Aiptasia on zoa plug

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Hi all. I found what I believe is aiptasia head on a utter chaos frag I got recently. It's super small and tick underneath two zoa polyps. Notice the two zoa polyps pulling away from it...

Question about how to attack it since it's so small and also so close to the zoa.? I have used kalkwasser paste successfully on rocks but not this ose to anything else.

Should I let get bigger so I can attack it better? Will kalkwasser paste kill the zoa? Etc...
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The best way would be to remove the plug from the aquarium and cut it of with a x-acto blade or trim the plug with bone cutters.
 
It looks like it's attached to the stalk of the utter chaos. It will eventually kill that zoa. I've experienced many times and kalk made it worse for me. I'd remove the frag and use a sharp blade to manually remove the aptasia carefully.
 

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