, 02:53 PM	#1
cuttle killer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 19	Different question re adding rock Hi, this is my 1st post. i have a 180 gal fish/reef saltwater aquarium & also a nano cube aquarium. Im ditching the nano, but there is a fair bit of rock in there im considering adding to the 180 tank. The nano also got overtaken by bristol worms & Aiptasia. Question. If i sit the rocks in the sun for say 1 month. Then add them to the 180 gal tank, Is it possible that any traces of bristol worms OR Aiptasia or any seeds of any kind will have survived?? Are they more likely to preffer this rock now that theres been a greater history with them? thank you

04/01/2007, 03:52 PM	#2
Dr4g0nf1y Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Shavertown, PA Posts: 692	I'm sure you'll kill anything alive in those rocks if you do that. The bristle worms really aren't a problem. It's the aiptasia I'd worry about. Is there any visible aiptasia left on the rocks? If not I'd just toss it in. The bacteria and life forms are more beneficial than "Dead" rock.

04/01/2007, 04:03 PM	#3
dc_909 Moved On Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Murrieta, CA Posts: 3,260	I believe things will still survive. If you want to kill everything on the rock, you are better off boiling it and then sitting in the sun. I would add a pep to the nano and let him eat the aiptasia prior to moving into new tank.

04/05/2007, 10:42 PM	#5
serum153 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Reno Posts: 584	Get a baby medicine syringe and then put a mug of water in the microwave for 2 min. fill the syringe up and approach that pesty glass anenome and push hard and shoot it with hot water. I did that to one of my rocks covered with at least 10 aiptasia that were at least 1 - 3" tall. I tried that after joes juice, aiptasia stop, and 3 pep shrimps.

04/05/2007, 11:29 PM	#6
marduc Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Tampa, Fl. Posts: 780	If you don't want to spread the aiptasia, don't put the rock from your nano into the 180 at all IMO, it is just not worth the risk. Even if you cannot see any on the rock that does'nt mean they won't be back, the only way to be certain that you kill the aiptasia is to also kill EVERYTHING else on the rock.. methods such as boiling for a few hours, exposing to nuclear waste, or dropping into a pool liquid nitrogen come to mind here

04/05/2007, 11:58 PM	#7
cuttle killer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 19	no kidding but, but what if i dump these rock into the sump tank. "Would aiptasia and bristle worms be able to spread by traveling through the water and into the aquarium??"

04/06/2007, 12:48 AM	#8
Tony44 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lantana, FL Posts: 778	What is so bad about the aptasia?

04/06/2007, 01:15 AM	#9
cuttle killer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 19	um... besides growing everywhere, taking over the tank, eating the food i put in the tank, and stinging the bejesis out of my seahorses and anything else in there way, nothin really. i guess youve not experiences a hostile takeover.