New liverock...new aptasia Now with PicTure!

Nicholas89 · #1 10/06/2007, 05:41 PM

Ok, help please. I just bought a sweet new piece of live rock, came with polyps on it, it's nearly entirely purple,about a 7 pound piece. Well, that came at a price. Apparently it's got about I'd guess 5 aptasia I can see. One is uncomfortably close to a polyp colony, (i can see them being pushed away from it).

Is there any way to kill these things fast without a syringe, chemicals, or chalk?!

Nicholas89 · #2 10/06/2007, 06:19 PM

Can I put glue over them? My SPC glue?? (A &M Aquatics)

hypertech · #3 10/06/2007, 07:07 PM

I blast mine with strong kalk water. Get some Mrs. Wages pickling lime, mix it up strong, and squirt it on the aptasia.

I haven't had any real close to any corals, but it is possible you may lost a polyp or two. They will grow back.

Kaos · #4 10/06/2007, 07:25 PM

Pepermint shrimp. I put one in my 10 and he had all the Aiptasia gone in a week. He's been a model citizen and hasn't touched any of my corals since the Aiptasia ran out.

Nicholas89 · #5 10/06/2007, 07:39 PM

Thanks guys. I ended up covering the one close to the polyps with the glue, seems to of put an end to him

However, plenty more have opened up now... I think I'm going to manually kill the big ones, and get some pep shrimp for tiny ones.

Oh, I found another coral on it, it's a purple mushroom. So, this piece of live rock came with 3 different kinds of coral on it. Polyps (maybe zoas actually), some unknown that i'll figure out later, and now a mushroom. Awesome, it's about the size of a dime too.

Kaos · #6 10/06/2007, 07:44 PM

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Originally posted by Nicholas89
Oh, I found another coral on it, it's a purple mushroom. So, this piece of live rock came with 3 different kinds of coral on it. Polyps (maybe zoas actually), some unknown that i'll figure out later, and now a mushroom. Awesome, it's about the size of a dime too.

Sounds like a nice score. Aiptasia can be a pain to some but for me it went away pretty easily.

yellowwatchmen · #7 10/06/2007, 07:57 PM

You get it from LFS? How much was the rock? I got some joes juice and my aiptasia never came back.

thor32766 · #8 10/06/2007, 08:39 PM

great that you were able to get rid of it quickly. others have not been so lucky.

Nicholas89 · #9 10/08/2007, 04:02 PM

Yeah, LFS, I got it for 6 dollars a pound. It was a pretty unique piece though, I think someone traded it in to get rid of the aiptasia.

Another question though, I hit one of the big ones with some glue, and it's stem is still hanging there. Should I be removing the stem? Or what? (i think i am going to go shopping for some joe's juice tonight or tomorrow)

Nicholas89 · #10 10/08/2007, 05:05 PM

Ok another quick question.

These aiptasia are in tank with no occupants right now. Since I'm not feeding the tank, is it possible if I do a lot of water changes, ext that the aiptasia could starve to death?

tony1970 · #11 10/08/2007, 06:18 PM

take some joe juice and syringe, stick him, then cover him with glue or epoxy putty, instant death and and total anialation lol

yellowwatchmen · #12 10/08/2007, 07:13 PM

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Originally posted by Nicholas89
Ok another quick question.

These aiptasia are in tank with no occupants right now. Since I'm not feeding the tank, is it possible if I do a lot of water changes, ext that the aiptasia could starve to death?

I dont think it will effect them.

murphd3 · #13 10/09/2007, 02:03 AM

Joe's juice didn't work for me. It is clumpy and when I get a good dose on the aptasia, it goes away for a couple weeks and comes right back. I've had the best luck with a thick slurry of pickling lime.

Melody · #14 10/09/2007, 03:19 AM

Entomb those suckers with super glue, it works great on the larger ones! I've just bought 5 peppermint shrimp for the smaller aps, we'll see how that works out.

filmoholic · #15 10/09/2007, 07:39 AM

I'm pretty sure Joes juice is just lemon juice.I've tasted it before.

ElLatino · #16 10/09/2007, 08:51 AM

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Originally posted by filmoholic
I'm pretty sure Joes juice is just lemon juice.I've tasted it before.

Geesh, you're kookoo for cocoa puffs. LOL

roblack · #17 10/09/2007, 09:03 AM

I have tried Joe's Juice (on my anemones, have not drank any to date), and it seemed to work okay, but alot of them came back later. The best cure I know of is a copper banded butterflyfish. Mine ate all of the apistasia, big and small. It started nipping at some LPS afterwards though, so I moved him to my frag tank. If any come back, I will just place the rock in the frag tank for a day and let him go to work on it. This is working great for me.

blaze98 · #18 10/09/2007, 09:13 AM

try a peppermint shrimp