Hog Head Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 I am setting up a 90 gallon for the new clown condo and the rock has quite a bit of aptasia on it. Will straight ro water (no salt) kill off the aptasia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 It will. It takes some time but they will die off. They do create some junk in the water column so you will want to change out the RO water you use to nuke them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Head Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 Thanks Garrett. The 90 will be all softies and aptasia arent invited. Do you think buckets would work or just use the tank and change the water out when done? It will. It takes some time but they will die off. They do create some junk in the water column so you will want to change out the RO water you use to nuke them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 When I was breeding the aiptasia eating nudis I ran out of food. So I tried many ways to let it grow faster. One of the tests was to dump a piece of rock with some anemones on it in freshwater. I forgot it there for a week, no light, no water movement. I set up a bowl with new saltwater, threw the rock in and polyps where out in a manner of hours. It could be a cross contamination because, as Garrett, I believe they should die in a manner of hours. But I would suggest to rinse the rock in hot ro/di water. You are gonna kill most of the rock with the freshwater anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.R Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I had my brother try this method. He used RO water and covered the tub so they had no light and some of the little buggers were still alive after two weeks. I think it took him a little less than a month before they all disappeard for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Wow. They usually die off for me in about 4-5 days. A month is crazy. Super strains are starting to take over I think!! lol. Watch out Freshwater guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 An alternative though would be to maybe try a real thick hypersaline solution. Maybe a salinity that is really high would be a better idea... Try it in buckets as to not waste too much salt. I am curious... hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Head Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 I think I might get another Raccoon Butterfly. The aptasia that was in the 100gal lasted about a week before they completely disappeared. I also hear that file fish will munch on them. Is there any particular one better or are they all pretty much the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frlejo Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 i took my rock out, used a propane weed burner on them. did not come back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arredondojason Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 or boiling the rock on the stove in water will kill everything same as the fresh water idea but instant results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Yah the Aiptasia Eating Filefish is a good one and I find it alot easier to catch once you want it out of the tank than a butterfly. Or you could just bring in 20-30 peppermint shrimp and have them do the job. Then you have a bunch of cleaners as well. Edit: torching them is a ton of fun as well! I fell so much joy knowing that my corals aren't going to get stung after I get that torch out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Head Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 Yah the Aiptasia Eating Filefish is a good one and I find it alot easier to catch once you want it out of the tank than a butterfly. Or you could just bring in 20-30 peppermint shrimp and have them do the job. Then you have a bunch of cleaners as well. Edit: torching them is a ton of fun as well! I fell so much joy knowing that my corals aren't going to get stung after I get that torch out! Well after sitting in a bucket of RO for about a day I started pulling peices out and the aptasia were falling off of the rock. I am now taking a scrub brush(a new one of course) to the rock and cleaning the rest off. I will finish it off with a quick boil in RO. The torch idea sounds really fun. I have a MAP gas torch that would probably do the trick. Why would I want to take the filefish out? Is it a bad fish for a softie tank? The racoon would stay. He/she doesnt bother anything in the 100g and my boys and I like Ricky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Head Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 Soaked, scrubbed and boiled. There shouldn't be any of those buggers alive. My hands stink of dead aptasia and what ever else was in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramy Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 A noob question here but why the hate for these Aptasia what makes em so bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Head Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 A noob question here but why the hate for these Aptasia what makes em so bad? Other than being ugly and considered a pest, they will sting other coral. They will quickly take over your tank and push back the coral that you do want in your tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramy Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Thank you =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberlee Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Just a thought, torch lighter. If your going to kill the rock anyway to be reseeded, remove rock torch all pest w/ said lighter which is easy to aim and kills everything it is aimed at than place rock back. You have complete control over what is being torched, and like I said the torch KILLS the whole thing leaving nothing to regrow as well as being quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberlee Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Sorry gerretm85 didn't see that you posted it too, but it works and nothing is quite as much fun like he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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