JoesJuice 20ML Aiptasia Eliminator

DaveAngie79 · 09/15/2007, 09:35 PM

has anyone with anemones that they don't want to kill try this stuff to kill Aiptasia, I have found about 7 of them and want to kill them but don't want to hurt my anemones.?

rlee81indy · 09/15/2007, 09:46 PM

buy a few peppermint shrimp, go the natural route first. I had a huge aptasia outbreak and 3 shrimp took care of it in three weeks

Drock169 · 09/15/2007, 11:35 PM

I've read that its not supposed to affect your other anemones as long as you dont directly feed it to your good anemones. Just be careful when you use and you should be fine

ReefGirlSara · 09/16/2007, 01:09 AM

I was going to post that I used to use it regularly until I got rid of all of them and it worked fine, but then I realized, maybe it didn't. My nice big healthy anemone is solid white and the size of a quarter now, it's been that way for about a year now. I never really thought about the Joes Juice, I always thought I shocked it when I changed the MH bulb and it bleached itself, but who knows...

I know I have not used Joes Juice for a long time because I have two peppermint shrimp that did a fantastic job of getting rid of all aptasias.

bertoni · 09/16/2007, 02:20 AM

Joe's Juice is fairly easy to use, and it will work. I agree with being careful when dosing.

mouscacha · 09/16/2007, 05:23 AM

Be very careful. My aiptasias always showed up around my zoas. When dosing one of my aiptasia, I pushed too hard and sent Joe's Juice EVERYWHERE! Go slow and make sure to fill syringe more than needed. It makes it easier to control.

jadeguppy · 09/16/2007, 06:19 AM

I recently recieved a tank full of live rock that was infested with aptasia. The guy suggested using Mrs. Wages pickling lime mixed with water to suringe feed the aptasia. Water down the kalk enough to go through the suringe, but keep it white and very heavy on kalk. They will try to injest it, causing a severe pH swing and killing them. Be sure to turn the circulaton back on and blow off any corals that the mix may have gotten on. I have been having success. Peppermint shrimp can work as well, but every time I go to the store they are sold out.

DaveAngie79 · 09/16/2007, 06:51 AM

my concern with gettine pepermint shrimp is that the aptasia are all the way up in the top corner of my tank, any every other shrimp i have had would not go that far up in the tank

DaveAngie79 · 09/16/2007, 10:01 AM

just dont want to kill my roses

DaveAngie79 · 09/16/2007, 06:11 PM

?

cd77 · 09/16/2007, 06:25 PM

Concentrated lemon juice worked for me -- it didn't effect anything in the tank, but I don't have any anemones.

In your situation, I'd go with the peppermint shrimp as was first suggested, then try the concentrated Kalk mix -- If it really gets out of control, consider Berghia.

cd77 · 09/16/2007, 06:30 PM

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Originally posted by DaveAngie79
my concern with gettine pepermint shrimp is that the aptasia are all the way up in the top corner of my tank, any every other shrimp i have had would not go that far up in the tank

Oh -- Something else that people have a lot of luck with is injecting boiling water. I'd try that before Kalk or Juice -- seems real safe.

Odd, all my shrimp love the top of the tank -- especially during feeding time. I think peppermint are worth a try regardless

918ReefCpl · 09/16/2007, 06:43 PM

We've got 4 peppermints running around our 125 along with a Coral Banded and they seem to disregard the apistatia we had hitchike in on some live rock. We found that White vinegar dissolved the ones we had in our tank even the one underneath the foot of a clam w/o injury....use a diabetic 1cc syringe, fill with vinegar, inject into or right on the little b@st@rds, go slowly and methodically - if your frags are small enough to remove from the tank, zap and then dip/rinse in clean SW using a turkey baster...Vinegar and lemon juice (citric acid) in large quantities could cause a ph swing if overused... good luck

Vin7250 · 09/17/2007, 10:05 AM

your making too much of this, just use the joes juice and be careful. It works great and Ive never had a problem with it killing anything else in my tank. Thats just my opinion though!!

