how do I get rid of aiptasia?

[jude101]

I bought a few new pieces of live rock and now I have noticed aiptasia beginning to spread throughout my tank. Had this problem before in my old but smaller tank and they overtook the tank. Don't want it to come to that again but hey are slowly and surely growing it numbers.
Have tried aipasia x solution but they keep coming back.
Someone has suggested injecting with boling water but that doesn't seem to do the trick.
Previously I had a file fish which might have gotten rid of them (or it may have been a conincidence) but I have been building up a collection of nice soft corals and I have been reading that some file fish (tassle fish ) aren't always reef compatible.
Am a bit nervous about using Kalkwasser - will it harm the corals? Also how do I admisnister it? Do I need a needle to inject it into the aiptasia?

[wayne]

Use it the same as joes juice, just turn off your pumps while you use it so you get a clear shot:D just squirt a little on the aiptasias mouth and it will take it in, then sit back and enjoy, some people find it a most pleasurable experience:D

[castiger]

Supermarket own brand lemon juice injected directly into the pesky critters:mad:works for me. For the hard to reach true peppermint shrimps are good, as are nudibranch molluscs. I also had a racoon butterfly which did a great job but then sadly died. I'm battling the little b:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:s at the moment:eek:
Hope that helps

[LiverpoolFCFan]

the rock that had mine on i put in the microwave ;):eek::D

[eddie2425]

I took the rock out pushed a soldering iron down the hole where it was
totally gone
http://www.reefcorals.co.uk/forums/a...1&d=1236025602
here it was before now clear, but i liked the microwave, still laughing brilliant , but i had polys on the same rock, so couldnt do the microwave

[jude101]

Brilliant! Thanks for advice will try all of that. have never tried turning off pumps before. Will get started now!

[dollydip]

kalk paste is good but malt vinegar worked the best for me squirted directly into the apptasia :D:D:D

[Tangman]

the rock that had mine on i put in the microwave ;):eek::D

Hi it would kill the Aiptasia but also kill the good stuff in the rock also so making it useless as live rock. HTH Twiggy:D

[In_The_Deep_End]

Squirt a solution of strong Sodium Hydroxide mixed with plain water via a syringe onto the mouth of aptasia. It not only causes them to 'implode' like expensive joes juice, but it burns them at the same time, killing any pending spores, the Sodium Hydroxide (or caustic soda as its commonly known) turns to a thick jelly when it meets the salt water, so its easy to target holes and cracks without killing the whole rock off.
Just make sure the water flow in tank is 100% still, you dont want it floating around burning your other corals and fish!
Do a google and you'll find more detailed explanation - I get pretty much 100% kill rate with this method for pennies, the Sodium Hydroxide is easy to get on ebay for a quid or 2 and will last months and months.

** its also a dangerous substance, handle it very carefully **

[In_The_Deep_End]

the rock that had mine on i put in the microwave ;):eek::D

Coooor I bet that stunk rotten when it'd been cooked n come out :eek::eek: