Rjohn Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I was talking to a guy at C4 who said he was going to try using an electric aiptasia killing device to eradicate xenia. I wanted to know the results and if anyone has such a device I can borrow. I need to get rid of some xenia sprouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I want it!!!! Lol. Never heard of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Monnat Jr Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Would killing them in situ cause them to mess up your water chemistry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Not that I condone it but I accidentally left my light on all night one time and poof... all my xenia died the next day. Easiest eradication ever. I did lose some chalices and one lps but no more xenia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 It's this: http://majanowand.com/ and dapettit has one and is available for premium members to borrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjohn Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 Outstanding Mitch. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 FYI I tried doing that for a larger tank and found it did cause some spreading, I'd recommend rigging up an airline tubing taped to the electric end to siphon out as you go , otherwise if you burn a base and then it reattaches later you'll have to keep up the fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I just finished using apastia-x to successfully remove my texas trash palys that threatened to take over everything. For xenias I used a shop vac during water changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjohn Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 got a picture of texas trash palys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Texas trash. Someone gave me some of these for free once and I thought it was a score. Once I found out what they were I put them in the refugium. These things are on the level of aiptasia in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjohn Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 I got a bunch of those myself. I felt guilty for not liking them. Mine were blue till I went LED, now they are tan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I liked them at first since they pop under actinics but once they started jumping rocks they really started getting out of control and choking other zoas. I'm only on day 3 of using Aiptasia X on them but I'd say it was a success. It's the very tiny baby ones that I miss but they can't hide under the actinics so I'll report in the next couple of days if I got them all permanently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Ill try it tonight and let you know how it goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Hey Brian, Some of those trash palys snuck on to a frag I bought awhile ago. They have overgrown my tubbs blues and I am ready to send them packing. So did you just feed them aptasia X and they happily accepted and died or did you stick them with a syringe? I think if applied carefully, I may be able to kill them all off without damaging my tubbs blue below them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I basically just pushed the syringe in their mouth and squirted, it's not a pointy tip at all. I wasn't worried about any excess or getting into the water column since its safe for everything. I can swing by with some whenever you want those pics taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+etannert Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 AIptasia X can burn other corals if globs of it fall. I accidentally burned a setosa that way once... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Here is the pic of my progress. As you can see I missed 2 or 3 in the first round so I'll get them tonight. The others have not opened up still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gott Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Not that I condone it but I accidentally left my light on all night one time and poof... all my xenia died the next day. Easiest eradication ever. I did lose some chalices and one lps but no more xenia! That's funny; my ORA pom-poms have been under 24/7 lighting since the day I got them, in my refugium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Sorry I forgot to post results. I used the aptasia wand on my Xenia a week ago today. Them suckers bubbled away within seconds and have yet to be seen again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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