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con999
09/20/2010, 06:55 PM
ok this is going to be short because i dont what them to spread. i just got my first calm today and i just saw 3 tiny aptasia near the mantel. what shold i do. i dont want them to spread. and i dont want to was 80 dollers on this calm what shold i do?
zsuzsu21
09/21/2010, 08:59 AM
just take it out of the tank, make sure it is completely closed and scrub them off with stiff toothbrush. just be careful around the bysus gland
zsuzsu21
09/21/2010, 09:01 AM
don't forget to rinse it off with some tank water
con999
09/21/2010, 02:09 PM
ok but were is the glad? soryy im new to clams
NYCBOB
09/21/2010, 02:13 PM
get joes juice or kalk and spray into the mouth of the aiptasia. toothbrush method isnt good, since any left over tissue will develop into a new aiptasia. how did u miss seeing the 3 aiptasias on the clam?
zsuzsu21
09/21/2010, 03:19 PM
ok but were is the glad? soryy im new to clams

It's at the bottom of the clam. its a small opening where the shell doesn't completely meet. this is where clams attach to rocks.
zsuzsu21
09/21/2010, 03:24 PM
get joes juice or kalk and spray into the mouth of the aiptasia. toothbrush method isnt good, since any left over tissue will develop into a new aiptasia. how did u miss seeing the 3 aiptasias on the clam?

sorry nycbob, i should have said to discard the rinse water. BTW the method i posted was what dick perrin reccomended, and the method they use at tropicorium. I have never used joes juice, is it completely safe to spray a clam with?