ugh..APTASIA

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  1. saltyfish922

    saltyfish922 Feather Duster

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    Went & picked up some lr last night and it is covered! Somethingfishy told me scrub all the rock down with a toothbrush...so I did...& it didn't work! What should I do? Should I take the shrimp approach?
     
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  3. lo68bo6

    lo68bo6 Plankton

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    The shrimp worked great for me.Had alot of aptasia,now all gone.Its up to u.Many ways to get rid of that stuff.
     
  4. saltyfish922

    saltyfish922 Feather Duster

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    just went & got 2 pepp. shrimp. No sooner did I drop them in, they went to work!
     
  5. saltyfish922

    saltyfish922 Feather Duster

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    Heres somethingfishy "juicin" my aiptasia
     
  6. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    For future reference, scrubbing aiptasia off of rock will only cause you more problems. Every little piece that floats off in the water or that is left behind on the rock will grow into another anemone! :(
     
  7. saltyfish922

    saltyfish922 Feather Duster

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    great...that is not cool! i did a whole lot of scrubbing too. thanks for the fyi
     
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  9. Bruce

    Bruce Giant Squid

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    woot...also burning them dont work...:( neither does eating them...ew...neither does well hell...only peppermint shrim worked for me :)
     
  10. billy31422

    billy31422 Feather Duster

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    the peppermint shrimp have worked for friends of mine however i used something called STOP AIPTASIA. you use a syringe to put the stuff on them and they eat it and die. worked great. made by chem-marine
     
  11. saltyfish922

    saltyfish922 Feather Duster

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    picked up some JoesJuice today. had to pull the rocks apart again, but it was worth it.