Vinegar

Post by **snoopdog** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:49 pm

I found a new use for vinegar. These are the uses that i know of now.

1) Eroding alway calcium / cleaning fish supplies and old tanks.

2) Killing Aptasia, very quick, very lethal.

3) NEWEST - Killing flatworms, inject in small sections to the infected areas. Try not to get around corals, if possible. I killed the 40 or so i had this way this week. Using half a syringe every 3 days around the areas. They melted off the rock and died.

Melissakins · Post by **Melissakins** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:06 pm

how does it affect your fish? I have an outbreak of planeria - everytime I suck them out, they seem to come back with a vengeance.....

Post by **snoopdog** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:09 pm

Well no effect i see.

Melissakins · Post by **Melissakins** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:11 pm

Oooooer! (donning evil hat)
Must
Get
Vinegar
Out!
Must
Kill
Flatworms

Melissakins · Post by **Melissakins** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:12 pm

oh wait, quick question - this sounds lame, but hey...

Does it matter if the vinegar is white or cider?

Melissakins · Post by **Melissakins** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:12 pm

And thanks for the heads up!

Post by **snoopdog** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:13 pm

Using Wal-Mart brand white vinegar.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:16 pm

Only use distilled white vinegar.

Melissakins · Post by **Melissakins** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:21 pm

I'm not doing anything right now

The big thing is the die off - the toxins they release....that's the scary part....I've got my little fishy and my little shrimpy in there - last time I used flat worm exit, all my 'shrooms wilted and my Xenia started gasping and wilting....they popped right back, but the shrooms have never been the same.

I have some nice specimens of ricordia in the tank and don't really want anything damaged.

I'll have to make up some water before doing anything anyway....

Post by **snoopdog** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:30 pm

I am not sure that is not the exit causing that though. I have killed much more in pods and bristleworms in a tank and the die off was not that bad. Plus i am doing this slow with vinegar. I trust the vinegar more than exit.

Post by **snoopdog** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 8:56 pm

Oh and if all else fails using the syringe tip and poking there eyes out works well too. I had fun just stabbing them when i ran out of vinegar.

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:34 pm

I'm gonna get you a magnifying glass so you can work on the ants in my yard.

Post by **snoopdog** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 12:47 am

Killing flatworms with a needle is as much fun as popping plastic bubbles.

Pebbles · Post by **Pebbles** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 8:30 pm

I have a 55 gollon tank that is reef tank we was killing Aptasia in the tank w/ vinegar and it killed everything in my tank do so many at a time don't try killing all of them at the some time are this will happen to you and you will cry to. It makes your calcium drop and your alkalinty go sky high.

Post by **snoopdog** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 9:47 pm

Well i am not saying drop a cup in there or anything. I am talking about a syringe full or two, this is not enough to make any type of inpact on a tank. I have done this on 3 tanks in my house will no effects what so ever. Sure you could do some major damage if you tried but doing this and waiting a day or two before doing it again will not effect PH.