aiptasia

Beau is hosting the January Meeting this coming Saturday the 14th at 6PM.  It will be BYOB as well as a snack to share and raffle items are always welcome.  It has been requested that there be “NO SHOES” on the carpet due to it being a whitish color.

He doesn’t have a tank to view but we will have plenty to discuss in hopes that it will get the NEW YEAR off to a good start.  The annual membership fees are due, so now would be a good time to get them in to our Treasurer Stacey Hahn.   Fees are $20 per individual or $25 per family

Attendance was low at the election meeting in November and no votes were taken at December’s meeting so we have decided to take votes for anyone that didn’t get the opportunity in November and will be attending this meeting.  
We will add the votes to November’s ballots and the announcement will be made during the meeting so we can go forward.
NOMINATIONS:
President:  Jim & Nacho
V. President: Ed, Bo & Daniel Leigey
Treasurer: Stacey
Secretary: Carmen & Angie

Let’s hope the New Year brings new members, returning members and new ideas.  The club is always willing to take suggestions to get the most out of the hobby we all enjoy.

Please PM Nate C. by clicking here for directions if you are not a club member.  

Club members can click here to go to the club member only forum to get directions.

Hope to see you all there!

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I have a lot of small aiptasia anomones growing in my tank. I found that Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) is one of the fastest and best ways to kill them. Dose anyone have any suggestions or comments? 

http://www.reefscapes.net/articles/breefcase/aiptasia_control.html

[The Apprentice]

Btrue your on the best method for getting the job done. If you looking for other ways Its been said that Copperband Butterfly - Chelmon rostratus will eat them However they need a tank Greater than > 100 gallons in size. I don't know how big you tank is. another smaller approch is using Peppermint Shrimp - Lysmata wurdemanni they are very resonablly priced and seem to do a so-so job on these aiptasia anomones.


But i think the that Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) is one of the fastest and best ways to kill them. and not change you bio-load good luck hope this helps...Jeff

I have a lot of small aiptasia anomones growing in my tank. I found that Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) is one of the fastest and best ways to kill them. Dose anyone have any suggestions or comments? 

http://www.reefscapes.net/articles/breefcase/aiptasia_control.html

[btrue]

From what I can find from different websites on the internet says that Sodium Hydroxide will kill aiptasia when it touches it or a few seconds later. It will also kill algae and corals. If you have a big algae problem, and you have to remove the algae today for some reason, you can use Sodium Hydroxide to kill the algae. You can also use Sodium Hydroxide to keep zoanthids or some other coral that spreads very quickly under control.

You have to be careful when using Sodium Hydroxide around corals that you dont want to kill.

My favorite part about using Sodium Hydroxide to kill aiptasia is: you don't have to inject the aiptasia to kill it. Just place a drop(or more for bigger aiptasia) in the center of it.        

[Rico]

Brian,

You have found what I have been using for years.  Red Devil Lye (aka Sodium Hydroxide)  You do need to be careful in smaller tanks that you do not spike the PH, as Sodium Hydroxide is a strong base and can raise the Ph significantly.  I use it for killing hair algae and corals that are encroaching upon other corals.  I jokingly call it "Reef Roundup".

Rick

[btrue]

I went to ACE Hardware today and they did not have any Red Devil Lye, so I bought another brand of Sodium Hydroxide. I think that it killed the aiptasia, but I will not know for sure until tomarrow or the next day.