tired of atapisa

ericunderwater · #1 07/21/2007, 07:27 PM

what else can i do i have tried joe's juice which kills them but it not near enough to kill all of them....i have 2 peppermint shrimp..i know i need more.only success i had was a butterfly fish but had to let him go when i down sized my tank to a 65.is there and secrets out there i dont know about?

flyyyguy · #2 07/21/2007, 07:33 PM

Make your own joes juice for pennies

1 tsp kalk or pickling lime

2 tbsp ro/di

mix and bring to boil in microwave.

Walla-joes juice.

areze · #3 07/21/2007, 07:33 PM

pretty sure you gotta get more serious with the joes juice. once its out of control, peppermints wont help. you have to take it back to ground 1 and the peppermints will keep it at bay.

aka_BigRed · #4 07/21/2007, 07:53 PM

This works well for spot treatments, but if they've infested, removing and toasting the rock may be the drastic, but needed solution.

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Originally posted by flyyyguy
Make your own joes juice for pennies

1 tsp kalk or pickling lime

2 tbsp ro/di

mix and bring to boil in microwave.

Walla-joes juice.

flyyyguy · #5 07/21/2007, 08:05 PM

I agree. a blow torch is the tool of choice i recommend. That way you arent killing the entire rock....just the surface where the aips live and you will be 100 percent successful if you torch them to dust.

I was just offeering a better solution thatn buying 20 things of Joes. Joes juice or kalk paste isnt 100% successful as babies will come up sometimes afterwards....you have to keep nailing them......