Just found why that christmas favia has dull colors, aiptasia...

[GoldeTime]

Just noticed this, might have something to do with it...
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[GoldeTime]

Best way to get rid of it?

 

[DyM]

Take out the coral, and use a nylon brush (new tooth brush should work). you want to make sure you don't do that while it's in the tank, that's how they spread. There is a product call Joe's juice, anything for mojo's will do.

 

[GoldeTime]

So just scrub the little guy off? I should really just have that stuff around, I'll look around online and at the LFS.


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[CRW Reef]

I use Mrs. Wages Pickling Lime and you can get it at most grocery stores and Ive read even walmart and walgreens.

The ratio I use is 1 tsp of Lime to 2 tbls of RO water, microwave for 40 seconds, fill plastic syringe (over the counter) and then inject making sure you get the tip in the face of the aiptasia

* edited had my ratio typed backwards

http://www.garf.org/news7p1.shtml#PEST

http://grocery.kingsoopers.com/pd/Mrs-Wages/Pickling-Lime/16-oz/072058646820/

 

[MuralReef]

I use kalk paste. No recipe just add some water to kalk powder till you have a thick paste add to a syringe and squirt the little bugger in the face! They suck it in shrink up and DIE!

 

[CRW Reef]

kalkwasser, pickling lime and calcium hydroxide - all the same thing except you go to grocery store and ask for calcium hydroxide or kalkwasser you will get funny looks

 

[MuralReef]

kalkwasser, pickling lime and calcium hydroxide - all the same thing except you go to grocery store and ask for calcium hydroxide or kalkwasser you will get funny looks

Know it all!

 

[DyM]

Just be careful as lime will also kill what ever part of the favia it touches, that is kind of why I didn't recommend it. Even hot boiling water in a syringe will work.

 

[GoldeTime]

Haha I tried the scrub and I think it worked, time will tell, I haven't seen it in an hour or so, if it's back I'll step it up a notch


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[Munch]

Hopefully you didn't scrub it in the water - it's the spores on the aptasia that leads to baby ones...

 

[GoldeTime]

Ya, I made sure not too, that's the last thing I need.

 

[GoldeTime]

The favia's okay and the aiptasia gone!