ps2cho Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I have been fighting aiptasia on two rocks for a while. I CAN simply throw them out of the tank, they aren't connected with anything, BUT its the largest rock with the most Coraline algae on it. I have hit it over and over and over with Aiptasia X, but it doesnt kill the babies. Could I remove the rocks, scrub them hard with the toothbrush, rinse off a lot of times then put it back in the tank? Any other suggestions to avoid throwing the rock out? Link to comment
12_egg_Omelette Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I took two different rocks out and took a hole saw to it and drilled them completely out. Put it in a bucket and did three washes with salt water the. Put it back in the tank. You will also have a hole that you fab put a frag plug in now. Link to comment
GokesReef Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Trash the rocks.. a little coraline isn't worth risking an aiptasia infestation. Trust me. Link to comment
anizato Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I had a colony developing in my 10 gallon. I bought two peppermint shrimps from liveaquaria.com making sure they were the Lysmata Wurdemanni. It took them about 2 weeks to get rid of about 15 (visible) anemones. I have had to start feeding them pellets now, because they are in constant search for food now. In the beginning, they hid and obviously only came out at night, but now that they have no anemones to eat, they are screwed until I can feed them (: Link to comment
JavaJacketOC Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Get 1 or 2 peppermint shrimp, they'll be irradicated pretty quickly. Link to comment
BulkRate Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I had a colony developing in my 10 gallon. I bought two peppermint shrimps from liveaquaria.com making sure they were the Lysmata Wurdemanni. It took them about 2 weeks to get rid of about 15 (visible) anemones. I have had to start feeding them pellets now, because they are in constant search for food now. In the beginning, they hid and obviously only came out at night, but now that they have no anemones to eat, they are screwed until I can feed them (: Your L. Wurdemanni are not screwed... unlike something with an exclusive diet for a aiptasia like a berghia nudibranch the shrimp are very flexible in what they will eat. Sometimes too much so. Keep 'em well fed so they don't snack on your corals too much and they'll be around for the next crop of baby aiptasia. Link to comment
anizato Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Your L. Wurdemanni are not screwed... unlike something with an exclusive diet for a aiptasia like a berghia nudibranch the shrimp are very flexible in what they will eat. Sometimes too much so. Keep 'em well fed so they don't snack on your corals too much and they'll be around for the next crop of baby aiptasia. ANOTHER crop of baby aiptasia???? does this mean that whatever is in that tank (coral, rock) that I want to transfer to my 50 gallon, no matter how "rid" of aiptasia it is, it will ALWAYS spawn? Link to comment
ndrobey Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Take the rocks out of the tank. Scrub off the aiptasia. Rinse well. Cover the aiptasia areas of the rocks with super glue to prevent the aiptasia from growing back. Link to comment
BulkRate Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Any time one hitches into my tank there's usually one or two daughter clones that'll pop up a week or two after treatment from the base. Not a big deal to take care of, so long as it's in a reachable, treatable place ( been lucky so far in that regard). If concerned you could just superglue over that spot. Plus the shrimp will probably eat any the later pop up. Link to comment
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