Got a couple of new rocks today for the tank tank which are cool. And then after things get settled again I notice these guys. They kind of look like aptasia but a different color and form. Can anyone confirm what this is please and thank you?
Aptasia?
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F-Aptasia from Franks Tanks kick Butt...
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Welcome to the club my friend! Lol. It’s not the end of the world. I had good luck in my 90g with peppermint shrimp, yet now my 40 with the same peppermint shrimp has aptasia that just spread and spread, it’s not fun. I think I may try nudibranches.
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Still time to get those buggers before they take over!
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If those are the only two and they aren't deep down in a hole, take the rock out of the tank scrape them out with a knife (or even better a curette if you have access to one) and take part of the rock with them. The Frank's Tank stuff works as does berghia nudis.
Had one and he just disappeared. I was running a canister filter and I just switched to a sump in the past week or so. The tanks been running since October. We were noobs and lost probably 6-8 fish. Quit buying fish and started setting up the sump. Miss the filefish and I had to go fish which was really cool and he just up and died as well. So I'm just working on establishing from the ground up at this point
ReefReadyYouTube
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Aiptasia-x from Red Sea will do the trick. It’s like $12 and we’ll worth it. Takes 1-2 treatments and it will kill for good.
bam123
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Aptasia X does not work well. It burns everything in the vicinity. Nudibranchs take forever to work (months). Filefish are hit or miss. Peppermint shrimp go after zoos way to frequently. I am trying Frank's F APTASIA. I hope it works.
Bfragale
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I have epoxied over a single aptasia and it did the trick. If those are the only two, may be an option. But I’m no expert- just my two sense.
I did have a friend that had only a few- started messing with them with aptasia X, cutting them off the rocks, and trying to physically remove all he could. It seemed all his efforts to removed caused the aptasia to multiply rapidly. And he started finding them everywhere. Not sure why, but just food for thought.
Good luck
I did have a friend that had only a few- started messing with them with aptasia X, cutting them off the rocks, and trying to physically remove all he could. It seemed all his efforts to removed caused the aptasia to multiply rapidly. And he started finding them everywhere. Not sure why, but just food for thought.
Good luck
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It did for me
inletfish
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*will make them spread like wildfire.*
i like smothering with kalk paste leave it for a month or so and blow it away.
