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Old 01-26-2004, 09:11 AM   #1
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how to remove anemone


I have quite a few curlyque anemones that were hitchhikers on my LR that are now out of control. I think they are multiplying and are starting to irritate many of my corals. (I've read somwhere that these do not multiply like aiptasia, but I definitely have many more than I used to.)
Does anyone know how to remove these things? If there is a good way without shredding them and keeping them alive I would be wiiling to give them away... but I'm not afraid of just ending their little lives either. I've tried the techniques on one of them that supposedly kills aiptasia with no success (limewater injections, lemon juice injections). Several of them are hard to get to the base without tearing apart my entire tank.
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Old 01-26-2004, 10:16 AM   #2
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It sounds like aptasia actually. There are a couple of ways. I inject kalkwasser directly into the base with a syrenge. This is hit or miss. I have seen it work and I have seen it not work. I make a cup of ro water and a tsp of kalkwasser to make a heavy duty paste/water mix and inject it directly into the base. If it is a majano, I inject and wait for it let go, and remove the anemone by hand.
By your mulitplicaiton rate, I would venture that they aren't curleyques, as well. Another way that is hit or miss and more natural is to get peppermint shrimp. I have heard of reports of it working, and I keep a few in my tank as well, however how well it works I couldn't personally tell you. I have also see copperband butterflies shred aptisia and majano's alike, but again I bet it would be hit or miss.

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Old 01-27-2004, 09:09 AM   #3
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I'm sure that these are curlyques. I'll post an image tonight when I get home. When I only had one when I first set up my tank I thought it looked cool and left it alone as long as it stayed away from everything else. But after a year, there are at least 4 more and two of them are huge! I saw a small aiptasia once but my peppermints seemed to have taken care if it.
I'll try your concentrated kalkwasser trick to see if that has any effect.
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Old 01-28-2004, 02:52 PM   #4
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Peppermint Shrimp are the solution, 5-10 depending on the number of aptasia, they will eat them at night.

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