Injecting aiptasia

[paats]

I`m going to attempt to inject the aiptasia in my tank with kalkwasser to kill the buggers.Is there a certain amount I need to inject them with or will a little go a long way?There are quite a few of them and I`ve added peppermint shrimp but I`m not seeing an improvement.Should you also only kill a couple at a time to not pollute the tank or does it matter.
Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

There ain't much in each of these bugers, so don't worry about pollution unless you have 100's of them in a 5 gal nano tank.

Don't use too much kalk, however, since they can be irrating to other fish/invert in the tank. With good air exchange, it can be less of an issue.

Some people use kalk paste, but that can be an overkill. Just a little is fine. Are you sure you have the real peppermint shrimp (cf. camel shrimp)?

 

[pishposh]

i've heard of people injecting them with lemon juice. Ofcourse too much lemon juice in the water might affect your ph level, but i hear it works great.

Would probably be ok if you spread it out over a length of time

 

[Anonymous]

Make sure you really stick the needle in deep so you get the bugger. You gotta get the whole thing otherwise it can grow back.

 

[parvo]

You don't want to fowl up your tank so I would only inject a few at a time. I have waited a couple of minutes after I injected them and then pulled them out with tweezers.

 

[Anonymous]

So far i have not had success with the injection method. I tried boiling water and a couple days later they were back. I have heard that giving them something to munch on before injecting them works because they can't retract while holding on to food. I will try that next. I have some very large ones but very few little ones. I kind of like them myself and I do not have any corals to worry about. People come over and ask me what those cool brown things are. I tell them they are a pest I need to get rid of. They say "Why I like them"..........oh well.