Baby Aiptasia

[aadair22]

So I picked up a birdsnest frag today, acclimated, dropped it in my DT (I have to start QTing my new purchases.. ) and now I notice an extremely small baby aiptasia right at the base of the frag. What can I do to remove it without damaging the frag? Or should I just pop the coral off the disc and glue it to a rock maybe?

[AquaRick]

I'd probably just ditch the plug and superglue the frag to some rock. If you want to keep the frag, you can use a lighter and burn the aiptasia off. Take out a bit of tank water and rinse off the frag before you return it to the tank.

[aadair22]

Originally Posted by AquaRick

I'd probably just ditch the plug and superglue the frag to some rock. If you want to keep the frag, you can use a lighter and burn the aiptasia off. Take out a bit of tank water and rinse off the frag before you return it to the tank.

Don't think I could do that without damaging the frag, unless I glued it back onto the disc afterwards.. first aiptasia ive had to deal with.. ugh.

[AquaRick]

I'd just ditch the plug. They're ugly anyways. Birdsnest grows fast so don't worry about breaking off a small piece from the base if you have to.

[aadair22]

Originally Posted by AquaRick

I'd just ditch the plug. They're ugly anyways. Birdsnest grows fast so don't worry about breaking off a small piece from the base if you have to.

awesome, thanks for the input