Should this be killed?

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Jennie

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To me it looks like Aspasia (sp?). They're known as a pest. I've had one in my tank for the past 6 months, and had left it alone for the simple facts that it hadn't spread or grown too big. This week I noticed that when I rearranged my rocks that the new location was to it's liking and it was growing quite rapidly. So I went to my vets office, explained what I wanted to do, and managed to get a hyperdermic needle. When I got home I injected it with a little bit (very little) of lemon juice. It is now gone. I figure that I will watch real close for the next few months to make sure that no more come back.

Here is what I am refering to, see if it matches up with what you have in your tank.


 
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dragon79

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yeah they are real ugly. I have tiny tiny little ones slowly growing... they are not large enough to even inject them with anything. When I once was aquascaping, i got a razor blade and took quite a few of those suckers off with it, and it appeared to work, hehe, but hey that's more involved for most of you with bigger tanks, with my 1.5 it's a snap :)
 
Sugar Magnolia

Sugar Magnolia

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slicing them off may appear to work, but unfortunately they will regrow from the flesh remaining. If they're still small, a peppermint shrimp may eat them, and you could also mix up a thick kalk paste and smear it on them.
 
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incysor

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I killed off my aiptasia with a kalk paste for many months before getting a syringe. Now I either use a small amount of lemon juice, like SM suggested, or I just inject them with boiling fresh water. The lemon juice seems to work a bit more effectively than the fresh water. I often have to repeat the fresh water a few times before I totally kill them all off.

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Phischy

Phischy

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Go ahead and kill it, the sooner the better, I had one and didn't know what it was and let it live for 3 m onths, and now I've got little ones all over. My pep shrimp eats it, but only on the right side of the tank, and I still see 'em but I just wonder how many more there are that I can't see.
 
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newnanoreefgirl

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Okay, the little thing must die...

Where can I get a syringe? And I do see babies too, so I know it has to go.

Thanks for your help everyone!

Cora :smile:
 
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incysor

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Re: Okay, the little thing must die...

newnanoreefgirl said:
Where can I get a syringe? And I do see babies too, so I know it has to go.

Thanks for your help everyone!

Cora :smile:
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Medical supply, or in our case a friend that works in vet hospital.

SM got hers from her vet as well.

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djconn

djconn

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The pharmacy at Walgreens will sell you syringes as well. They are like a buck or so. I picked up a couple of them.

Just about any pharmacy should sell them. You just have to ask.
 
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dragon79

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djconn said:
The pharmacy at Walgreens will sell you syringes as well. They are like a buck or so. I picked up a couple of them.

Just about any pharmacy should sell them. You just have to ask.
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dude that's killer, I didn't know that. I guess it just seems funny asking them for a needle syringe from walgreens. Hey Dj as far as what to inject in them, you can inject them with homemade lemon juice, or is that the name of a product out there?
 
djconn

djconn

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Yeah, there is that stuff called Joe's Juice which supposely works pretty good but I've yet to try it. I personally use straight up Kent's Calcium additive on the little suckers. It kills them and won't hurt the tank. I've killed many this way.
 
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incysor

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I just used the lime juice that comes in the little plastic squeezy limes from the grocery store. I already had it for adding to my tecates.
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dragon79

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Sugar Magnolia said:
Joe's Juice works great, as does lemon juice or lime juice. For added kick, heat it up. :lol:
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damn sugar, you dont just kill them, you torture and annihilate them! lol.
 
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ExiledInfidel666

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yea im gonna try that lemon juice on one i have tonight, I never thought it was apitasia because it looks differnt then the pics i see on here but i was looking in a reff mag i have and it shows a pic of one that looks exactly like mine, and hes been there for 2 months and hasnt even done anything, seems like a sin to kill it but what has to be done has to be done
 
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