Aiptasia?

[CloudReefer]

Hi all, just looking for confirmation that these are aiptasia.

Thanks!

 

[Reefer Matt Verified Media Partner]

Hi all, just looking for confirmation that these are aiptasia.

Thanks!

A little fuzzy, but it appears to be so.

 

[Uncle99]

Yup

 

[CloudReefer]

A little fuzzy, but it appears to be so.

That's what I thought.

When I received this rock, I also got a couple of wild caught florida peppermint shrimp. They haven't ventured to this part of the tank yet. How long do you think I should wait to see if they'll eat them before I kill the aiptasia myself?

 

[bradleym]

It looks like it could be some kind of coral to me.

 

[CloudReefer]

It looks like it could be some kind of coral to me.

The part of the rock I circled in red?

 

[Reefer Matt Verified Media Partner]

That's what I thought.

When I received this rock, I also got a couple of wild caught florida peppermint shrimp. They haven't ventured to this part of the tank yet. How long do you think I should wait to see if they'll eat them before I kill the aiptasia myself?

Up to you how long you want to wait. Me personally, I nuke aiptasia immediately with aiptasia x so outbreaks don't occur. But if you want to see if the shrimp will eat it, that'd be okay too.

 

[CloudReefer]

Up to you how long you want to wait. Me personally, I nuke aiptasia immediately with aiptasia x so outbreaks don't occur. But if you want to see if the shrimp will eat it, that'd be okay too.

Hmm. Well the aiptasia just opened up today. It's the first time I've seen them out. Think it'd be worth putting the rock closer to where the shrimp have been hiding?

Thanks! Appreciate the responses and advice.

 

[bradleym]

The part of the rock I circled in red?

Yeah, touch it gently with something. If it disappears completely it's likely aiptasia. If it shrinks then seems like it's hard in the very middle it could be something else.

 

[Uncle99]

Kill it now. It will spread.
Can really intrench itself in corals.
Pepper’s may never find it.

 

[CloudReefer]

Yeah, touch it gently with something. If it disappears completely it's likely aiptasia. If it shrinks then seems like it's hard in the very middle it could be something else.

It disappears completely.

Kill it now. It will spread.
Can really intrench itself in corals.
Pepper’s may never find it.

I can't get the aiptasia x this moment, but I will pick it up on my way home from work tomorrow. In the meantime I will put this rock near the peppermint hideout and give them 24 hours to get the job done. Otherwise they're fired!

 

[Rugops]

Looks like a curlique anemone or Bartholomea annulata. I dunno, thats what it seems like to me.

 

[Goaway]

It looks like it could be some kind of coral to me.

Going to agree on this.

I'd check first to see if they retract and show skeleton. Tentacles look of a corals.

 

[CloudReefer]

Imma go check it again and look for a skeleton, maybe get a better picture too.

 

[CloudReefer]

Well I'll be danged, it does have a skeleton. I can see it and feel it now. I must not have been aggressive enough earlier when checking.

 

[Goaway]

Well I'll be danged, it does have a skeleton. I can see it and feel it now. I must not have been aggressive enough earlier when checking.

Feed it some reef roids or something for coral.
Too small for chopped mysis.

 

[CloudReefer]

I'm feeding Phytofeast to my sump and display daily. Think that's sufficient?

 

[CloudReefer]

It looks like it could be some kind of coral to me.

Looks like you've been vindicated.

 

[Goaway]

I'm feeding Phytofeast to my sump and display daily. Think that's sufficient?

Should be fine, but I'd still target feed. They looked very hungry.

Wonder if its possibly the same coral near it?

 

[CloudReefer]

Should be fine, but I'd still target feed. They looked very hungry.

Wonder if its possibly the same coral near it?

Doesn't appear to be. The blushing star nearby has shorter tentacles and green polyps, while these appear to be... brown. I just got this rock Monday though so everything is still acclimating. These were visible for the first time today.