aptasia forest

[bri74]

bummer part is almost all of my LR is infected. About 80 or 90 LBS

[RyanG]

Do you have corals Bri? Or is it just fishes? Is it time for a new scape? You could take each rock out and blast all the little nems of with lemon juice or boiling water and then put them right back in.

[daugherty]

mix up some salt for the tank and water but mix it thick and put it on them

[fatman]

Kalwasser is easy to find even if your LFS does not stock it. It sells at grocery stores as pickling lime. Just put a teaspoon in a liitle cup or bowl and add a drop of water and stir to a paste. Wear a glove to put a dab where each nem has its hole. Or make it a little thinner and use a syringe instead of yoyr finger. The pH of the paste will be 14 so it will burn you as it has the same "Basic" pH as draino drain cleaner (sodium hydroxide) as it is calcium hydroxide.

[Reefgyrl]

vinegar and a needle right in the middle. Kills them instantly. Used it for years.

[bri74]

Ryan it is fish only tank no corals. Great advice everyone thanks alot. I believe that I need a solution that I can fill up a 5 gal bucket so I can dip then rinse each piece one at a time. the big ones I will just have to do by hand. So I may go with the salt water thing. Unless the pickling lime is concentrated enough to mix in a 5 gal bucket.

[Bifferwine]

Originally Posted by cthegame

Not to hijack this thread or anything, but since we're on the topic of aips forest, i was wondering if there are any benefits to having an actual aips forest in the sump. If i would isolate the growth of aips in a separate tank, could aips be used as any kind of filtration?

Aiptasia are great for nutrient export and very effective if used in the sump. I've seen setups where there's an aiptasia farm in the sump, then a UV sterilizer just downstream from that, so that no aiptasia gets into the main tank. The refugium is on a separate line so that pods can get through.

[Bifferwine]

Pickling lime and salt paste are easier to use than lemon juice. I've tried injecting them, but the problem is they retract into the rocks and it's so hard to get a needle into them.

[sen5241b]

I'm battling the stuff now myself. I got "Stop Aptasia" and tried using a hypodermic needle (0.5 mm width). The needle clogged and when I pushed the plunger the needle shot off and stabbed me in the knuckle. Just finished a week of antibiotics. I injected the aptasia last night, I'll let you all know what happens.


The type I have is very small, clear to translucent tubes.

[cthegame]

Originally Posted by Bifferwine

Aiptasia are great for nutrient export and very effective if used in the sump. I've seen setups where there's an aiptasia farm in the sump, then a UV sterilizer just downstream from that, so that no aiptasia gets into the main tank. The refugium is on a separate line so that pods can get through.

Thanks Biff, that's exactly what i had in mind.

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