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Originally Posted by Amphibious  What has worked without fail and without harm to other anemones or corals is Joe's Juice. I've been using and selling it for 3 years without one complaint from customers. It's easy to use, just feed the Aptasia the juice. No injecting, no worry about changing PH, no expensive Berghia ($15 each) just results. |
I keep Joe's Juice around for quick kills when I see
aiptasia stinging other livestock but I can't see how it could eradicate an entire population unless you keep each chunk of
live rock in a
QT tank after killing the
aiptasia. Joe's Juice does NOT destroy the anemone's pedal lacerates.
I've had some success manually placing bristleworms (purple, not pink, no idea on the species) on the rock after "juicing" an anemone, and also with
kalk paste applied after the Joe's Juice has dissolved the main body --
FWIW the pedal lacerates will typically be located on the rock in a circle no wider than the original anemone's height. So if I "juice" a 1 inch tall
aiptasia and want to make sure no new ones spring from the ashes, I'll apply a tiny bit of
kalk paste to a 1 inch wide circular area on the rock centered where the anemone was.
If you can remove the rock and keep it in
QT as you eradicate the anemones (and move it to a third tank to hold afterwards so it doesn't become re-infected) you will have a better chance of success with whatever method you choose, even if it's a copperband or troop of peppermint shrimp. Unfortunately most folks don't even have
QT tanks, and those that do usually don't have anything large enough to hold all their
live rock.
Regarding berghia: I've only seen/heard of them failing when the initial colony was too small to begin with but they aren't a magic bullet either. They they move slowly and may need to be picked up and relocated a lot by the aquarist in the final few weeks of the eradication -- which could take up to 6 months to fully accomplish in a large tank, so keeping some Joe's Juice on hand would still be a good investment to protect your livestock and keep some "sting-free" zones in your
live rock for your fish to sleep in.
