Critter in zoa frag

tinyfellows · Apr 5, 2022

I have dip x and I have dipped the couple frags I got for 5 minutes and didn’t blast them I just swirled the container they were in every minute or so

SchrutesReefs · Apr 5, 2022

tinyfellows said:
I have dip x and I have dipped the couple frags I got for 5 minutes and didn’t blast them I just swirled the container they were in every minute or so

Gotcha. I think general practice is about 10 min or so. Might be overkill for some coral. but not for zoas. Good luck!

Karen00 · Apr 5, 2022

Erin1971Texas said:
Not to newbies...

I'm a newbie and totally took it as a joke. I would take a blowtorch to them. OP: I agree it looks like an aiptasia or a hydroid and they need to be dealt with right away. Are you able to remove that rock to scrape it off? If not I think I saw some in tank suggestions posted.

Edited for typo.

Just John · Apr 5, 2022

Erin1971Texas said:
Not to newbies...

Exactly. You should see the burn I got from killing my first aiptasia.

SchrutesReefs · Apr 5, 2022

Just John said:
Exactly. You should see the burn I got from killing my first aiptasia.

tinyfellows · Apr 5, 2022

vetteguy53081 said:
SchrutesReefs said:

Gotcha. I think general practice is about 10 min or so. Might be overkill for some coral. but not for zoas. Good luck!

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Gotcha good to know l! Thanks for the tip.

tinyfellows · Apr 5, 2022

vetteguy53081 said:
Tube worm which uses its fan to capture food

Thanks is it something I should get rid of or are they positive hitch hiker?

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Apr 5, 2022

tinyfellows said:
I’m leaning toward feather duster or hydroid because it does have that frilly texture you saw. If it’s a hydroid would coating it in aptasia x work

Yes

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Apr 5, 2022

Karen00 said:
I'm a newbie and totally took it as a joke. I would take a blowtorch to them. OP: I agree it looks like an aiptasia or a hydroid and they need to be dealt with right away. Are you able to remove that rock to scrape it off? If not I think I saw some in tank suggestions posted.

Edited for typo.

You're not the kind of newbie I'm referring to... When I first got started in the hobby, I didn't have a lot of resources (like R2R), and someone at my LFS told me that if I popped a piece of bubble algae, it would wipe out my tank. I ended up trashing a few good pieces of live rock over that comment... When you're really new and get bad advice, you can make unnecessarily harsh decisions.

Just wanted you to know I wasn't just busting balls.

Just John · Apr 5, 2022

SchrutesReefs said:

Heck yeah I did! It was fried!

vetteguy53081 · Apr 5, 2022

tinyfellows said:
Thanks is it something I should get rid of or are they positive hitch hiker?

I scrape them off and discard but nothing that would reap havoc

Karen00 · Apr 5, 2022

Erin1971Texas said:
You're not the kind of newbie I'm referring to... When I first got started in the hobby, I didn't have a lot of resources (like R2R), and someone at my LFS told me that if I popped a piece of bubble algae, it would wipe out my tank. I ended up trashing a few good pieces of live rock over that comment... When you're really new and get bad advice, you can make unnecessarily harsh decisions.

Just wanted you to know I wasn't just busting balls.

I hear what you're saying but even when I first joined this site and new nothing about saltwater/reef keeping I took all of the blowtorch posts as a joke (like don't literally blowtorch it). What I did take from it was the creature in question should be dealt with and I need to research it to decide what I want to do. I've been keeping freshwater tanks since I was a kid and have been given horrible advice from lfs's, etc. over the years. I have been around since before forums like this and through the years of forums like this. Seeing a comic blowtorch character wasn't one of the bad pieces of advice I've been given. I've only been into saltwater since last June so I'm still very much new.