- Location
- North West NJ
I have a problem with Tulip Anenomes,.I have tried Aiptasa X that sort of works but not great .What else could you use to control them.There is no way for me to take rocks out.
Tulp Anenomes
- Thread starter roxsburyrage
- Start date
- Location
- Hollis Hills queens
Lye
don't know why anyone would use anything else. i got live rock covered in apatasia. did the lye treatment worked immediately and didnt even harm my pods, though it did kill some of my bristle worms
don't know why anyone would use anything else. i got live rock covered in apatasia. did the lye treatment worked immediately and didnt even harm my pods, though it did kill some of my bristle worms
Killerdrgn
Advanced Reefer
- Location
- Park Ridge, NJ
lye? do you mean kalk? or lye as in the stuff you use to wash clothes with?
- Location
- poughquag, ny
pending how big the tank is and how many you have pepperment shrimp will do the job also, just dot feed the tank for a few days
- Location
- Hollis Hills queens
lye
actual lye, must be 100% lye, not the drain cleaner which is mixed with other additives, especially the slow acting kind. only place that sells to the public is lowes. bought a huge jar for $9.00. forget the name its in a yellow bottle of crystals. if you are really intrested i could search for the name. works instantly literally explodes them and kills even the roots
actual lye, must be 100% lye, not the drain cleaner which is mixed with other additives, especially the slow acting kind. only place that sells to the public is lowes. bought a huge jar for $9.00. forget the name its in a yellow bottle of crystals. if you are really intrested i could search for the name. works instantly literally explodes them and kills even the roots
- Location
- The Big City
It's Red Devil lye, which is sodium hydroxide, and you can get it from a chemical warehouse. You want to use sodium hydroxide as that is what kills the Apstasia. The product that Lowes sells is called Roebic Drain opener.
Drano will also work, as it contains sodium hydroxide, but contains other things too though they're not harmful to you corals, inverts or fish.
You want to use .5ml and put it right on the Apstasia, try not to spray it around.
Drano will also work, as it contains sodium hydroxide, but contains other things too though they're not harmful to you corals, inverts or fish.
You want to use .5ml and put it right on the Apstasia, try not to spray it around.
- Location
- Hollis Hills queens
roebic
roebic is what i used, had mounds of apatasia on some free rock. just a few crystals right into the mouth, especially when it was feeding and gone. havent had an outbreak in a year. like i said pods were nt even harmed. just be sure to use literally a few crystals per tulip and let it dissolve completly, about 10 seconds before you move around the precipate which forms. goes without saying this is real dangerous stuff, do it carefully and tiny amounts
roebic is what i used, had mounds of apatasia on some free rock. just a few crystals right into the mouth, especially when it was feeding and gone. havent had an outbreak in a year. like i said pods were nt even harmed. just be sure to use literally a few crystals per tulip and let it dissolve completly, about 10 seconds before you move around the precipate which forms. goes without saying this is real dangerous stuff, do it carefully and tiny amounts
- Location
- North West NJ
I have peppermint shrimp for two years they never touch the Tulips they only seem to eat aiptasa.
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