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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / February 2005Sliced Aptaisia's?
I have recently won a battle with a terrible purple cyanoslime and I believe my hair algae is beaten almost to the breaking point (thanks in part to this site for both of those little triumphs). But now, I'm back to my original problem of the wonderfully resilient aptaisia. I have tried everything but the Copperband Butterfly (which everyone has assured me will clean em right out, but only after it eats all my pretty little fanworms...sniff) and the aptaisia eating slug (the name escapes me, but I don't want to kill them once they've finished the job, and I'm not growing aptaisia's to feed them either!). nothing seems to work... I remove the ones I can from the glass and sand, but you can't get them off the rocks! I have a peppermint shrimp in one of my tanks that is doing a decent (but slow) job of getting them under control, but I can't seem to keep the little pep's alive in my other tank, perhaps due to a condy anemone or my rather big 'eel goby', so I don't see how I can solve this problem with pep shrimp alone. However, the other day, I was cleaning the glass with a razor, and I figured what the %&*#, why not? I cut one of the little buggers right in half, quickly disposing of the cut off piece. What was left on the rock was letting go all these little fine white hairs, and shrivelling up. After about two days it looked like it was going to recover (it was only a little grey coloured blob, but it started to turn into an aptaisia coloured blob again) and then, bang, it was gone. This could have been the result of the peppermint shrimp taking advantage for an easy meal, but if there is a chance that it just died on it's own, then I may try it again. Has Anyone done this? I have read that they can spawn when they are severely damaged like this (i.e. crushed into rock or tweezered) but I'm not sure that it had time with the method I used. Where the little white strings some kind of spore type things that are gonna grow into a million more? Any help would be greatly appreciated! A simple solution to an annoying problem ,,, a product called Joe's Juice Here is what it claims: "Joe's Juice eliminates unwanted Aiptasia and Majano anemones from reef tanks. Within minutes of feeding the anemone a small amount of Joe's Juice it will disappear, with no need to siphon it out of the aquarium. Since you feed the problem anemones directly any other anemones in the tank will not be affected in any way. Completely reef safe, Joe's Juice will not effect water chemistry. Plastic applicator is included." I've used it - it works - none of my aptaisia has survived 2 applications - you feed the aptaisia Joe's Juice from the included syringe. Joe's Juice looks like white latex paint. The aptaisia readily consume it instead of flinching away. I'm not sure what Joe's Juice does to kill the aptaisia - terminal constipation?? btw I've used the Juice around my large leather, hammer head and frogspawn corals with no ill effects > I have recently won a battle with a terrible purple cyanoslime and I believe > my hair algae is beaten almost to the breaking point (thanks in part to this [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > strings some kind of spore type things that are gonna grow into a million > more? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Joe's juice huh? I did a little reading, but I can't seem to find anything that tells me what is in it, or how/why it works. I appreciate the tip, Brian, but does anybody know what this stuff is? I am very particular about putting any chemicals in my reef, whether the bottle says it's safe or not. I have a lot of these little buggers in my tank, I'm thinking I would need a lot of this stuff to do the job. Brian... did you ever try the slicing method? If so, what happened? Thanks again. > A simple solution to an annoying problem ,,, a product called Joe's Juice > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > btw I've used the Juice around my large leather, hammer head and frogspawn > corals with no ill effects | ... did you ever try the slicing method? If so, what happened? | Thanks again. From what I have read, even a small piece of aiptasia can develop into a new anemone. I've sliced, diced, mashed and pureed the wretched things and all I've ever gotten for my efforts are a lot more aptaisias. Like I said, Ive used Joe's Juice next to my large leather coral and its "baby" and actually managed to get some on them. All that happened was that the polyps closed briefly and then re-opened. Aptaisias on the other hand close around Joe's Juice and then shrink into a wilted looking ball before either succumbing or coming back a week or 2 later much subdued - a 2nd application takes care of any of the more robust aptaisia. As for quantity to kill - it takes a mL or less to nuke the typical aptaisia. I've used peppermint shrimp to control the aptaisia and they do a reasonable job but wouldn't tackle the bigger aptaisias. Unfortunately my serpent star developed a taste for the shrimp and effectively ended that control method for me... I definitely have NOT seen any bad effects in from Joe's Juice - the tank I used it in, is only 20 gallons - like you I'm really twitchy about using chemicals since the ecology in a small tank is especially delicate... I think putting my ungloved hand into the tank was much more of an impact.. B > Joe's juice huh? I did a little reading, but I can't seem to find anything > that tells me what is in it, or how/why it works. I appreciate the tip, [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > btw I've used the Juice around my large leather, hammer head and frogspawn > > corals with no ill effects They multiply when there's too many nutrients in the tank. Do frequent water changes. I have a few but they're kept in check by keeping my water nutrient poor.  SignatureI was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates who once said, "I drank what?". I r34lly n33d t0 g37 l41d > I've sliced, diced, mashed and pureed the wretched things and all I've > ever [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] > frogspawn >> > corals with no ill effects I believe I wasn't too clear when I was writing down the original post. After I cut the aptaisia, it shrivelled up, then Completely disappeared after 2 days, I believe that what happened was that the peppermint shrimp ate it while it was recovering. this was one of the bigger ones you mention that they don't seem to touch. I guess this is sort of a combo attack, slice and shrimp the little buggers. I don't think I'll try Joe's Juice because no-one knows what's in it and I'm not at all comfortable with that.... I got rid of my cyano and GHA without miracle cures and I think I can do it with this little setback as well. > I've sliced, diced, mashed and pureed the wretched things and all I've ever > gotten for my efforts are a lot more aptaisias. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > chemicals since the ecology in a small tank is especially delicate... I > think putting my ungloved hand into the tank was much more of an impact.. |
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