Aiptasia

[Dan Norgard]

Hi;
I'm afraid I have an Aipstasia hitch-hiker on a piece of LR...Can I just put
it in freshwater for a couple hours to kill it? Will that hurt the coraline
algae?
THanks,
Dan

[Pszemol]

"Dan Norgard" > wrote in message ...
> I'm afraid I have an Aipstasia hitch-hiker on a piece of LR...
> Can I just put it in freshwater for a couple hours to kill it?

There are many ways to get rid of it.
Search on www.google.com or www.reefcentral.com
No point repeating everything every other week.

> Will that hurt the coraline algae?

YES, it will.

[Harald]

"Dan Norgard" > wrote in message
...
> Hi;
> I'm afraid I have an Aipstasia hitch-hiker on a piece of LR...Can I just
put
> it in freshwater for a couple hours to kill it? Will that hurt the
coraline
> algae?
> THanks,
> Dan
>
>

Try a kalk paste, vinegar, lemon juice. If none of those work, try boiling
water. If that doesn't work, do the freshwater.

hth

--
Harald
130 g Skimmerless SW Tank
290 pound 6" DSB
70 lbs LR
3 B/G Chromis, 1 Tomato Clown, 1 Lawnmower Blenny, 1 Flame Angel, 1 Foxface.

20 gal Skimmerless SW Nano
80 lbs/6" DSB
31 lbs LR,
1 - 3-Striped damsel, 1 Blue Devil, 1 sm. Tang

[Steve \Srfmon\]

If you can quarantine it to a bucket or tank (with NSW) so that you will
not have a spread to the rest of your tank. One aptasia does not sound like
you need to go to extremes so try a peppermint shrimp or some kalk
injection.
Steve

"Dan Norgard" > wrote in message
...
> Hi;
> I'm afraid I have an Aipstasia hitch-hiker on a piece of LR...Can I just
put
> it in freshwater for a couple hours to kill it? Will that hurt the
coraline
> algae?
> THanks,
> Dan
>
>

[wolfhedd]

i tried somebody elses idea, i injected them with lime juice, their idea
waqs lemon juice. it kills them. i used a hypodermic needle. .killed 2 of
them an hour ago, and 2 of them last week this way. they turn instantly
grey and shrivled up, then the hermit gets a aptasia and lemon special after
that. lol
wolfhedd

"Steve "Srfmon"" > wrote in message
...
> If you can quarantine it to a bucket or tank (with NSW) so that you
will
> not have a spread to the rest of your tank. One aptasia does not sound
like
> you need to go to extremes so try a peppermint shrimp or some kalk
> injection.
> Steve
>
> "Dan Norgard" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi;
> > I'm afraid I have an Aipstasia hitch-hiker on a piece of LR...Can I just
> put
> > it in freshwater for a couple hours to kill it? Will that hurt the
> coraline
> > algae?
> > THanks,
> > Dan
> >
> >
>
>