Aiptasia or feather duster?

[Lsusaints7]

It doesn't look like a feather duster to me. I am thinking of removal of the frag from the tank and quarintining it.

 

[reeferhood]

Looks like aiptasia to me.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Aptasia
Using syringe, inject either lemon juice or better yet. . kalkwasser powder mixed with tank water into a paste the consistency of toothpaste and inject into the very center core and it will melt away

 

[Idech]

If you can take the rock out, just pour coral glue on top of it, generously. That’s the advice I was given and mine never came back.

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Agreed. Aiptasia. Feathers don’t stretch like that. More uniformly circular

 

[TnFishwater98]

Agreed. Aiptasia. Feathers don’t stretch like that. More uniformly circular

So it’s a anemone , not sure if you can verify it’s Aiptasia with that pic.

 

[bobnicaragua]

Syringe kalk solution. (Kalk and water)

 

[BeltedCoyote]

So it’s a anemone , not sure if you can verify it’s Aiptasia with that pic.

okay? I’m not the only one who suggested aiptasia. It may not be. Really just came to say that isn’t a feather duster.

 

[Florida Sunshine]

Aiptasia

 

[reefz]

Do NOT use lemon juice on aiptasia! Yes it kills the aiptasia, along with every coral near it. I did that and It bleached almost every coral in my tank. My buddy tried it aswell and it killed many of his corals. I just took a razor black and chopped it up. Peppermint shrimp also destroy aiptasia if you have to much.

 

[TnFishwater98]

okay? I’m not the only one who suggested aiptasia. It may not be. Really just came to say that isn’t a feather duster.

Wasn’t saying you were wrong. I agree it’s not a Feather Duster

 

[sixline]

Aiptasia.

Check around the plug very closely before you remove from the tank. You want to spot and other aiptasia. There may be very tiny ones.

Remove rom the tank, then you have two options. One is to use a pair of wire cutters or similar to cut off the part of the plug that contains the aiptasia. In most cases, very easy. You want to make sure not to cut the aiptasia itself. In other words, just use the pliers to break the plug, making sure the healthy anemone is on the part of the plug you discard.

The other option is to completely enclose the aiptasia with coral epoxy putty. You can overdo it here, just enclose most or all of the plug, and make sure it's all sealed up.

 

[TnFishwater98]

The reason why I said we would need a better pic to determine if it’s the dreadful Glass Aiptasia because I have a few wild Gulf anemones in my DT and in a year they haven’t reproduced and their disk looks cool. I also have a few anemones in a “QT/observe” tank. Chances are high that it is the pest anemone but a better pic could/would determine that.

 

[kittenbritches]

Aiptasia, for sure. I'll say 99.999999% sure just for that little margin of error.

You don't need to quarantine the frag, but pull it out and give it a good inspection. When I found my first little bugger, it was actually attached to the underside of my frag disc, so I was able to scrape it cleanly away with a razor blade. The second one I found a day later (on a different coral) was coming from the frag itself (between zoa heads), so I super glued the heck out of it. If you've got to go the superglue route, make sure you're leaving no room for escape.