aiptasia

lacosta28 · 06/22/2011, 09:38 PM

I have a small aiptasia in my Incredible Hulk frag. Is there a way to get rid of it without harming the corals?

helitaiwan963 · 06/22/2011, 09:46 PM

try peppermint shrimps. They might pick at the aptasia only. I've added 3 peppermints to my tank to help with aptasia and i've been noticing more and more aptasia that have like 2 tenticles left so i believe the peppermints do work against aptasia.

lacosta28 · 06/22/2011, 09:55 PM

I would rather not get peppermints because of the aiptasia. I only have 1 aiptasia in my tank. I know it can quickly mutliply but I already have a pair of blood shrimp, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, and 1 tiger pistol shrimp. No room for any more shrimp in my tank. I thought about attempting to pull it out with some twizzers but for some reason that sounds like a bad idea.

jinks · 06/22/2011, 09:56 PM

If its just one i would just pluck it off.
what kind of coral is it?

lacosta28 · 06/22/2011, 10:14 PM

it's a zoanthid frag.

jinks · 06/22/2011, 10:43 PM

Shouldn't hurt the zoos. you can chop those things in two and they will keep on growing. The bigger problem with it is where there is one there tends to be more.

ejanastacio · 06/22/2011, 10:45 PM

You can put some boiling hot water to kill it

jinks · 06/22/2011, 10:54 PM

I don't think that would be very healthy for the zoanthid it's on

vorm · 06/22/2011, 11:07 PM

It's kinda hard to just pull them off, for one they'll retract into the rock as soon as you mess with them, and also if you end up tearing them the remaining piece can regrow it.

Nuke that sucker and do it soon before he makes more.

jinks · 06/22/2011, 11:43 PM

I would be worried that all the normal things to kill them would hurt all the surrounding polyps. Maybe just cut the one that its on off.

zhewitt04 · 06/23/2011, 12:12 AM

I heard lemon juice. Inject leon juice into his mouth he will melt away. I have not tried this jsut something i heard you might do some reading on it before trying.

helitaiwan963 · 06/23/2011, 07:40 AM

i've read that aptasia will grow back even if u just cut it off. maybe try some joe's juice. thats what i used in the past when i had a lot of them. It comes with a syringe so you can just get it on the aptasia directly on the mouth. worse comes to worse, you'll lose a few polyps if you get the joe's juice on the polyps, but they grow quickly.

thebkramer · 06/23/2011, 08:20 AM

I personally would use lemon juice and a hypo needle.. just make sure you inject in the actually mouth of the aip and your coral should be fine

turn off powerheads too while injecting.. then turn back on when it starts to "melt"
Good Luck!!!

TeePee · 06/23/2011, 08:33 AM

Aiptasia-X works really good and comes with a pretty good pinpoint syringe that gives you very good control over where you're applying it. If you turn off all flow when applying (per directions) you should be okay. Good luck!

lacosta28 · 06/23/2011, 08:47 AM

Thanks everyone now I have to decided which method I will use. It's either aiptasia x or lemeon juice. I might have to go with Lemon juice since I just spent most of my money this week on corals.

06/22/2011, 09:38 PM	#1
lacosta28 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 632	aiptasia I have a small aiptasia in my Incredible Hulk frag. Is there a way to get rid of it without harming the corals? __________________ Tanks: 150g Reef Tank and 93g Frameless Marineland Reef ready cube. EcoTech pro ligths, M1 Return pumps and MP40QD's on both tanks managed by a Reeflink. Neptune controller manages everything else. Current Tank Info: 150g and 93g Rimless, both reef tanks.

06/22/2011, 09:55 PM	#3
lacosta28 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 632	I would rather not get peppermints because of the aiptasia. I only have 1 aiptasia in my tank. I know it can quickly mutliply but I already have a pair of blood shrimp, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, and 1 tiger pistol shrimp. No room for any more shrimp in my tank. I thought about attempting to pull it out with some twizzers but for some reason that sounds like a bad idea. __________________ Tanks: 150g Reef Tank and 93g Frameless Marineland Reef ready cube. EcoTech pro ligths, M1 Return pumps and MP40QD's on both tanks managed by a Reeflink. Neptune controller manages everything else. Current Tank Info: 150g and 93g Rimless, both reef tanks.

