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[Lizzie]

apparently i have grass anemone and a whoooole bunch of bristle worms. does any have inexpernsive cleaning crew for a 30 gallon tank?

[discretekarma]

reeftopia.com and saltwaterfish.com have some good deals. I have not found a local fish store that can come close to online prices when it comes to clean-up crews.

 

Peppermint Shrimp will eat the Aptasia Anemone. I'm sure you can get 2-3 of those at a local fish store for a reasonable price like $5 each.

Edited December 4, 2007 by discretekarma

[jason the filter freak]

They don't really seem to cause many problems either one of them, I think you mean glass anem as Karma pointed out. If you're not upset at the astetics of the tank you can leave them go talk to Davlin about that though.

[Lizzie]

saltwaterfish.com have some good deals

i went on saltwaterfish.com and the cleaning crew package that i have my eye on includes 2 cleaning clams. i didnt know what they were so i kind of looking into it & on another reef forum, one of the members said

"DONT DO IT!!!! bacteria city, no matter how much u wash them, and typically little necks are in colder water and dont do well in our tanks, then they die and it is BAAAAD for ur water. I would stay away from these"

i was just wondering if that was true because i want to buy this package, but not if it includes live stock that would later become a problem

[NRehman]

Joes juice can get rid of the glass anemones (aptisia) pretty quickly (or kalk paste). Bristle worms don't really do any harm (neither does the aptisia). I think there are worm traps available. I think they're pretty cool and also turn up the sand.

[lanman]

Joes juice can get rid of the glass anemones (aptisia) pretty quickly (or kalk paste). Bristle worms don't really do any harm (neither does the aptisia). I think there are worm traps available. I think they're pretty cool and also turn up the sand.

Aiptasia SEEM to sting my corals... especially zoa's.

 

bob

[gastone]

Lizzie,

 

do you have any literature on saltwater aquariums? i'm sure there are quite a few good books out there, here is one that i enjoy and still reference from time to time:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Conscientious-Marine...025/ref=ed_oe_p

 

you might even be able to get your school library to pick it up.

 

good luck.

 

garrett.

[zobey]

joes juice for sure. it works great and won't harm anything else! I had an infestation of mojano anemones from some live rock I purchased from someone and continual pinpoint dosing takes care of them and will do so for aptasia.

[lancer99]

Not to hijack this thread, but why buy Joe's Juice?

 

Kalk paste has always worked for me.

 

Are there any advantages to Joe's Juice?

 

Thx,

-R

[m3fan8ic]

Not to hijack this thread, but why buy Joe's Juice?

 

Kalk paste has always worked for me.

 

Are there any advantages to Joe's Juice?

 

Thx,

-R

 

Can you tell me where get the Kalk paste from and how you use it?

thanks

Sid

[lancer99]

Kalk paste is just a thick mixture of calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide and water.

 

Calcium oxide/hydroxide is normally dissolved in water (about 1 tsp/gallon) and slowly dripped into tanks at night, to increase calcium & alkalinity...plus it has the good side effect of increasing pH at night.

 

("Kalkwasser" is German for "calcium water"....but it's commonly used to refer to the chemicals as well).

 

I mix it into a thickish paste, then use a plastic syringe that came with a test kit to slowly squirt a bit into the Aiptasias' tentacles...it's fun to see them grab on to it, thinking its food....then DIE.

 

-R