A buddy of mine is getting out of the hobby and is gifting me all of his live rock. Trouble is, he's got "some aiptasia." I'm in no rush to toss this stuff in my display tank, so I've got plenty of time to get rid of the infestation in isolation - though if I can preserve the biome of the rock, I'd definitely prefer to do that. I do eventually want to get this stuff in the DT though, since I upgraded from a 40g to 120g last year, and still have more or less the same rocks. So I'm exploring what low-maintenance options I have for ridding myself of this plague - 'low-maintenance' because I'm generally predisposed to laziness, and with an 18 month-old waddling around here, I don't have much time to futz with things even if I were more energetically inclined.
Anyway, Plan B is to just bleach it all and start over. I figure that if the only other viable options are targeted assassinations à la Aiptasia-X, then I'll probably just go Plan B. But I figure there must be something I can do to preserve most of the biome in these rocks and get them ready for the tank without too much futzing and waiting.
I can set up a quarantine tank with light, filter, heater, and have my way with them chemically. Are there any options in that vein? I tried searching to see if copper treatment (or some other whole-tank chemical treatment) was a thing for aiptasia, but it doesn't seem to come up very often since most people are trying to rid it from their display tanks.
Any other suggestions also welcome! Thanks!
edit: On second thought, maybe this isn't best subforum for this post. If any mods agree, please feel free to move - no hard feelings
Anyway, Plan B is to just bleach it all and start over. I figure that if the only other viable options are targeted assassinations à la Aiptasia-X, then I'll probably just go Plan B. But I figure there must be something I can do to preserve most of the biome in these rocks and get them ready for the tank without too much futzing and waiting.
I can set up a quarantine tank with light, filter, heater, and have my way with them chemically. Are there any options in that vein? I tried searching to see if copper treatment (or some other whole-tank chemical treatment) was a thing for aiptasia, but it doesn't seem to come up very often since most people are trying to rid it from their display tanks.
Any other suggestions also welcome! Thanks!
edit: On second thought, maybe this isn't best subforum for this post. If any mods agree, please feel free to move - no hard feelings