06/22/2011, 10:14 PM	#5
lacosta28 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 632	it's a zoanthid frag. __________________ Tanks: 150g Reef Tank and 93g Frameless Marineland Reef ready cube. EcoTech pro ligths, M1 Return pumps and MP40QD's on both tanks managed by a Reeflink. Neptune controller manages everything else. Current Tank Info: 150g and 93g Rimless, both reef tanks.

06/23/2011, 08:20 AM	#13
thebkramer Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Clifton Park, NY Posts: 3,198	I personally would use lemon juice and a hypo needle.. just make sure you inject in the actually mouth of the aip and your coral should be fine turn off powerheads too while injecting.. then turn back on when it starts to "melt" Good Luck!!! __________________ Rhonda There is NO such things as Dumb Questions!! There are However.. Dumb Answers!!! ;) ____________ Current Tank Info: 55g reef....Current Orbit SunPaq Lights, HOB Eshopps, HOB AquaClear 110, 2-1400 Koralia Powerheads & 1 Nano Koralia, 40+ lbs LR, 2" LS

06/23/2011, 08:47 AM	#15
lacosta28 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 632	Thanks everyone now I have to decided which method I will use. It's either aiptasia x or lemeon juice. I might have to go with Lemon juice since I just spent most of my money this week on corals. __________________ Tanks: 150g Reef Tank and 93g Frameless Marineland Reef ready cube. EcoTech pro ligths, M1 Return pumps and MP40QD's on both tanks managed by a Reeflink. Neptune controller manages everything else. Current Tank Info: 150g and 93g Rimless, both reef tanks.

06/22/2011, 09:46 PM	#2
helitaiwan963 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: NW suburbs of chicago Posts: 840	try peppermint shrimps. They might pick at the aptasia only. I've added 3 peppermints to my tank to help with aptasia and i've been noticing more and more aptasia that have like 2 tenticles left so i believe the peppermints do work against aptasia.

06/22/2011, 09:56 PM	#4
jinks Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 581	If its just one i would just pluck it off. what kind of coral is it?

06/22/2011, 10:43 PM	#6
jinks Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 581	Shouldn't hurt the zoos. you can chop those things in two and they will keep on growing. The bigger problem with it is where there is one there tends to be more.

06/22/2011, 10:45 PM	#7
ejanastacio Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 168	You can put some boiling hot water to kill it

06/22/2011, 10:54 PM	#8
jinks Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 581	I don't think that would be very healthy for the zoanthid it's on

06/22/2011, 11:07 PM	#9
vorm Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 210	It's kinda hard to just pull them off, for one they'll retract into the rock as soon as you mess with them, and also if you end up tearing them the remaining piece can regrow it. Nuke that sucker and do it soon before he makes more.

06/22/2011, 11:43 PM	#10
jinks Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 581	I would be worried that all the normal things to kill them would hurt all the surrounding polyps. Maybe just cut the one that its on off.

06/23/2011, 12:12 AM	#11
zhewitt04 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kokomo, IN Posts: 764	I heard lemon juice. Inject leon juice into his mouth he will melt away. I have not tried this jsut something i heard you might do some reading on it before trying.

06/23/2011, 07:40 AM	#12
helitaiwan963 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: NW suburbs of chicago Posts: 840	i've read that aptasia will grow back even if u just cut it off. maybe try some joe's juice. thats what i used in the past when i had a lot of them. It comes with a syringe so you can just get it on the aptasia directly on the mouth. worse comes to worse, you'll lose a few polyps if you get the joe's juice on the polyps, but they grow quickly.

06/23/2011, 08:33 AM	#14
TeePee Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: VA Posts: 83	Aiptasia-X works really good and comes with a pretty good pinpoint syringe that gives you very good control over where you're applying it. If you turn off all flow when applying (per directions) you should be okay. Good luck!

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