09/15/2007, 09:35 PM	#1
DaveAngie79 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Greenwood, IN Posts: 662	JoesJuice 20ML Aiptasia Eliminator has anyone with anemones that they don't want to kill try this stuff to kill Aiptasia, I have found about 7 of them and want to kill them but don't want to hurt my anemones.?

09/16/2007, 02:20 AM	#5
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Joe's Juice is fairly easy to use, and it will work. I agree with being careful when dosing. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

09/16/2007, 06:25 PM	#11
cd77 Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Fishers, IN, USA Posts: 1,169	Concentrated lemon juice worked for me -- it didn't effect anything in the tank, but I don't have any anemones. In your situation, I'd go with the peppermint shrimp as was first suggested, then try the concentrated Kalk mix -- If it really gets out of control, consider Berghia. __________________ -Chris Current Tank Info: 70G Reef (Aug 2007), 45G Reef (Dec 2007)

09/16/2007, 06:43 PM	#13
918ReefCpl Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Glendale, Arizona Posts: 736	Apastasia We've got 4 peppermints running around our 125 along with a Coral Banded and they seem to disregard the apistatia we had hitchike in on some live rock. We found that White vinegar dissolved the ones we had in our tank even the one underneath the foot of a clam w/o injury....use a diabetic 1cc syringe, fill with vinegar, inject into or right on the little b@st@rds, go slowly and methodically - if your frags are small enough to remove from the tank, zap and then dip/rinse in clean SW using a turkey baster...Vinegar and lemon juice (citric acid) in large quantities could cause a ph swing if overused... good luck

09/15/2007, 09:46 PM	#2
rlee81indy Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fort Carson, Co. Posts: 305	buy a few peppermint shrimp, go the natural route first. I had a huge aptasia outbreak and 3 shrimp took care of it in three weeks

09/15/2007, 11:35 PM	#3
Drock169 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 318	I've read that its not supposed to affect your other anemones as long as you dont directly feed it to your good anemones. Just be careful when you use and you should be fine

09/16/2007, 01:09 AM	#4
ReefGirlSara Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Archer, FL Posts: 709	I was going to post that I used to use it regularly until I got rid of all of them and it worked fine, but then I realized, maybe it didn't. My nice big healthy anemone is solid white and the size of a quarter now, it's been that way for about a year now. I never really thought about the Joes Juice, I always thought I shocked it when I changed the MH bulb and it bleached itself, but who knows... I know I have not used Joes Juice for a long time because I have two peppermint shrimp that did a fantastic job of getting rid of all aptasias.

09/16/2007, 05:23 AM	#6
mouscacha Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 348	Be very careful. My aiptasias always showed up around my zoas. When dosing one of my aiptasia, I pushed too hard and sent Joe's Juice EVERYWHERE! Go slow and make sure to fill syringe more than needed. It makes it easier to control.

09/16/2007, 06:19 AM	#7
jadeguppy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: nw Florida Posts: 2,611	I recently recieved a tank full of live rock that was infested with aptasia. The guy suggested using Mrs. Wages pickling lime mixed with water to suringe feed the aptasia. Water down the kalk enough to go through the suringe, but keep it white and very heavy on kalk. They will try to injest it, causing a severe pH swing and killing them. Be sure to turn the circulaton back on and blow off any corals that the mix may have gotten on. I have been having success. Peppermint shrimp can work as well, but every time I go to the store they are sold out.

09/16/2007, 06:51 AM	#8
DaveAngie79 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Greenwood, IN Posts: 662	my concern with gettine pepermint shrimp is that the aptasia are all the way up in the top corner of my tank, any every other shrimp i have had would not go that far up in the tank

09/16/2007, 10:01 AM	#9
DaveAngie79 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Greenwood, IN Posts: 662	just dont want to kill my roses

09/16/2007, 06:11 PM	#10
DaveAngie79 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Greenwood, IN Posts: 662	?

09/17/2007, 10:05 AM	#14
Vin7250 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Connecticut "The Big East" Posts: 1,144	your making too much of this, just use the joes juice and be careful. It works great and Ive never had a problem with it killing anything else in my tank. Thats just my opinion though!!