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10-13-2005, 09:40 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orange, ca., CA,California
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 |  Glass anemone!!!!!!!! EVERYWHERE!!!
Ok gang, now I know this topic has been covered many times before but I have my pride and joy tank being over taken by glass anemonies. Does anyone have any suggestions other then mithrax crabs or lemon juice injections to help me get rid of these things. Any help or input would be awesome.
Thanks,
Jake | 
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10-13-2005, 10:40 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Gypsum, KS Age: 24
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| Re: Glass anemone!!!!!!!! EVERYWHERE!!!
i shot my glass anemone with a syringe full of boiling water, and that seemed to do the trick. give that a try
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10-14-2005, 05:02 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: oakley, CA,California
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| Re: Glass anemone!!!!!!!! EVERYWHERE!!!
well I had about 20 of them growing and I got a copper band and he eat all of them.my daughter tank had a few and we got a peppermint shrimp and he eat them as well. look here http://www.seahorse-nw.com/Predators.html
if they get to big use a syringe full of boiling water 
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10-14-2005, 08:36 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Davenport IA
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  | Re: Glass anemone!!!!!!!! EVERYWHERE!!!
Ditto on the peppermint shrimp, cool and more reef safe than the copper band. Get on it early and the shrimp will do fine. If it get out of hand find the aiptasia eating nudibrach I believe that to be the nuclear option. | |
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10-14-2005, 11:08 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Altona,Manitoba Age: 29
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| Re: Glass anemone!!!!!!!! EVERYWHERE!!!
I use kalkwasserand feeed it ot them like food. I mix just enough RO water with the kalkwasser to make it the consistancy of soft icecream and feed it to them, at first they thimk it's food so they close up around it. the nice thing in my opinion it that the kalkwasser hardens and stays where the anemone is so it can't come back
hope it helps
Peter
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10-14-2005, 03:32 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Riverside, RI Age: 36
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| Re: Glass anemone!!!!!!!! EVERYWHERE!!!
joes juice (pre mixed Kalk)
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10-14-2005, 03:48 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Davenport IA
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| Re: Glass anemone!!!!!!!! EVERYWHERE!!!
Oh yeah I bought one piece of LR got it home and like a dozen aiptasias popped out of it. Didn't want to chance getting those lillte bastards in the tank so I took it in the shower turn it on hot and fried the aiptasia. Not for the faint of heart because it kills everything esle on the rock but it works in small cases. | |
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10-14-2005, 06:54 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Lancaster, WI,Wisconsin
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| Re: Glass anemone!!!!!!!! EVERYWHERE!!!
I took out the live rock, without corals or anything else alive on it and scrubbed the buggers off with an old toothbrush and hot water. I rinsed the rock off very very very very well before putting it back in the tank. Peppermint shrimp are good too. | |
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10-16-2005, 12:34 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 26
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| Re: Glass anemone!!!!!!!! EVERYWHERE!!!
I have had 5 peppermint shrimp in my tank for the last year and i have never had any aiptasia | |
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10-19-2005, 08:39 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orange, ca., CA,California
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| Re: Glass anemone!!!!!!!! EVERYWHERE!!!
thanks guys for the input. ill give these ideas a shot. | |
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