Aptaisia or anemone

[tilton.s11]

LOL. It is pretty good size. Try some hot lemon juice and let us know how it goes.

[mr_X]

Aptasia IS an anenome.

[Rosesrblu1]

That is a monster!! Thought I had a big one. WOW! You can make a paste from kalkwasser and a bit of water. Make a little ball and "feed" it to him. He will eat it and kill itself from the inside out.

That thing is a beast, and has to go!

Good luck!!!!!

[AwfulArabella]

I wouldn't mind but he was never any smaller he came on the rock that size were would I get that is it available in Ireland? Is it to big for lemon juice ? He grabs any Amphipods goin by and eats them hes a monster haha

[AwfulArabella]

Mr x I no but I wasn't sure if it was a good or bad one cause it looked a bit like a curly q I had seen in a shop but I didn't no the name of curly q's at the time

[Ibrahim]

Originally Posted by AwfulArabella

Mr x I no but I wasn't sure if it was a good or bad one cause it looked a bit like a curly q I had seen in a shop but I didn't no the name of curly q's at the time

I was wrong when I said curly q because the first pic wasn't clear. But I knew it wasn't curly q after you posted more because all curly q anemones have stripes on each tentacle.

[AwfulArabella]

See I didn't no that I just knew I seen an anemone that looked a lot like what I have except it was about the size of my hand so I just wondered weather they were the same thanks (:

[Spudsy69]

I went to my Lfs today just for u looked at curly q and apitasia it def apitasia yes I realize I'm a little late on the post but I'm postn it anyway

[AwfulArabella]

It's never to late haha thank you (: I still haven't got rid of him need to find a needle for the lemon juice... This is gonna sound so stupid but does it matter what kind? Should I squeeze it myself from fresh lemons or just buy diluteable lemon juice ?

[Spudsy69]

I'm still new to this stuff so that I don't know didn't know lemon juice would kill it I would say it doesn't matter it prolly just the acid in the juice that kills it but I'll look around and get back to u in a few min.

[AwfulArabella]

Im new to it to its good though you learn something new every day haha I just cant get over the size of this aptasia cause I had aptasias in my big tank and my file fish sorted them out but they were not that big and this aptasia just shot out the minut I put the live rock in the tank ...and do you no of can sting me ? I no it can sting fish

[Spudsy69]

Found a answer for ya yes use fresh lemon juice the plastic bottle stuff has preservatives and other bad stuff in it and only load 1 or 2 drops of juice for each one your killing and in that small amount of juice it won't hurt your tank

[AwfulArabella]

Thanks your so good now I just have to get the needle to do it what about if there's little aptasia in the tank like teeny tiny ones would I stil inject them aswel?

[Spudsy69]

It said just do t do a hundred at a time and one guy said it might give u a tiny ill irrational and another said it won't hurt u but just b careful anyway I would try and avoid touching it if it was me

[Spudsy69]

Originally Posted by Spudsy69

It said just do t do a hundred at a time and one guy said it might give u a tiny ill irrational and another said it won't hurt u but just b careful anyway I would try and avoid touching it if it was me

Dont and other is irritation

[AwfulArabella]

I dunno if I'll get at it with a needle without it touching me the tentacles are crazy long and if it gets a chance it grabs anything walking by it does I'll try distract it with krill and jab it while it eats cause he uses all his tentacles when you feed him

[smithce79]

Whats the problem with Aptaisias? Why Its a plague and the advice is always to kill them???

[AwfulArabella]

Cause they can hurt your fish and kill other corals don't get me wrong they are lovely and interesting to watch but I don't want it hurting my baby frog fish

[AwfulArabella]

Thought I'd keep everyone posted on my Godzilla aptasia here's some new pics in the last 3 days he's gotten bigger :O

[Flreefer]

Don't worry about getting stung, if anything, you might get a little skin irritation.
Also, one of the main reasons for getting rid of them is that they spread very quickly, and pretty soon you have a tank full of Aptasia, that sting your fish and coral.
Inject any that you see. The "monster" may take a couple tries!
Peppermint shrimp are a good natural predator of them, but they can be hit or miss. I had 4 or 5, and my 2 peppermints cleaned them up in a few days time. They usually only work on small-medium ones, though. The shrimp are a good way to stay clear of them, especially when introducing new live rock. Any that spring up, the shrimp find them, and take care of them before they can be a problem.
Best of luck Arabella.