What's growing around my Acans?

[panathinaikos55]

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!

[coralbandit]

Looks like a heard of Aptasia .
I use aptasia X if I need to kill them.
You want to kill them.

[Sniperhank]

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.

[panathinaikos55]

I tried taking a better picture but it's a tad out of focus. Either way, you can see them a bit clearer.

[bribo12]

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!

[panathinaikos55]

Originally Posted by bribo12

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!

[Sniperhank]

NOW it looks like aiptasia. Def don't scrape at any of it and use the aiptasia-x. That stuff does work wonders.

[panathinaikos55]

Originally Posted by Sniperhank

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?

[Sniperhank]

You don’t have to. Aiptasia x doesn’t have any negative impact and as long as the aiptasia isn’t broken it won’t shard to reproduce.

[54seaweed]

I'd move the acan before you go on the attack