[FishKid]

man! everything was going fine! I put the polyps in, turned on some NO lights to acclimate it. The polyps started opening up, and guess what i noticed!!!! Dramatic irony thats what it is! I was supposed to buy peppermint shrimp, but didnt have enough money, so i decided to put them off till next time. well guess what i got, right smack dab in the middle of the polyps AIPTASIA! UUGGGHHHH!!!! i dont want to use chemicals, how can i get rid of it? The polyps that it is in contact with, are a bit swollen! And in the bag, i saw 2 more aiptasias on the plastic strip!

MAN!!
mark

[Mikeman]

I if your careful and quick enough you can just pick them off, that's what I used to do, I now a peppermint shrimp and haven't seen aiptasia since

[FishKid]

i tried that, and one of the laegs floated away it doesnt look like a serious threat right now, but i plan on getting some peppy's soon, i think the LFS had a sale on them

mark

[t0adman]

Yep, peps do the trick. I still have a couple very small aptasia in my tank, but neither threaten any of my corals. My shrimp, on the other hand, are beefly, healthy and spunky! The second food hits the water they all come flying out of the rocks and start scurrying around like mad. They're a great addition to the tank.

[mastaJ]

So...that means that PA has aptasia...oh no...how was the rest of your order? I have never ordered from then but I'm about to when my paycheck comes, everyone still recomends them right?

[Mikeman]

Yes I still recommend them, i would just ask jason to check if there were any aiptasia on the rocks you were ordering

[Bamm Bamm]

I use a syringe filled with Kalkawasser to rid my tanks of aptaisa.

[FishKid]

I dont have any kalkwasser on hand right now, i am a little figity when in comes to something like that. I would recommend PA highly, I have never recieved a DOA from him! The polyps are in excellent shape though, 'cept for the aiptasia.

mark

[skipm]

Fishkid,
If you don't have any kalk. you can also try boiling water and inject that into the little devils. I have also heard of people injecting them with vinegar but I have no experience with it. Good Luck, Skip

[ravenmore]

Fishkid - aiptasia is common - not a big deal. It's almost impossible to screen rock to prevent it. I'd say it's on more live rock than it's not.

Kalk is pure calcium (well calcium hydroxide to be technical) so it won't hurt your tank at all. You can use pickling lime as well (it's the same thing) - you can get pickling lime at the grocery store.

Pepermint shrimps are not reef safe. They might just find your corals and polyps tasty as well. I've also seen one pull apart a feather duster.

The kalk will take care of your problem in a jiff.

Mike