aiptasia

Hello Again,

Have a quick question. On a new piece of live rock I have what may be
Aiptasia. I will remove it if indeed it is. From the photos I can find it is
similar in appearance, but when touch it can totally retract into the rock.
Is this a common trait of Aiptasia? Being a anemone I thought this behavior
was a bit strange.

Ken

The two of them were on a very small piece of live rock I was cycling in a
tub in my garage. I removed the rock and placed it in a small amoumt of RO
water (no salt, cold). How long should I let the rock sit in there until
aiptasia is dead?

Ken

putting LR in RO water with no salt for a length of time = dead rock

dont do that, do the injection method.

if you have allready kept the rock in the fresh water for any length of time
the life on and in it are most likely dead, sorry.

kc

"Ken" wrote in message
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The two of them were on a very small piece of live rock I was cycling in a
tub in my garage. I removed the rock and placed it in a small amoumt of RO
water (no salt, cold). How long should I let the rock sit in there until
aiptasia is dead?

Ken

The rock was a very small one. Was not concerned with die-off except to get
rid of unwanteds. Hey I didn't mean to get everyone all excited and
everything.

Ken

not a problem, if the new guy would have left well enough
alone..............Cap is a pretty sharp guy for a squire and we have been
poking back and forth for quite a while on this NG this is the first time
its been taken so harshly.

kc

"Ken" wrote in message
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The rock was a very small one. Was not concerned with die-off except to
get
rid of unwanteds. Hey I didn't mean to get everyone all excited and
everything.

Ken

Depending on what you want to kill. If the LR only have Aiptasia and nothing
else, then you can use that method of using only RO water w/o those mix.
BUT, if there is a shrimp or hitchhiker that you want to keep, then you will
have to target the critter or specific thing you want to kill. Putting the
whole LR in RO (fresh water w/o mix) will eventually make your LR = DR
(Dead Rock). LR = living critter that occupy on, around and in your the
cavest / spore of the rock.

CapFusion,...


"Ken" wrote in message
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The two of them were on a very small piece of live rock I was cycling in a
tub in my garage. I removed the rock and placed it in a small amoumt of RO
water (no salt, cold). How long should I let the rock sit in there until
aiptasia is dead?

Ken

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 09:19:56 GMT, "Ken" wrote:

Hello Again,

Have a quick question. On a new piece of live rock I have what may be
Aiptasia. I will remove it if indeed it is. From the photos I can find it is
similar in appearance, but when touch it can totally retract into the rock.
Is this a common trait of Aiptasia? Being a anemone I thought this behavior
was a bit strange.

Ken


I've only done it twice but it worked.

Use a syringe and needle like for insulin injections. Inject about
1cc of lemon juice right into it. Both of mine went away and never
returned.

1cc won't hurt a thing.

Captain Midnite