Amount of Kalk to smother Aiptasia

[SuperNerd]

Hi Randy,

How much lime or kalk powder per cup of RO water do you suggest mixing to be effective at killing aiptasia?

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I'd make a slurry that is fairly think (like loose mud), and suck it up into a syringe that you can then use to actually inject them. Usually, dispensing it on top of them is not adequate.

[SuperNerd]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8223153#post8223153 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Randy Holmes-Farley
I'd make a slurry that is fairly think (like loose mud), and suck it up into a syringe that you can then use to actually inject them. Usually, dispensing it on top of them is not adequate.

In your experience is injection at the base necessary or does injection anywhere on the anemone body work?

[Konadog]

Anywhere should work. When I had the problem, I found it easier to feed it to them. I would mix it like paste and feed them a blob (using a syringe without a needle) of it and watch them melt away.

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I've not done it for a long time, but IME, injection anywhere can work.