killing apstasia in zoanthids?..possible?

[cr500_af]

I think she used a bucket like they use for feeding during a dive sometimes... with an X cut in the lid where your hand can go in through it. The salt would get wet, but would still be a thick paste that you could put in a specific spot.

 

[jennm]

Heh, I haven't been to GAI for a while, but the last time I was there, they had a pretty impressive aiptasia farm in the Tropical Diver exhibit...

They'd need to use one of those pallet bags of salt to get them all!

Jenn

 

[cr500_af]

JennM;576710 wrote: Heh, I haven't been to GAI for a while, but the last time I was there, they had a pretty impressive aiptasia farm in the Tropical Diver exhibit...

They'd need to use one of those pallet bags of salt to get them all!

Jenn

I went this summer, and while I didn't go on a search for them, I noticed none at all.

 

[jennm]

Well I'm glad to hear that. The whole display was overrun in July of 09 when I was there last (with a Seachem group). We asked about it and the guy that guided our tour basically said they'd given up... they are in the pipes and such, and they'd tried all kinds of biological and chemical means to get rid of them.

If they're gone, that's wonderful news.

Jenn

 

[pamelahaley]

cr500_af;576689 wrote: The first time I heard of the salt trick was when Kimberly Hall of the GA Aquarium spoke to us. She said after lots of failed attempts, she dove with a bucket of IO salt and put salt on each aiptasia in the reef exhibit, and none came back.

so...undiluted salt does it? OMG Trial time.