aiptasia on new coral

Springapple · Jan 27, 2023

Hi everyone, I am new to the coral thing however, I had these little tentacles pop out under and behind my new coral. Every picture I have seen of aptasia the tentacles didn’t look like this. I inspected and dipped this coral, but idk what it is and it freaks me out lol. Thoughts?

Alexopora · Jan 27, 2023

Could you retake the picture under white lights/daylight. So far from this pic it looks like Vermetid Snails to me.

Eagle_Steve · Jan 27, 2023

Springapple said:
Hi everyone, I am new to the coral thing however, I had these little tentacles pop out under and behind my new coral. Every picture I have seen of aptasia the tentacles didn’t look like this. I inspected and dipped this coral, but idk what it is and it freaks me out lol. Thoughts?

This little thing? Looks like micro brittle star legs to me.

Springapple · Jan 27, 2023

Eagle_Steve said:
This little thing? Looks like micro brittle star legs to me.

That’s what I was thinking. I didn’t think they would hitchhike though.

Springapple · Jan 27, 2023

Alexopora said:
Could you retake the picture under white lights/daylight. So far from this pic it looks like Vermetid Snails to me.

Eagle_Steve · Jan 27, 2023

Springapple said:
That’s what I was thinking. I didn’t think they would hitchhike though.

They can hitch hike. That is how most end up in newer tanks. Just a small gap between frag and plug is all they need.

Easy way to tell to take a pipete, but a small piece of food on theme and see if it reaches for it. If it does, then micro brittle star for sure.

Springapple · Jan 27, 2023

Eagle_Steve said:
They can hitch hike. That is how most end up in newer tanks. Just a small gap between frag and plug is all they need.

Easy way to tell to take a pipete, but a small piece of food on theme and see if it reaches for it. If it does, then micro brittle star for sure.

I will try that. It is very sensitive. Anytime I get close to it it seem to retract