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A Young Reefer
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looks like an apitasia.
peppermint shrimps should eat it. Apitasia x and franks F apitasia for the chemical route.
Do NOT try to scrape it, puncture it , cut it , pull it etc.. inside the tank. this will only cause it to release spores into the water column and you will end up with more.
peppermint shrimps should eat it. Apitasia x and franks F apitasia for the chemical route.
Do NOT try to scrape it, puncture it , cut it , pull it etc.. inside the tank. this will only cause it to release spores into the water column and you will end up with more.
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I’m not an expert, but it looks like Aiptasia to me.
A Young Reefer
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that should also work
SlugSnorter
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May cause a spore release response. Also, how would you get the juice into the tank? just direct spraying it will make it go everywhere.
bradleym
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You have to use a syringe and inject the lemon juice into the anemone, which can be a little tricky.
SlugSnorter
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I feel like that would cause it to release spores though.
bradleym
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They don't actually release spores, but any fragments left alive can grow into a new anemone, no matter how small. So, for example, running it through a blender wouldn't kill it, but leave you with a hundred or so tiny anemones.
As a side note, I prefer covering them with kalkwasser paste, as it doesn't require the tricky "inject it before it shrinks".
As another side note, this anemone is quite pretty as far as aiptasia goes. Longer tentacles, looks like they're almost purple tinted. Very cool, FWIW
SlugSnorter
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I understand that, but its easier to just say spores. I feel like it would dry out and die in a blender.
