Hitchhiker anemones

[Stlrockguy]

I bought some macro today from lfs and it has a few anemones on it. I'm only running two t5 ho florescent bulbs rated at 54 watts. Will that live in that little lighting

 

[Sniperhank]

Are you sure they aren't aiptasia and need to be removed?

 

[bill302]

Sniperhank is right.....post pics....aiptasia

 

[Stlrockguy]

That's what one is. Not sure what the other is. I'll try to get some decent pics

 

[Stlrockguy]

Here is the one

 

[Stlrockguy]

The other type

 

[Stlrockguy]

That second one is purple in color. What should I do if there are a lot of them

 

[carey]

Get ready to do alot of work to get rid of them if there are that many. I;d say peppermint shrimp might help but the one looks kinda big. You can inject aipastia X into each one and get rid of them that way. Just gotta be sure to get the mouth cause if you dont it will spit out a hundred more babies and then it will just get worse.

 

[Stlrockguy]

I pulled them off. 5 total. 4 decent size ones and a very little one

 

[carey]

You shouldnt have pulled them off, they are gonna spread. :-(

 

[Stlrockguy]

That's so not good. So a peppermint shrimp will help the problem

 

[Rexisbeast]

Yep and wen some of them start sprouting I've heard of sqquirting aptasia x

 

[Stlrockguy]

Yea that's what someone else said. What does it look like to start with

 

[carey]

It will be an teeny tiny version of the ones you pulled out. Peppermints have a better chance at munching the little tiny ones so I would recommend getting a few of them if you can. Or else just get some aipastia X and wait for them to show up. I'd say you'll see some in the next 2 weeks start sprouting. You didn't by chance remove the rock and pull them off did you? Or did you do it in the tank?

 

[Stlrockguy]

In the tank. It was completely a noob move. First saltwater tank and I've been playing hell with it. Nitrate problems and nothing has seemed to work. I've never had this many problems with my freshwater tanks. But I did see a pod yesterday before I put the macro in. So that's always a good sign

 

[Gregcoyote]

Get a syring and needle. Load it with lemon juice and inject each anemone.

 

[Stlrockguy]

There isn't anymore right now. I just bought a couple peppermint shrimp. Waiting for them to
Be acclimated. I drip everything before I put it in my tank.

 

[Gregcoyote]

I had no luck with the shrimp eating aptaisia. But you will enjoy the shrimp regardless.

 

[Stlrockguy]

I figure its worth a shot since when they start reappearing. The shrimp will already be in there and the things will be tiny. I've been trying use natural solutions to my tank problems. That's why I added macro to help lower my nitrates

 

[Gregcoyote]

Lemon juice is pretty natural.