Aiptasia question

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So my DT has undergone treatment for the past two months to eradicate velvet, my frags were moved to a separate tank while the tank underwent treatment with chloroquine phosphate to avoid having my corals wiped out.

This hospital tank was not set up prior to the velvet outbreak. Now that I am ready to move my corals back to my DT I have noticed that this hospital tank has aiptasia everywhere! I must have had aiptasia in my DT and the peppermint shrimp were taking care of it without me ever noticing. There was also bubble algae on one of my frags which I scraped off and have not seen since.

My question is, how can I move these (only 3) frags from my hospital tank to my DT without also transferring aiptasia? None of them are on frag plugs, would coral rx dip take care of it? Thank you for any help.
 

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So my DT has undergone treatment for the past two months to eradicate velvet, my frags were moved to a separate tank while the tank underwent treatment with chloroquine phosphate to avoid having my corals wiped out.

This hospital tank was not set up prior to the velvet outbreak. Now that I am ready to move my corals back to my DT I have noticed that this hospital tank has aiptasia everywhere! I must have had aiptasia in my DT and the peppermint shrimp were taking care of it without me ever noticing. There was also bubble algae on one of my frags which I scraped off and have not seen since.

My question is, how can I move these (only 3) frags from my hospital tank to my DT without also transferring aiptasia? None of them are on frag plugs, would coral rx dip take care of it? Thank you for any help.

No coral dip wouldn't kill them. Kalk paste, lemon juice, the peppermint shrimp.. ... ... etc. Works.
 

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