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07-12-2007, 02:17 PM
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aiptasia or feather duster??
It retracts into the rock everytime I try to touch it. How do I get rid of it if it is an anemone? do they Spawn?
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07-12-2007, 02:18 PM
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Aptasia, and joes juice. Yes they will multiply
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07-12-2007, 02:19 PM
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Joe's Juice- is that a treatment?
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07-12-2007, 02:21 PM
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Yes, the easiest I think. You can get it usually at the LFS. You turn off the flow and then take a little syringe full and zap them. They will hopefully turn to mush!
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07-12-2007, 02:23 PM
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07-12-2007, 02:23 PM
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money saver
Joes Juice=
1 tsp kalk/pickling lime
2 tbsp ro/di
mix and bring to boil in microwave.
put in syringe, turn off all flow and feed them as much as they will eat plus a little. Kalk paste or joes juice isnt 100% effective. But if you use it like i state above and monitor the spot for babies to come up and hit them again you will get them after 1-a few tries.
here something i came across the other day that interests me. I have heard that this may be 100% effective against aips or anything you want to kill, but it is also more dangerous to surrounding corals, where joes juice is relatively safe. I havent tried this method yet.
I want to see if someone has any GSP they want rid of and will try this method on ti as kalk paste and joes juice wont hardly phase the stuff.
http://www.asira.org/killingaiptasiaxeniaetc
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07-12-2007, 02:23 PM
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Little Fishy
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07-12-2007, 02:26 PM
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Cool thanks for the ID. There is a LFS in the area that carries this stuff. Guess I should get it. I only see 1 for now but am taking no chances. It sux they are so invasive 'cause they are pretty cool looking.
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07-12-2007, 02:29 PM
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Thanks Fly, that seems pretty straight foward. I might try to avoid the lye until I get a really bad outbreak.
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07-12-2007, 02:36 PM
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Blow torch works great too.
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07-12-2007, 02:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Twitterbait
Blow torch works great too.
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 I was hoping to keep the zoas.
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07-12-2007, 02:48 PM
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Another simple way to just be done with it if you just have that one lone aip is to simply get a pair of wire cutters and cut the little piece of rock with the aip on it off and toss it. From the picture you show you could do that very easily
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07-12-2007, 03:04 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
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Joe's the best!
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07-12-2007, 03:20 PM
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make sure you turn the water flow and pumps off while doing the treatment or else it will just blow away off the aiptasia
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