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andrewsmart
05/04/2007, 03:50 PM
i have 1 large aptasia on a piece of liverock.

how do i kill this.

i do not have kalc

and i do not want to buy joes juice for 1 aptasia + it will be hard to get in the uk i imagine.
blkdrgn
05/04/2007, 03:54 PM
use pickling lime juice
BurntOutReefer
05/04/2007, 04:01 PM
can you take the rock out? (i.e. no other corals on it)...if so, use a soldering iron and burn it at the base....that should take care of it....otherwis, use pickling lime juice....

cheers
Reet15
05/04/2007, 04:03 PM
I've taken them out with vinegar.
BurntOutReefer
05/04/2007, 04:07 PM
theres always that.....
just missing the chips now......
andrewsmart
05/04/2007, 04:08 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9878147#post9878147 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by blkdrgn
use pickling lime juice

pickling lime juice is kept next to the flux capacitors in this country.:D

soldering iron it is cheers.
BurntOutReefer
05/04/2007, 04:19 PM
justFYI....pickling Lime Juice is 99.9% the same stuff thats used in Pickled Onions...which I think every cupboard in the UK comes with.....
Aimforever
05/04/2007, 05:09 PM
Boil water, suck up with turkey baster, shoot in face of Aptasia, Aptasia dies. Very easy, nothing to buy.

However, if you have coraline on the rock don't shoot the water too hard or it will get killed off too.
elegance coral
05/04/2007, 06:47 PM
Man.... i have tried all the tricks like kalk, boiling water, and venegar. None of this ever worked for me. If I see one now I take the rock out and drill a hole in it where the little @#%$&* was. I like the soldering iron idea though.
onevia_01
05/04/2007, 09:44 PM
I love aiptasia. It's so fun to get rid of.
Tiny syringe full of white vinegar(probably any vinegar really)
inject into or as close as possible to aiptasia and it's gone.
Anyone who says this doesn't work has never tried it.
Hardest part for me was getting the syringe. (no I'm not a junkie I'm an aquarist) LOL.

This method works so well.
bigjackstud
05/04/2007, 10:49 PM
Anyone got a photo of one of these things? I have a new growth and was wondering if it was this... Got three actually... I hope it's just a nice new growth and not something bad...
demonsp
05/04/2007, 10:51 PM
Hammer and screwdriver after Lr removed from tank and the sooner the better.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/129799mini-DSC01210.JPG

This is one i got on a mail order coral.