Hi All!
I took in some cycled rock out of someone else's reef. I was buying a few coral off of him and mentioned he'd get rid of some rock as well because he was consolidating tanks. I know this is a usually frowned upon and well I am now paying the piper in a sense.
I am now about two months in of having the rock in my display and I am noticing some aiptasia here and there on it. I know I could get peppermint shrimp, the filefish, or a copperband to take care of them but I am wondering if I am able to just pull the rock and let it dry out for a few days and to kill the aiptasia and then put it back. All the aiptasia I can see are still centered on the one rock. I know this will cause some die off of bacteria, algae, and other things but I feel like the repercussions of that are worth it if it kills off all the aiptasia.
Wondering what others thoughts on this route may be!
I took in some cycled rock out of someone else's reef. I was buying a few coral off of him and mentioned he'd get rid of some rock as well because he was consolidating tanks. I know this is a usually frowned upon and well I am now paying the piper in a sense.
I am now about two months in of having the rock in my display and I am noticing some aiptasia here and there on it. I know I could get peppermint shrimp, the filefish, or a copperband to take care of them but I am wondering if I am able to just pull the rock and let it dry out for a few days and to kill the aiptasia and then put it back. All the aiptasia I can see are still centered on the one rock. I know this will cause some die off of bacteria, algae, and other things but I feel like the repercussions of that are worth it if it kills off all the aiptasia.
Wondering what others thoughts on this route may be!