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Posted: April 04 2005 at 3:01pm |
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I am posting here since we dont have a pain in the *** section. I have manjo's and I cant seem to get rid of them. I have tried everything know to man from natural peppermints to Stop Apistsia to fresh sqeezed lemon juice injected diectly into them with a syring... Has anyone had any proven success with something??
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Posted: April 04 2005 at 3:07pm |
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Peppermint shrimp always worked for me. But using a high dose of kalkwasser works pretty good. Just can't do it very often.
Mix kalkwasser and water into a clayish like mixture. Use a syringe to spray it right on top of them. Its always worked for me. Depending on your tank, is how much and many you can kill. Try to get the syringe as close to the aptasia before spraying them. It will also kill any coral it gets on.
Good luck!
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Posted: April 04 2005 at 3:25pm |
I agree with pmpt. Kalkwasser is very effective against Majanos. I inject it right into their mouths. They soon waste away.
I don't think that peppermints are an effective control against majanos, but do work fairly well against aiptasia.
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Posted: April 04 2005 at 3:34pm |
Wow! A presidenty member agreeing with me!  I must have done something right in some previous life! 
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Posted: April 04 2005 at 4:04pm |
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Hey, that's what I did, too! I got a long acrylic tube and "fed" it to
them! I had quite a few, and it worked wonderfully. If you can
put just a polyp full right on them, they will close up on it, and
everything else will be fine!
Now, I just have to get rid of my aiptasias! I am going to make
my lionfish live in the sump while his dinner eats 'em all!
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Posted: April 04 2005 at 6:08pm |
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Thanks guys... Im going to try that & let you know how it works....
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I have flying monkeys and I'm not afraid to use them.
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Posted: April 04 2005 at 6:37pm |
Connie I use the following formula.
1 teaspoon pickling lime and 2 tablespoons tap water--- cook 40 seconds in the micro, let cool and use a syringe to apply. If you need syringes I've got em!
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Posted: April 04 2005 at 6:56pm |
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I wouldn't heat the water. There is no reason to IMO.
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Posted: April 04 2005 at 7:09pm |
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I got the formula from Garf and it works really good.
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Posted: April 04 2005 at 8:52pm |
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What does a manjo look like? I may have one..
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Posted: April 04 2005 at 11:15pm |
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Imagine if you will... a very small(baby) bubble tip anemone with a slightly more ring-type/circular arrangement of "bubble tips"... usually a relatively large open disc surrounding the mouth, too and light brown-tan color.
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Posted: April 04 2005 at 11:29pm |
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 4:16am |
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Im a newbe and just wondering if anyone has a remomendation on an anemone to keep in a 24 gal nano-cube[that will host clowns]..?¿?..(I dont want to fill the whole tank w/ an anemone{1 foot 8 inches)¿¿¿
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 10:00am |
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First, how long has your tank tank been set up?
Second, What kind of lighting are you using?
Third, What kind of clown fish do you have?
But in general, I'd use a regular bubble tipped anenome. They're relatively cheap, and seem to be pretty hardy. Plus most any kind of clown will host in them. I've always had good luck with them and your typical "nemo" looking clowns.
Hope this helped.
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 10:29am |
 bugzme wrote:
I got the formula from Garf and it works really good. |
I'm not questioning the ratio of water to lime, but I'm not sure why the would recommend heating the water. It won't hurt anything, but I'm not sure it would help either. Especially because the are cooling it before application.
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 12:11pm |
If you're cooling it before application, then I would likely skip the heating part... not sure what purpose it would serve. Some people do inject hot water though.
I just make a slurry of room temperature water and kalk. It definitely kills aptasia, but out of the ashes I usually get a two or three babies sprout up. I've never tried it on majanos.
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 12:19pm |
jfinch wrote:
If you're cooling it before application, then I would likely skip the heating part... not sure what purpose it would serve. Some people do inject hot water though.
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If you are injecting it hot then I would understand that, but like Jon said if you are cooling after I would just skip the heating process.
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 2:39pm |
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Ok, Martha stewart I am not... What is pickling lime and where do I get it??? Why use it instead of the kass whatever stuff....
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 3:57pm |
Jake Pehrson wrote:
I wouldn't heat the water. There is no reason to IMO. |
And according to JFinch, because of the chemistry of it, kalkwasser dissolves to a higher concentration, thus a higher pH, in cold water.
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 4:04pm |
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Pickling Lime is Kalkwasser. It is sold in some grocery stores for canning pickles.
Kalkwasser has been discussed a lot here on the MB. It's German for "Calcium/Chalk Water" Do a search. It is Calcium Hydoxide, Ca(OH)2, a chemical that adds a lot of Calcium to the aquarium when used as topoff. I don't have a Calcium Reactor, but my clams, LPS and SPS seem to grow very well with 1-2 gals of Kalkwasser added every night.
It can be bought at the LFS or I can just give you some.
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