Aiptasia Chemicals

[CaptainK]

Hi Everyone,
Well I am lucky enough to have two different kinds of Aiptasia in my tank, from what I have seen on Joacos web site. One is brown colored with long tentacles and the other is just ugly, but it looks cool under actin lighting because it glows a flourescent green color, but these are bad so they must go.
I do not want to get a shrimp and I do not have kalk.
I have come across a few products like Stop Aiptasia from Chem Marin and was wondering how effective they were??
Thanks,
CaptK

[Reefland]

Before buying anything, you may want to try boiling water. You can sometimes inject them with boiling water to kill them as you would with kalk.

Scott

[saltjunkie]

I used that stop aptasia, and it does work, to a point. After it takes affect, you still have to suck out the remaining gunk that was an aptasia, I used it in a 10g tANK and it never bothred my corals.
hth
Rick

[SCETT316]

I have also used the Stop Aptasia twice, and succesfully I may add, with no ill effects in my reef.
But if you have not purchased it yet, I would try the boiling wtr. first.
HTH

[CaptainK]

THanks Guys,
I will try the Boiling water thing first.
I assume that I will be needing a needle of some type to inject the little beast. Do I need any specialy kind? Where can I get one?
-Is there a proper way to inject the water?
-What is to be expected after I inject the little beast?
Thanks,
CaptK