Rpc07 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Pics may be hard to tell but any help is appreciated. You can see what I'm talking about at the base of the coral where it meets the plug. Link to comment
D3monic Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 mojano / aptasia dreaded si Link to comment
Rpc07 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 Great how do I get rid of it before it gets worse? Link to comment
cruiZe Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Great how do I get rid of it before it gets worse? do a search - many ways, to burn, kill, blow it up. Boiling water in a syringe, scrape it with a razor, lemon juice... I would advise destroying it asap. Link to comment
jestep Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Pull the whole coral, and scrap it off the base. If you have any kalk you can make a paste and smear some where it was just in case. Link to comment
ReeferBoo Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 They release spores which turn into more aiptasia if stressed or scraped off in the tank. Take the torch out of the water and scrape/burn off the aptasia, make sure to rinse the area where it was thoroughly before putting the torch back in. Link to comment
Rpc07 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 Rinse with just ro water? Link to comment
cruiZe Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Rinse with just ro water? yes, or tank water. +1 to if you can remove it outside the tank that would be better. Link to comment
ReeferBoo Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 yup, just the part of the skeleton where the aiptasia was, not the whole torch Link to comment
Rpc07 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 Ok cool I can pull the frag out scrape it and rinse with ro. Be back in 10 minutes lol Thanks for all the help. Link to comment
Rpc07 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 Good news it's gone. Scraped it off with a razor blade. Bad news I think the torch is mad at me and won't open up again. But I'm guess with a little time all will be good. Link to comment
jdog Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Little buggers come back if you didn't get all of it, goes inside the rock,we should all make a Reef Tank of Bad Guys,Aiptasia,Flatworms,Hair Algae,Cyano Yeah! Link to comment
Rpc07 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 Well it was on a drag plug in the sand. Hopefully I got it all but I will be watching the plug very carefully the next few days Link to comment
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