aiptasia?

[Tash]

Hi everyone, I'm new to saltwater tanks, and I've started a nano tank about 7weeks ago. I just put in a clean up crew and a couple coral frags. I found this in the tank this afternoon. Is it aiptasia?
Thanks.

 

[itsken37]

looks like it. better clarity photos would be appreciated.

Welcome to reef2reef!!!

 

[Rubberfrog]

Start nuking them with f aptasia, or take the rock out and scrub it clean/ dose with peroxide.

 

[Tash]

Thanks for the fast replies! I was like 90% sure thats what it was. I'm going to take care of it before it starts to reproduce.

 

[CanuckReefer]

Yep....careful about how you eliminate. Tick them off without killing and they 'release the hounds' ..... I have a few and have left festering, they haven't spread rapidly over 9 or 10 months.... I have heard Kalk paste or Berghia nudibranch. Injecting SOME seem to report spread....

 

[codycolina707]

Start nuking them with f aptasia, or take the rock out and scrub it clean/ dose with peroxide.

I've never had luck with killing aptasia with stuff like that ends up going away for a few days to only come back with 10 other buddies

 

[vetteguy53081]

Can you take a pic under white light?
Looks like a rock anemone

 

[Tash]

Can you take a pic under white light?
Looks like a rock anemone

This is the best I can do. I hope it helps. This thing is sort of purple(ish) with white/translucent tentacles and very small. Thoughts?

 

[Rubberfrog]

That's aptasia

 

[noobreefer2]

+1 aptasia, I used aptasia X a few months back to get rid of it, and It hasn't come back. But some people have had bad experiences with using it.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

100 percent aipstatia. Be careful how you try and get rid of it.
And welcome to R2R, I am also from Ontario Canada

 

[Midrats]

Topical products like F Aiptasia only make them worse. The one you kill will be gone, maybe, but a couple of weeks later new little ones will be all over.

 

[CanuckReefer]

100 percent aipstatia. Be careful how you try and get rid of it.
And welcome to R2R, I am also from Ontario Canada

Ah! Another Ontario @Tash , good stuff... -16 tonight here so I imagine both of you are also rather frigid this eve lol....especially the @Sleeping Giant he'd probably say that's suntan weather lol...

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Ah! Another Ontario @Tash , good stuff... -16 tonight here so I imagine both of you are also rather frigid this eve lol....especially the @Sleeping Giant he'd probably say that's suntan weather lol...

-20 without wind chill, so closer to -30 right now