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I think It's a bit too soon to say conclusively. I believe if done correctly - the heat will certainly destroy the Planula. I think if you start at the polyp and cause the Aiptasia to withdraw - you can them focus the laser energy in a very small area resulting in localized intense heat that I believe will kill everything. The key is you have to have line of sight acess to the foot or crevice where it is attached. You have to destroy the entire animal, I don't think lasering just the polyp will work. We won't know for sure until enough testing and time after testing to tell if more polyps appear. To my eye, after about ~15 seconds, there is simply nothing left. I'm waiting on delivery of an IR thermometer to enable accurate temperature tests of the target and nearby areas.Question was asked by one of our local club members about the Planula from the Aptasia and using the laser. Since the Planula are microscopic, how do we know that they are killed off? I am assuming that the intense heat kills them off but want to verify.
I'm using an 1800mW 445nm - so far, I think it's the highest output being used in marine aquaria. For me, GSP are easy. ~10 seconds and they are vaporized. The unknown is will they return. I just started testing less than a week ago so it's too soon to say. My guess...they are toast.so which one do you buy to get rid of GSP
I've been thinking on this some more and it would be hard to implement because of the refractive properties of the water. You'd either have to have a wide tube (4" plus) or one that bends at the same angle as the refraction, which doesn't seem very plausible.
CJ
So I just went to the laser forum, and there are so many options. Which one do I get to control xenia and gsp? What range of size should I look at. I saw the 1800 455 (?) used. Is there a less powerful one that works too?
I'm sure you are just kidding, but just in case anyone should take it seriously - Instant, permanent blindness and severe burns....Definitely a horrible and illegal idea.Just wondering how well it would work on neighborhood cats....
The only potential concern based on tank size, (or more accurately water volume) is the amount of byproducts generated by the destruction of the pest organisms. It's the wild west for the use of lasers in marine aquaria - We're not sure the amount of potentially detrimental compounds that might be released through the lasering if any. I beleive the intense heat generated by the laser will break down many of the potentially dangerous compounds (such as palytoxins) but I don't have scientific data to back up those beliefs.Thanks for the quick reply. What about in a nano tank? Is there a certain water volume that you wouldn't use the laser on.
do you think this one would work well for the same applications. Im getting tired of using kalk on the xenia in my tank. Man I hate this stuff worse than aptaisia or majano's. Blue Laser Pointer 1 Watt | S3 Arctic | Spyder III | Wicked Lasers