Help ID and advice aptasia detail

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Hi. I have a frag with a GSP on it. Have had it in the tank for 1.5 months. Awhile back I thought I saw a tiny aptasia on the frag which I grabbed with tweezers and then could not identify it as it mooshed. Then I started seeing something weird yesterday. It is a pink blob, a couple of them with a white protrusion. The side view it looks like "something". I have circled the two pink blobs with the protusions. In the other picture the reflection on the glass shows an aptasia on the back side. Crap. So I pulled frag out of tank to superglue and it was a mess. I did superglue what I thought was area of aptasia. The pink blobs retreated into the mass of the GSP.
As a beginner, I'm guessing that the supergluing has to be done in the tank while the aptasia is open? And any ideas on the pink blob?

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That honestly just looks like part of the polyps. Regarding supergluing, I’ve not ever heard of or used this as a method for aiptasia removal and certainly don’t recommend supergluing anything directly in your tank.
 

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