Aiptasia?

[dmolavi]

Just noticed this..is it aiptasia? I haven't added anything new in months and this bugger appeared in the last week. Can i just cut him off the rock or scorch him with hydrogen peroxide? I don't see others...yet.

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[dmolavi]

Just to add...I hit it with some boiling RO water...it disappeared...I'm sure it just pulled back into it's base, but I'm hoping it did enough to kill it.

I examined the rest of the rock (as best as I could from the outside of the tank), and don't see any others on the rock. Hopefully I won't need to get peppermint shrimp (i've heard hit or miss things with them and aiptasia and they aren't all reef-safe), or a berghia nudibranch (can't find them anywhere).

 

[Winter-huntsman]

Use apistatia x, it works great for me.


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[dmolavi]

Use apistatia x, it works great for me.


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so far it's just the one, and i think the boiling water did it in...fingers crossed.

 

[dmolavi]

Well, the boiling RO didn't do it. Take 2...either aiptasia-x or a peppermint shrimp, whichever my LFS has in stock. and maybe some epoxy putty to cover the thing up.

 

[BigRedsReefs10]

Ap-x works great, no need to putty after


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[cgthebeast]

Lemon juice, boil it and suck it up in a syringe and inject into it. Works great for me and the few I've had pop up

 

[Winter-huntsman]

Go ap-x, if you go peppermint shrimp once they eat all the apistatia they will stave or eat your corals to stay alive. If you want one, see if you can borrow one from your lfs.


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