Aiptasia?

[Virtua]

Am I looking at Aiptasia here? 3 translucent polyps at the base of this acan frag.

Appreciate the help ahead of time.

 

[Lavey29]

Welcome to the club now please prepare for battle. Take it out and squirt some lemon juice on them or scrape them off.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Welcome to R2R! Unfortunately it sure looks like it.

 

[Virtua]

Appreciate the speedy responses and the welcome! Wondering where I should look first for treatment. I have heard these can be nasty little buggers.

 

[Reeflix]

Hi, welcome to R2R, this does appear to be aptasia, lemon juice will work, as recommended, also you can make a kalkwasser slurry and squirt it on the pest in the tank, and it should wither away!

 

[Dburr1014]

When you do lemon juice....
Out of the water, hold the rock so the aptaisia is at the bottom(so the juice doesn't spread on the acan).
Rinse in tank water before proceeding to second aptaisia.

 

[Virtua]

When you do lemon juice....
Out of the water, hold the rock so the aptaisia is at the bottom(so the juice doesn't spread on the acan).
Rinse in tank water before proceeding to second aptaisia.

Are you saying I should rinse the frag in my tank inbetween each Aptaisia head? Just to be clear.

Thank you again everyone for all of the responses.

 

[Dburr1014]

Are you saying I should rinse the frag in my tank inbetween each Aptaisia head? Just to be clear.

Thank you again everyone for all of the responses.

No, in tank water, meaning tank water in a bowl next to the kitchen sink where you'll be working.