Aptasia DYI terminator thread

[sonnybihis]

Every tank needs a DIY Copperband Butterfly! No mess, No getting your hands wet, No collateral damage. I love my CBB.

those work too...but the peps on reeftopia are only $2 each when you buy 24...

[davocean]

I killed 2 apts yesterday that were on a piece of LR I got a while back w/ the best apt killer IMO.
Boiling water.
Quick, easy, and noninvasive.
I just boil water, and use a hypo from a test kit and hit it quickly so water doesn't cool down.
Killed on first shot.

[iwantone]

I haven't checked this post in awhile but here's an update. I am aptasia free. I used a technique similar to Gotakfu1 and used a tiny bit of pastey kalk. The key was repeated injections after a few days (took about 3). I then added peppermint shrimp, and the tank has been spotless since.

[Dechaine249]

peppermint shrimp really are the way to go, except, in terms of a cure for Aptasia, on the expensive side. Plus they are sort of ugly imho, but if you can borrow them off a friend or throw them in your fuge after your done with then, they work really well. Mine did.

[malakaikingston]

I killed 2 apts yesterday that were on a piece of LR I got a while back w/ the best apt killer IMO.
Boiling water.
Quick, easy, and noninvasive.
I just boil water, and use a hypo from a test kit and hit it quickly so water doesn't cool down.
Killed on first shot.

I don't know if I got this technique from you or someone else on here but I use the exact same method and it is 100% surefire and kinda fun too to watch them die at your hand.

[semifan1]

can you use the hot water method if they go back in the hole I got one that as soon as I stick my hand in the water he's outta there.