ID help please! #1

[zimmer]

I think this looks like aiptasia. ?? I’m new -3 month old tank, 65 gallons. These forums are great.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I think this looks like aiptasia. ?? I’m new -3 month old tank, 65 gallons. These forums are great.

Clive polyp which can spread but I love them

 

[N.Sreefer]

Theres an aiptasia next to the clove polyps.

 

[ying yang]

Looks like it to me

 

[zimmer]

Thanks- I should have cropped the photo more. So now I need to get rid of it! Aiptasia-X?

 

[N.Sreefer]

Could go with aiptasia x but id super glue it where its

Thanks- I should have cropped the photo more. So now I need to get rid of it! Aiptasia-X?

that close to your corals no risk of getting them that way.

 

[zimmer]

So, regular super glue, squirt it right on top?

 

[Goaway]

Super glue wont kill it, feed it aiptasia x,

 

[N.Sreefer]

So, regular super glue, squirt it right on top?

Gel kind works best just be sure to completely cover it or it'll release gametes or float away and find a new spot.

 

[Cell]

Yes that's aptasia.

 

[GHOSTLY]

Get any aiptadia killer such as kalk or aiptasia x and once it closes epoxy or super glue it

 

[zimmer]

Thanks- getting aiptasia x then gel glue

 

[Cell]

No need for both really.

 

[zimmer]

Good to know.

 

[sksouthpaw]

I know its controversial but in my first tank I had a few maybe 3 small aptasia and I put peppermint shrimp in the tank and within a week they were gone.. I never actually saw them eat them.. coincidental? Maybe

 

[Goaway]

The thing about peppermints. People were buying look a likes that didn't eat aiptasia.
Anyhow, they like to eat with lights off.

 

[sksouthpaw]

The thing about peppermints. People were buying look a likes that didn't eat aiptasia.
Anyhow, they like to eat with lights off.

That makes a lot of sense!

 

[Double monti 61]

Hi when you know what they look like and scan your system closely you can pinpoint them and find them when they are small. I use aptasia x and smother them with it works well for me and I have never had any problems with my coral during applications

 

[PeterB113]

Honestly I would just frag that peice off. IMO aiptasia x just makes it spread even more

 

[Double monti 61]

Just zapped three today not an infestation I use a magnifying glass to scan my tank and hang on filters if I see one I bury it in aptasia x I have never seen them come back in the same area and have never seen any of my coral react to the applications I have no problem removing pest when necessary I see it as a part of the hobby.