What's growing around my Acans?

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panathinaikos55

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Picked up this Acan frag at a frag swap about a month ago with only a few heads. It's growing nicely, but so are these Polyps that are virtually surrounding it now.

Any ideas what they are and how I should go about removing them without hurting the Acan?

Thanks!
 

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Doesn't look like aiptasia to me. I see star polyps of some sort. With that said, I'd either scrape them off or paste over them with some kalk. A gorgeous monti growing in my tank is worth 100% more to me than any type of star polyp.
 
I tried taking a better picture but it's a tad out of focus. Either way, you can see them a bit clearer.
 

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Definitely aiptasia. Take the frag out in a thing of tank water and just toothbrush them off. Then rinse in clean tank water and back in. Repeat until they’re all dead!
 
Definitely aiptasia. Take the frag out in a thing of tank water and just toothbrush them off. Then rinse in clean tank water and back in. Repeat until they’re all dead!

Thanks. I already bought some aiptasia x. Should be here tomorrow!
 
NOW it looks like aiptasia. Def don't scrape at any of it and use the aiptasia-x. That stuff does work wonders.

Thanks. After the first comment I googled a picture of it and it looked exactly like what I saw so I immediately ordered Aiptasia X.

Should I remove the small rock from my tank and apply the Aiptasia X in a bucket of tank water instead of doing it in my tank... just in case?
 
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