Starting over

[Chronos]

Hope everyone is doing well.
I have decided to restart my saltwater journey with a bigger aquarium (will read more articles and advice on this forum ).
not sure if I should keep anything from this one, don't want to move over any parasites (aiptasia).
Really disappointed and sad. Live and learn (expensive lesson )

Last measurements

CA. 420
KH 8.6
MG. 1.500
NO3. 5
NO2. 0.025
PO4. 0.1
Salinity. 1.030

 

[littlefoxx]

I think you could keep them! Just dip your corals before moving over and get a fish that east aptasia! Thats what I have to do, those were all over. I have a kleini butterfly who keeps them in check and loves eating the aptasia! Those corals are too gorgeous to dump in my opinion, they totally can be saved. Here is my butterfly, he is a great eater and loves to eat those pest aptasia for me! He is they yellow fish, hard to get a picture of

 

[brandon429]

you need to follow basic aiptasia removal options and that system will easily transfer over to a new system or you can just keep the current system and be aiptasia free. leave the old sand behind, and use new fully rinsed cloudless sand in the new reef then simply set those rocks over into the new tank. don't use the common means for aiptasia or you'll spread them. this includes, pastes, glues, animals, injections, lasers etc. anything the public would do with an aiptasia is what you should not do, they spread them vs kill them.

there's one way that will rid those from the tank, let me know if you want to use that way. in no way should you toss that rock or buy new, because you'd be buying aiptasia seeded rock/common on live rock/with no practice in killing them. you should manage that rock above, and keep it for twenty years. there's one way that works, let me know if you're serious in removing them.

 

[Chronos]

you need to follow basic aiptasia removal options and that system will easily transfer over to a new system or you can just keep the current system and be aiptasia free. leave the old sand behind, and use new fully rinsed cloudless sand in the new reef then simply set those rocks over into the new tank. don't use the common means for aiptasia or you'll spread them. this includes, pastes, glues, animals, injections, lasers etc. anything the public would do with an aiptasia is what you should not do, they spread them vs kill them.

there's one way that will rid those from the tank, let me know if you want to use that way. in no way should you toss that rock or buy new, because you'd be buying aiptasia seeded rock/common on live rock/with no practice in killing them. you should manage that rock above, and keep it for twenty years. there's one way that works, let me know if you're serious in removing them.

Thanks, I'll reach out when I start setting up the new tank.

 

[brandon429]

here's the method specific for that tank.

take a flathead screwdriver and clean it off, sharpen up the flat edge if needed. clean it well then it's safe and fine to use

take a tap hammer or your arm strength and precision press that metal wedge up under those aiptasia, that rock isn't all that hard it'll give way, dig them out leaving a golf divot hole in the rock where they once were. glue a coral in that hole, or just leave it and coralline will cast it over. this way takes the anemone + the footing rock surfaces out in one pass. rinse off the removed area with saltwater before setting back in the tank minus the anemone targets. if it's in a crevice, push harder, simply man-will that screwdriver to be pressed under the base of the anemone and force it out in one pass.

brushes, pastes, injections, animals all leave pedal foot cells attached to the rocks, this way digs them out. if you run this method please take pics and update afters, I need the examples for an aiptasia removal thread had been working on

that live rock is so nice I'd never get rid of it, I'd pay top dollar for it even if you had twice the aiptasias on it. they're so easy to remove it wouldn't concern me. I once had an aiptasia on the side of my live rock. I took wire cutters and simply cut off that love of live rock and tossed it out, never had another one.

 

[Chronos]

here's the method specific for that tank.

take a flathead screwdriver and clean it off, sharpen up the flat edge if needed. clean it well then it's safe and fine to use

take a tap hammer or your arm strength and precision press that metal wedge up under those aiptasia, that rock isn't all that hard it'll give way, dig them out leaving a golf divot hole in the rock where they once were. glue a coral in that hole, or just leave it and coralline will cast it over. this way takes the anemone + the footing rock surfaces out in one pass. rinse off the removed area with saltwater before setting back in the tank minus the anemone targets. if it's in a crevice, push harder, simply man-will that screwdriver to be pressed under the base of the anemone and force it out in one pass.

brushes, pastes, injections, animals all leave pedal foot cells attached to the rocks, this way digs them out. if you run this method please take pics and update afters, I need the examples for an aiptasia removal thread had been working on

that live rock is so nice I'd never get rid of it, I'd pay top dollar for it even if you had twice the aiptasias on it. they're so easy to remove it wouldn't concern me. I once had an aiptasia on the side of my live rock. I took wire cutters and simply cut off that love of live rock and tossed it out, never had another one.

Thanks, will try that out on the weekend.