Aptasia growing on my fish, someone help.

[That1guy07]

Hello, so recent I have had a bit of an aphasia problem. I have tried solving it with aptasia X but to no avail. Recently I saw I white spot on my one spot fox face rabbit fish. It was a spot on the false eye spot of the fish. At first I thought this was ich. However, when I took a closer look at him, I saw that the white spot had tentacles. I was so baffled by this I had no idea what it could be. Then I saw a baby aptasia in my tank and I compared the two. They looked almost identical. I don't want to stress out my fish but I also don't want to get stung by those nasty dorsal spines. He's about 5-6 inches long and he has been living in my tank for 2 years now. What do I do? how do I get this anemone off of him? I have never heard of this before.

 

[blaxsun]

Can you get an image? This has to be seen to believed...

 

[BoneDoc]

More likely flukes?

 

[Cell]

This needs a picture.

 

[Wyvern]

That would be a waking nightmare. I would imagine the fox would scratch it off with a flick assuming it was some sort of hellspawn anemone.

 

[Jrswish]

Aiptasia on snail shell yes, fish? most likely not

 

[Reef Racket]

I would like to see a picture if you can? By description I would guess either Flukes or maybe even and Anchor Worm?

 

[adsf430]

1) what the heck, pics or it didn't happen. 2) Aptasia X is a horrendous product that only makes the issue worse I've found. Peppermint shrimp are a great cheap alternative, and a more expensive one is bergiha nudibranchs.

 

[Tamberav]

Funny as someone posted a pic of their foxface just a day or so ago on another forum and yes it had an aiptasia on it. Definitely possible!

 

[Gtinnel]

As already mentioned I don't believe this is possible, and a pic would help with giving assistance.

 

[Gtinnel]

Funny as someone posted a pic of their foxface just a day or so ago on another forum and yes it had an aiptasia on it. Definitely possible!

You don't happen to have a link do you?

 

[Tamberav]

Nem's have a sticky foot... they can stick to your hand... they can stick to a fish too

 

[ying yang]

Ummm is this a late April fools joke ?
If not where the pictures ^_^
But if is true then fish will have to scrape it of itself or you catch and dislodge it or leave it be and let it sting the fish.
Only these 3 things I see can happening

 

[Tamberav]

You don't happen to have a link do you?

Dipping fish to prevent aiptasia spread?

I am shutting down my display tank due to a massive aiptasia outbreak. I’m transferring the fish to 2 20g long tanks and with euthanize a small hammer and colony of zooathids. I’m then going to bleach the full DT to eliminate all life and start over. My concern is that I will transfer the...

humble.fish

 

[afrokobe]

Dipping fish to prevent aiptasia spread?

I am shutting down my display tank due to a massive aiptasia outbreak. I’m transferring the fish to 2 20g long tanks and with euthanize a small hammer and colony of zooathids. I’m then going to bleach the full DT to eliminate all life and start over. My concern is that I will transfer the...

humble.fish

Those pictures on that thread are wild

 

[Gtinnel]

Dipping fish to prevent aiptasia spread?

I am shutting down my display tank due to a massive aiptasia outbreak. I’m transferring the fish to 2 20g long tanks and with euthanize a small hammer and colony of zooathids. I’m then going to bleach the full DT to eliminate all life and start over. My concern is that I will transfer the...

humble.fish

Thanks for posting the link. The pic is kinda blurry, but it does kinda look like a little aiptasia in that thread. I always assumed, possibly incorrectly, that the slime coat of a fish would prevent something like aiptasia from attaching to it.

 

[mdb_talon]

Dipping fish to prevent aiptasia spread?

I am shutting down my display tank due to a massive aiptasia outbreak. I’m transferring the fish to 2 20g long tanks and with euthanize a small hammer and colony of zooathids. I’m then going to bleach the full DT to eliminate all life and start over. My concern is that I will transfer the...

humble.fish

My gosh the tank in that pic is going to give me nightmares. I think he could replace all the water with aptasiaX and they would still survive.

 

[Tamberav]

My gosh the tank in that pic is going to give me nightmares. I think he could replace all the water with aptasiaX and they would still survive.

Last page shows improvement in just a day with some tank wide treatment

 

[That1guy07]

Can you get an image? This has to be seen to believed...

I will make a new post later, I’m in my college classes all day

 

[That1guy07]

Hello, so recent I have had a bit of an aphasia problem. I have tried solving it with aptasia X but to no avail. Recently I saw I white spot on my one spot fox face rabbit fish. It was a spot on the false eye spot of the fish. At first I thought this was ich. However, when I took a closer look at him, I saw that the white spot had tentacles. I was so baffled by this I had no idea what it could be. Then I saw a baby aptasia in my tank and I compared the two. They looked almost identical. I don't want to stress out my fish but I also don't want to get stung by those nasty dorsal spines. He's about 5-6 inches long and he has been living in my tank for 2 years now. What do I do? how do I get this anemone off of him? I have never heard of this before.

I will make a new post later. I’m in my college classes all day