VelocityTech
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[So this all started]: with Aptasia popping up.
Lets start off by Yes, i have a QT system, and.. Normally.. I use it. So here is a perfect example why i do not like breaking my own rules. My system volume is about 250 of actual salt water.
LFS: (That I will not name): said they had these specific coral in QT, and have been treated. I Thought, Well this is great, saves me some time. . well... 3 weeks later, Aptasia! (Unless it came from Curing Live rock of 6 months). Perfect Example.
I told myself, I will get to killing it.
[Day 1]
(Here is where the Peroxide comes in)
Purchased a few bottles of the 946ML 3% Peroxide.
First, i tried a solution of 50/50
dipped the rock for 15 minutes, Transferred to Fresh salt water, then to tank.
[Day 2]
Well, The aptasia popped back out of that rock.
So i tried directly squirting H2O2 onto the aptasia.
well it shriveled up, Started bubbling severely
I was happy at this point,
Until the next day:
[Day 3]
The aptasia came right back out of the holes. ugh...
So Here we go again,
I tried pulling some rocks out of the water, setting them on a tray. Spraying H202 all over it, and it reacted with the aptasia pretty good, i thought this is GREAT. waited a few minutes. Then dropped the rock into the 50/50 solution.
Then back in the tank.
[Day 4]
You Guessed it:
Yes, the aptasia came right back.
So i tried directly squirting these guys again, and again, and again. Before i realized, i used an entire bottle of H202. ouch.
I started taking photos and documenting.
Aptasia 1 . Me 0.
Tested Nitrates before: ( Between 1 and 2)
Rock Sitting in H202 Solution of 80/20(FSW)
Anemone a day after:
Green Candy Cane Coral Right after:
This is 72 Hours AFTER
This is 5 Days After
Hard to see but this rock is now WHITE Clean.
BUT STILL HAS APTASIA.
I'm going to test for nitrates, so see if they changed after treatment.
I still have algae throughout the tank, so it did not remove it.
From what i gather:
putting the rock directly into a solution of H2O2 of 3% for 15 minutes will kill the algae.
I will post some Videos here..
Lets start off by Yes, i have a QT system, and.. Normally.. I use it. So here is a perfect example why i do not like breaking my own rules. My system volume is about 250 of actual salt water.
LFS: (That I will not name): said they had these specific coral in QT, and have been treated. I Thought, Well this is great, saves me some time. . well... 3 weeks later, Aptasia! (Unless it came from Curing Live rock of 6 months). Perfect Example.
I told myself, I will get to killing it.
[Day 1]
(Here is where the Peroxide comes in)
Purchased a few bottles of the 946ML 3% Peroxide.
First, i tried a solution of 50/50
dipped the rock for 15 minutes, Transferred to Fresh salt water, then to tank.
[Day 2]
Well, The aptasia popped back out of that rock.
So i tried directly squirting H2O2 onto the aptasia.
well it shriveled up, Started bubbling severely
I was happy at this point,
Until the next day:
[Day 3]
The aptasia came right back out of the holes. ugh...
So Here we go again,
I tried pulling some rocks out of the water, setting them on a tray. Spraying H202 all over it, and it reacted with the aptasia pretty good, i thought this is GREAT. waited a few minutes. Then dropped the rock into the 50/50 solution.
Then back in the tank.
[Day 4]
You Guessed it:
Yes, the aptasia came right back.
So i tried directly squirting these guys again, and again, and again. Before i realized, i used an entire bottle of H202. ouch.
I started taking photos and documenting.
Aptasia 1 . Me 0.
Tested Nitrates before: ( Between 1 and 2)
Rock Sitting in H202 Solution of 80/20(FSW)
Anemone a day after:
Green Candy Cane Coral Right after:
This is 72 Hours AFTER
This is 5 Days After
Hard to see but this rock is now WHITE Clean.
BUT STILL HAS APTASIA.
I'm going to test for nitrates, so see if they changed after treatment.
I still have algae throughout the tank, so it did not remove it.
From what i gather:
putting the rock directly into a solution of H2O2 of 3% for 15 minutes will kill the algae.
I will post some Videos here..
