Josh's 20 Gallon Long

audikers · Jan 1, 2017

Following! Love it!

Xerxes_Zoanthids444 · Jan 1, 2017

furam28 said:
Very nice. Love the rockscape. 20G long was my first tank and still one of my favorite dimensions. This is what mine looked like:

Hey where did you get this tank at bud?

HowardJ02 · Jan 1, 2017

audikers said:
Following! Love it!

Thank you! :)

HowardJ02 · Jan 1, 2017

melypr1985 said:
Your tank looks great. I love that yuma! If you only have one aptasia you might try to just superglue it closed. I haven't tried it yet, but it's going to happen an about 5 minutes ;) Aptasia X didn't help me at all.

Thank you!
I hadn't heard of just putting super glue on it..?

melypr1985 · Jan 1, 2017

HowardJ02 said:
Thank you!
I hadn't heard of just putting super glue on it..?

I just tried it on a frag in my coral QT. I'll let you know how that works out. In my 75 I had aptasia taking over slowly despite using aptasia X on every single one of them. They would die, but two more would pop up near the one I killed. Very frustrating! I've heard of many people using super glue to just cover them up and kill them that way. It's not very convenient in a full reef with aptasia everywhere, but if you can get the rock or frag out easily then just nail it with the superglue and hope you got it in time.

enzo · Jan 1, 2017

Where did you get that Yuma it's awesome.

HowardJ02 · Jan 1, 2017

melypr1985 said:
I just tried it on a frag in my coral QT. I'll let you know how that works out. In my 75 I had aptasia taking over slowly despite using aptasia X on every single one of them. They would die, but two more would pop up near the one I killed. Very frustrating! I've heard of many people using super glue to just cover them up and kill them that way. It's not very convenient in a full reef with aptasia everywhere, but if you can get the rock or frag out easily then just nail it with the superglue and hope you got it in time.

Thanks! So far, all I have seen is the one on my gsp frag. Unfortunately, it's kind of right on the middle. If I put superglue on it, and it does after a period of time, I would be able to pull the superglue off and the gsp would grow into that spot, correct?

HowardJ02 · Jan 1, 2017

enzo said:
Where did you get that Yuma it's awesome.

Thanks! I picked it up at my LFS!

melypr1985 · Jan 1, 2017

HowardJ02 said:
Thanks! So far, all I have seen is the one on my gsp frag. Unfortunately, it's kind of right on the middle. If I put superglue on it, and it does after a period of time, I would be able to pull the superglue off and the gsp would grow into that spot, correct?

Oh sure! I don't think a little super glue would stop GSP. It will probably end up growing over that spot before you remember to remove the glue. ;)

furam28 · Jan 2, 2017

Xerxes_Zoanthids444 said:
Hey where did you get this tank at bud?

It was originally a Deep Blue Professional 20G Long tank I purchased on BedBathBeyond. I de-rimmed it, and then drilled it (with 1" overflow and 1/2" return), and added overflow box.

Frop · Jan 2, 2017

melypr1985 said:
Your tank looks great. I love that yuma! If you only have one aptasia you might try to just superglue it closed. I haven't tried it yet, but it's going to happen an about 5 minutes ;) Aptasia X didn't help me at all.

Ya I superglue the ones in the tank. Only you see the superglue still after they're gone. Maybe I put too much or something.

jwagne267 · Jan 2, 2017

I have always done this to kill the few apistasia coming in on the frags before they go in my tank. Boil water and lemon juice then while the water/mix is still boiling use an injector to collect it and shoot the apistasia with it. I have done this with the frag in a bowl and with a frag in the tank. Seems to always kill them and haven't had any issues with them coming back. Just aim for the apistasia from top to bottom and don't be shy. It usually melts always right in front of you.

HowardJ02 · Jan 2, 2017

jwagne267 said:
I have always done this to kill the few apistasia coming in on the frags before they go in my tank. Boil water and lemon juice then while the water/mix is still boiling use an injector to collect it and shoot the apistasia with it. I have done this with the frag in a bowl and with a frag in the tank. Seems to always kill them and haven't had any issues with them coming back. Just aim for the apistasia from top to bottom and don't be shy. It usually melts always right in front of you.

That's awesome! I will give it a shot! :) thank you!