Aipitasia wont die

Then mail the poor guy some so we can end this, lol. I am in New Mexico..
you cannot buy them like that *here*. As I said, I am sure there are some
states you can, as we have already seen.

Teeb

"Donnie Vazquez" wrote in message
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Teeb wrote:

I am assuming you do not live in the US.. *Most* places will NOT sell
syringes unless you have a prescription.

Teeb


Teeb,

I don't know where you live but here in Maryland I have bought large
syringes w/ needles I use for injecting epoxy into tight spaces by
asking for them at the CVS pharmacy counter. No problem.

--
Donnie Vazquez
Sunderland, MD

I never tried it, but I heard you can use the underwater epoxy that is
like clay and plug that sucker up.

JT wrote:
Thanks for all your replies and good advice.

Since I am in a very rural area and couldn't locate a needle source ( I
guess they are illegal here unless you're an addict ) I took the advice of a
couple of reef books that mentioned a shrimp cure. It just so happens they
were on sale cheap too ( under $5 ).
I have decided to purchase two peppermint shrimp from liveaquaria.com along
with a lettuce nudibranch to munch on my small amount of hair algae.

I will let you know how this works. I hope they don't eat my 6'' tube
anemone.


JT wrote in message
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Ok, so it first started with one Aipitasia. I thought I killed it with
strong Kalk because it melted away into nothing. Then it came back a few
days later. In the same spot. Now I have three in the reef tank. I have
applied pure kalk powder to all three via a wet Q-tip and they melt into
nothingness only to reappear in a few days. I can't locate a needle

syringe

to inject them. I even tried sticking them with a thin copper wire ( read
this solution on a news group ) and that was almost useless. I tried to

find

some Berghia Nudibranchs ( they eat Aipitasia ) on-line, but couldn't find
any source that has them in stock. I guess I should try peppermint

shrimps.

Anyone have a proven answer to get rid of these pests? Does injecting

work?

If so, where do you get the needle? Will peppermint shrimps work? Help?

You should be able to get syringes at any pharmacy - they're used by
diabetics to inject insulin.

There is no prescription required, so don't let some anal pharmacist try
to bull**** you. You're just buying a syringe, not heroin. Bag of 10
should be less than $3.

Get the smallest gauge you can. BD Ultra-Fine II 30 gauge / short needle
(5/16th") should work fine for what you are doing.

Cheers.

Brian wrote:
I never tried it, but I heard you can use the underwater epoxy that is
like clay and plug that sucker up.

JT wrote:

Thanks for all your replies and good advice.

Since I am in a very rural area and couldn't locate a needle source ( I
guess they are illegal here unless you're an addict ) I took the
advice of a
couple of reef books that mentioned a shrimp cure. It just so happens
they
were on sale cheap too ( under $5 ).
I have decided to purchase two peppermint shrimp from liveaquaria.com
along
with a lettuce nudibranch to munch on my small amount of hair algae.

I will let you know how this works. I hope they don't eat my 6'' tube
anemone.


JT wrote in message
...

Ok, so it first started with one Aipitasia. I thought I killed it with
strong Kalk because it melted away into nothing. Then it came back a few
days later. In the same spot. Now I have three in the reef tank. I have
applied pure kalk powder to all three via a wet Q-tip and they melt into
nothingness only to reappear in a few days. I can't locate a needle


syringe

to inject them. I even tried sticking them with a thin copper wire (
read
this solution on a news group ) and that was almost useless. I tried to


find

some Berghia Nudibranchs ( they eat Aipitasia ) on-line, but couldn't
find
any source that has them in stock. I guess I should try peppermint


shrimps.

Anyone have a proven answer to get rid of these pests? Does injecting


work?

If so, where do you get the needle? Will peppermint shrimps work? Help?

"JT" wrote in message
...
Thanks for all your replies and good advice.

Since I am in a very rural area and couldn't locate a needle source ( I
guess they are illegal here unless you're an addict )

Try a inkjet refill kit, comes with syringe and needle


I took the advice of a
couple of reef books that mentioned a shrimp cure. It just so happens they
were on sale cheap too ( under $5 ).
I have decided to purchase two peppermint shrimp from liveaquaria.com
along
with a lettuce nudibranch to munch on my small amount of hair algae.

I will let you know how this works. I hope they don't eat my 6'' tube
anemone.

Use a syringe commonly found in Salifert test kits. I use no needle.
I boil a cup of tank water in the microwave, and inject a syringe-full
into the hole the aiptasia lives. I repeat this several times. Have
NEVER had to repeat this procedure more than once to get rid of
aiptasia. 100% success. Just did this a couple of days ago to some
aiptasia that came on a zoanthid rock-aiptasia no more. Of course be
careful of anything close by, although I have never killed anything
other than aiptasia. The zoanthid within 20 mm of the aiptasia was
not even harmed.