Apstasia, How is the best and easiest way to kill it.

[Twan013]

i had one fair sized aiptasia, so i shot it with joe's juice, and a week later, i had 3 smaller aiptasia in the same spot..

i HAVE head of people just using some sort of epoxy, silicone, or something along those lines on the aiptasia... i think they "scared" it into hiding, and while it was deep in the crevice, covered the hole with the stuff, and it would prevent the aiptasia from showing up again...and eventually, the silicone would be covered up by coralline and you can't tell its there....

now, this has been a while, so i don't know if that's EXACTLY how it works, or if it works at all.... that's just what i remember

[glampka]

Copperbands eat them as well. Sometimes it's hit or miss with peppermints. Keep them hungry & they'll go for the aiptasia for sure.

[Nemo 22]

i got it!!just do them all by peppermint shrimp some nudibranch joes juice boil water and lemon juice and a red sweatband and just load up and kill it.(rambo)lol

[Hoverman]

Originally Posted by amcarrig

Never heard of an arrow crab eating them?

your right am, i was reading 2 posts at the same time and ran them together, sorry

[omard]

One, two, or just a few...Joe's Juice is ideal.

If more, see below.

Aptasia!

BY Steven Pro

Aptasia Impressions


By Morgan Lidster

Inland Aquatics Guide to Controlling Aiptasia Anemones - Inland Aquatics


By Bob Fenner

Aiptasia, My Least Favorite Anemones in Captive Systems


Terry Siegel

Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Editorial: April 2007

[hugoman900]

It's a bit late, but I'll chime in anyways. I never had a single aiptasia anemone on any of my live rock because my local fish store sells their customers the best live rock they have! However, out of curiosity, I asked the owner about killing the anemones. His reply had quite a few solutions, but some of the most important solutions he came up with were:

1. A good curing process - My LFS cures their live rock in a "curing vat" where they expose only four hours of light over the vat. This kills off the zooxanthella living within the aiptasia, while it still provides enough light for the coraline algea to live. While curing, any aiptasia they find they cover in kalkwasser or boiling water in a sryinge.
2. If any live rock sprouts any aiptasia in your tank, you can remove it with peppermint shrimp while it is small. Also, I hear that "joe's juice" works well with repeated attempts to kill the beasts. Just as mentioned above, kalkwasser is another effective cure.
3. Copperbanded butterflyfish eat aiptaisia, but I don't think it's the best way. If you keep them "hungry", then not only will they eat aiptasia, but also clam mantles, lps, and other invertibrates you don't want them to eat.
4. Other than Joe's Juice, Stop Aiptasia by Chem-Marine as well as Aiptasia Control by Blue Life works very well to eliminate such boogers.


The one thing I don't recommend is to physically sever or to stab the anemones. Any of the four stated solutions should work out, but like I mentioned before, I never had a single aiptasia anemone so I don't know the perfect solution.

[Froc3]

TAILORED AQUATICS - Reef Magnesium, Calcium, Carbonate dKH Alkalinity, Kalkwasser Reef Supplements & Aiptasia control

Tailored Aquatics has a great aptasia killer.. everyone i know that used it says it's great.

[reef_guru]

high concentration of CaOH2 is better, with a syringe

[pwoller]

I like to burn mine off with a lighter. If I cant get to them that way then I mix Kalk and water and inject them.