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03/23/2009, 07:29 PM
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"CUBE-ALICIOUS"
 
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cleaning my live rock
hello,
here's the problem im having.I cant kill off the aiptasia's i have so i was thinking about taking all my rock out to clean it. what is the best way about doing this to be done with these pest thank you
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03/23/2009, 07:47 PM
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How terrible is it.I had it so bad years ago I took out every piece of live rock and used a scrub brush, then I set it outside in the sun to dry for a couple of hrs..You can add peppermint shrimp or copperband to keep it under control.
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03/23/2009, 10:00 PM
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thanx for the reply,it not a "huge" problem but is a "big".so ill take everything out and srub it and let it die off.how did it turn out?
did the rock die too or just aiptasia"s? thank you
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03/23/2009, 10:12 PM
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The rock was fine the aiptasa lost the battle.
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03/23/2009, 11:03 PM
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thanks blueye,how long did you leave it out side?did you dip it or anything like that or just scrub it?
OT..my mom was born in royal oak,are you by there?
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03/24/2009, 09:06 AM
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morning bump for somemore ways to kill off/ clean my rock.
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