Found this today

[rmilyard]

This showed up in Live Rock today. What might it be?

 

[PicassoClown04]

Are you talking about the brownish feathery thing?

 

[rmilyard]

Are you talking about the brownish feathery thing?

Yes. I picked up some LR from AZ discount other day. Noticed it today. Looks like nem not sure.

 

[evolved]

A large and hungry aiptasia.

Might be best to just remove that rock for now. At a minimum, chisel that part off.

 

[csb123]

Not kidding...kill it.

Do a search on this forum for Aiptasia. You will see what we mean.

 

[rmilyard]

A large and hungry aiptasia.

Might be best to just remove that rock for now. At a minimum, chisel that part off.

Question. I thought aipasia lived in rock? This was floating around earlier also and then attacked to rock.

 

[evolved]

Question. I thought aipasia lived in rock? This was floating around earlier also and then attacked to rock.

All nems have the ability to move, or let go and float.

 

[rmilyard]

Here is a better pic

 

[PicassoClown04]

100% aiptasia. Nice pic!

 

[rmilyard]

Tank came with some Aiptasia-X so guessing time to use it?

 

[PicassoClown04]

Tank came with some Aiptasia-X so guessing time to use it?

Personally, I’d take a flathead screwdriver and a hammer and chisel the aiptasia off altogether, still on the rock. Aiptasia X has had mixed results for me, one of them being the spread of aiptasia throughout the tank, as messing with one makes it spawn babies

 

[KenO]

As stated, remove rock and chisel it off. It's safer.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

When I read that you picked up some live rock, that was the first thing that came to mind. I've seen a lot of live rock bins full of aiptasia. It almost defeats the purpose of getting the rock. What a bad start for a new tank.. chances are there are others...

 

[TMB]

The Aiptasia really doesn't really need to be a big deal - or other hitchhikers for that matter - if you go slow now (while you have the chance).

Do what the others have suggested - take the rock out and kill it - either by drying the rock out, or chiseling it off.
Then you can add the rock back.
Then I would have a waiting period where you don't add any corals for like 6 weeks to be sure there are no other pests that pop up.
After you're sure it's good to go, start with easy stuff and go slow - too fast and too much is a recipe for disaster.

If you do things like I suggested you'll be much happier in the long run. If you don't, the decisions get a lot harder once you have corals all over your rocks, and don't want to disturb them.

 

[vetteguy53081]

easy removal and I would remove before it lets off little ones all over the tank

using a syringe. . . inject either lemon juice or preferably kalkwasser powder mixed into a thin paste and inject into the center core of the aptasia and it will melt away