Easy Cheap Aptasia Removal

[Mike]

Hello all i thought i would share a easy cheap way to remove aptasia.

I have a small pencil torch that i use high quality cigar butane (atleast triple distilled) so there is no residue left after burning.

This will only work if there is no coral on the rock obviously!

What i do is burn them and scrape them off,and for good measure i re burn the area the aptasia was attached to.
This way the rock does not even lose any life the only thing that happens is the coraline dies on the spot where the burning takes place.

This has worked for me every time and they do not ever return.

I have never had any heavy aptasia problems only light ones.

ps it will smell like burnt hair so do it in a well vented area

 

[Salty Cracker]

LASERS! GOTTA USE FRIKKIN LASERS!!!

 

[Sewerat]

Green or red lasers?

 

[TORX]

Ones mounted on sharks

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[pulpfiction1]

 

[pulpfiction1]

i hate gsp almost as much

 

[theyangman]

I always wanted to try the laser method. But I wonder where I could get one of those lasers that are strong enough. And the debate on what it does to the glass....

 

[Marz]

I always wanted to try the laser method. But I wonder where I could get one of those lasers that are strong enough. And the debate on what it does to the glass....

+1

 

[Poseidon]

you can get them on ebay, my little brother has one he bought at trails end market in london one time for 30$ i think?
i doubt it hurts the glass... but i have no idea lol im more worried about pets eyes , the fish, other ppl that sort of thing

 

[theyangman]

I'd be concerned about bringing it in across the border and potentially having it confiscated.

I'd much rather buy local. Have you ever borrowed your brothers and tried burning aiptasia with it?

 

[Pistol]

I think Petercar has one, maybe he will pipe in.

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

i have the [emoji639][emoji646][emoji646] dollar arctic it will zap them but they come back in a few days. ..so it dosnt eradicate them so that idea dosnt work ..the arctic will start a fire on a new dollar bill tho..lol

 

[Pistol]

I have a peppermint shrimp and I can only find 1 aptasia which is kinda hiding under an anemone, I had about a dozen.

 

[scubasteve]

I have a peppermint shrimp and I can only find 1 aptasia which is kinda hiding under an anemone, I had about a dozen.

+1 i have 2 peppermint shrimp in my 125gal had a few aptasia but a few weeks after introduction all was gone havnt seen one in over 6 months now and they are the size of my cleaner and bloods now