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Tebonus
04/19/2006, 11:14 PM
I think aiptasia are stinging my zooanthids. What to do?

cardgenius
04/20/2006, 12:38 AM
Get some Joe's Juice or buy a couple berghia nudis

Mikeeal
04/20/2006, 02:03 AM
I took one of my needles, (diabetic) and filled it up with Kent's liquid calcium and nuked em. They just melt away.

DaRealDvs1
04/20/2006, 02:03 AM
Inject them right in the mouth with Joes Juice or Kalk.
Turn off your flow before doing this.


Some might say peppermint shrimps will eat them, but I never had luck with that.

CoralNutz
04/20/2006, 08:30 AM
Kalk paste has always worked for me. Just mix some up so it's at about a toothpaste consistency. You can use a little syringe like you get with the test kits and just drop a little drop of the paste on them and they will grab it with their tentacles and eat it dying shortly after.

If you have a lot of these you might not want to do too many at once (10-15 is fine) otherwise you might get a little precip in the tank.

sarai826
04/20/2006, 10:07 AM
I had a pretty serious apistatia problem in my first tank... and I only use chemicals as a last resort... so I got a peppermint shrimp. I know they don't work consistently for everyone, but that was the last I saw of the apistatia!

twon8
04/21/2006, 11:35 AM
peppermint shrimp worked for me, as did a cbb. i think you need to put in a few peppermints, and preferably at night to let them get busy right away.

cardgenius
04/23/2006, 01:07 AM
I think its too hit or miss with the peppermints.

jasutton
04/23/2006, 01:58 AM
yeah but the hit makes everything soooo much easier!