New way to remove Aiptasia

[ShawnMMcKenna]

I had a pesky aiptasia in my tank and I just couldnt get at him. Everytime I tried he went into a hole in the liverock. So, I put a clamshell over top of the hole he would come out of. After a couple days, he was coming out from the side of the clamshell. I took the clamshell off and his "stem" was fully extended, which allowed me to grab him with a pair of pliers and rid my tank of him. Amen!

 

[melosu58]

Good suggestion. Maybe someone else will be able to use that.

 

[iDream]

So you tore it off? Or was it attached to the clamshell? If you just ripped the base off it might not be dead..

 

[ShawnMMcKenna]

So you tore it off? Or was it attached to the clamshell? If you just ripped the base off it might not be dead..

It as still attatched to the rock. I ripped it off of the rock...stem and all. I will be keeping an eye on the spot it was in to see if it comes back, but I am pretty sure I got all of it...

 

[hackteck]

so you murdered it? just kidding lol

 

[Hinds04]

lol these things have some terrible deaths. lethal injection, cremation, get ripped in half, and they also get engulfed in a death cloud.