cam7192003
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There is Aiptasia growing on the calcium column of my Frogspawn. What can I use to get rid of the aiptasia that won't hurt my frogspawn? Any advice greatly appreciated!
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I use aiptasia X and its a great product its pretty safe with other corals.
montiporalova
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Use kalk and lime juice. Make a solution like AX.
I recommend Aptasia X as well. The bottle isn’t cheap, however, as suggested by LOWERSMYBP, to me a while back, it will last you a loonngg time. You get a couple nice angled syringes, and the instructions are pretty simple. My bottle is now six months old and you can barely tell I have used any. I’ve used it a couple times on about three to four Aptaisa and the results have been positive. Turn off your flow when you apply it and you should be able to hit it without damaging the Frogspawn.
lime juice = juice from a citrus fruit?
or
lime juice = limewater = calcium hydroxide dissolved in water?
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Can you give more detailed information on what you are talking about here?
If this is a mix of calcium hydroxide and juice from a lime (citrus fruit), what is the advantage of mixing a strong base with an acid? The base and the acid will neutralize each other. Or maybe the toxicity to the anemone is not based on the acidity or alkalinity?
or
lime juice = limewater = calcium hydroxide dissolved in water?
?
Can you give more detailed information on what you are talking about here?
If this is a mix of calcium hydroxide and juice from a lime (citrus fruit), what is the advantage of mixing a strong base with an acid? The base and the acid will neutralize each other. Or maybe the toxicity to the anemone is not based on the acidity or alkalinity?
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cam7192003
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Thanks for all the advice! I'll let you know how it turns out.
CAGaHTN
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make a paste from kalkwasser and water from the tank, feed to aiptasia with eye dropper. (will up calcium levels if you need to use a lot of it but a tiny amount makes them turn inside out and melt.)
It's just dead skeleton, you can't hurt that portion of the frogspawn.
If the aptasia is isolated only to the frogspawn and don't have an issue elsewhere, I'd take the frogspawn out of the water, with a dremel and a grinding bit, just scrap the top layer off with the anemone. Swish it around in so saltwater. Optional, then stick a some epoxy putty over the area for a few weeks then can remove. Coraline should grow on the exposed skeleton and will never know a month or so from now.
If you decide to do any of the other mentioned methods, you will get better results by doing it outside the tank and let the coral sit for about 20-30 minutes. Coral will be fine. With it out of the water, it will stay concentrated and better chance of permenently killing the anemone. Otherwise, you run the risk of it recovering from the trauma or growing more babies.
If the aptasia is isolated only to the frogspawn and don't have an issue elsewhere, I'd take the frogspawn out of the water, with a dremel and a grinding bit, just scrap the top layer off with the anemone. Swish it around in so saltwater. Optional, then stick a some epoxy putty over the area for a few weeks then can remove. Coraline should grow on the exposed skeleton and will never know a month or so from now.
If you decide to do any of the other mentioned methods, you will get better results by doing it outside the tank and let the coral sit for about 20-30 minutes. Coral will be fine. With it out of the water, it will stay concentrated and better chance of permenently killing the anemone. Otherwise, you run the risk of it recovering from the trauma or growing more babies.
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