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07-06-2007, 11:04 AM
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Clowns Galore!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Chuck Co, Mo
Posts: 5,562
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FW Dips for Aptasia and Manjano?
Will a freshwater dip kill aptasia and manjanos?
We dump so many chemicals into our tanks trying to rid ourselves of these pests, would this work instead?
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07-06-2007, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: bend, oregon
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nope. a freshwater dip wont phase them one bit
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07-06-2007, 01:38 PM
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Clowns Galore!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Chuck Co, Mo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fly Guy
nope. a freshwater dip wont phase them one bit
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Thanks for the response! Kind of what I thought, but hadn't tried it.
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07-06-2007, 03:08 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Chipley, Florida
Posts: 24
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One way to get rid of the little Bast*!@S is to mix a super strong dose of Kalkwasser and use a pipette to draw the liquid in and target feed the suckers Usually works in one dose but some are pretty robust and require additional doses.
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07-06-2007, 03:09 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: west virginia
Posts: 407
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yeah i tried that once left the rock with the apt on it for 3 hours in freshwater, killed the rock but the apt was never phased by it, put it back in the tank and it popped right back out  |
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07-06-2007, 03:14 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Prince George
Posts: 632
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TORCH is the only thing I have found to be 100% effective! I tried vinegar, lemon juice, Joes Juice ect. Torch was the best thing yet!
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07-06-2007, 06:00 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Grand Junk, CO
Posts: 454
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Ah, good thing I read this. I was assuming a FW dip would make a majano mad enough to drop, since I was thinking about getting a rock with a single on it today. But then found out that my good local store was going to charge $13 for a 4 oz rock with a SINGLE green stripe mushroom on it 0.0
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07-06-2007, 11:09 PM
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Fyr Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Merced, CA
Posts: 517
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Peppermint shrimp worked great for me, for the aiptasia anyways... 
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07-14-2007, 03:26 AM
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JUST SAY NO! TO TAP WATER
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: FLORIDA...2 blocks from a huge saltwater only fish store :)
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Kalkwasser ,GOT RID OF MINE  
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07-14-2007, 06:23 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 25,786
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or Joes juice!
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11-03-2007, 12:35 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: oklahoma
Posts: 109
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i took an knife to them and scraped the little buggers off, then i doused the place they were at with superglue... havent seen them come out since.
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11-27-2007, 01:51 AM
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squid
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: redmond
Posts: 7
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I have always used lemon juice and injected it with a needle and suringe into the aipstia. For me its worked better than any product off the shelf
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11-27-2007, 01:53 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: California
Posts: 288
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I love the superglue method. If they are alive, they have been forever encased in superglue!
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11-27-2007, 03:18 PM
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senior member
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Walnut Grove, SC, USA
Posts: 13,632
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Quote:
Originally Posted by b16drag
I love the superglue method. If they are alive, they have been forever encased in superglue!
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The marine version of "The Prisoner of Zenda"
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11-27-2007, 04:56 PM
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Mommy Mod
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: down the street and around the corner from Dimples
Posts: 4,581
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dagrape
TORCH is the only thing I have found to be 100% effective! I tried vinegar, lemon juice, Joes Juice ect. Torch was the best thing yet!
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the ones that our peppermint shrimpi didnt' get we torched too. smelly but effective - albeit a tad extreme.
Quote:
Originally Posted by b16drag
I love the superglue method. If they are alive, they have been forever encased in superglue!
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