ID help

[Litz316]

I'm new to salt water and I just put in my live rock I seem to have been fortunate where we went but it looks to have a few items on it what's best placement for each in light or away from Circulation fan and what not and any help ID ing them would be appreciated as well there are all on 1 Live Rock

 

[Litz316]

 

[Litz316]

Any help would be appreciated The top two and bottom are all on same live rock 3rd photo is on a different live rock

 

[peterthegamer]

Aiptasia for the first two pictures

 

[reeferfoxx]

Second to last one looks like a mushroom? Not sure about the last one. Either way, thats a score in my book. Except for the aiptasia. Since the tank is new, maybe look into some berghia nudibranchs or peppermint shrimp. Or you can boil some water and use a turkey baster to kill the aiptasia. That would require removing rock momentarily.

 

[Litz316]

Which is the aiptasia? And boil it just that section or how?

 

[reeferfoxx]

Which is the aiptasia? And boil it just that section or how?

Looks like 1/5 and 2/5 are aiptasia.

No. Just boil water. I use ro/di though i'm not sure it matters? Then remove the rock. (You will need to remember where the aiptasia was) Then use a turkey baster to suck up the boiling water and spot treat the rock. Don't blast the entire rock. Last, put the rock back in the tank.

 

[reeferfoxx]

This is also a good hitchhiker guide to reefing. It will help identify the things emerging from your rocks.
http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhikers-guide/

This is one of R2R members website. Thanks to @Lionfish Lair

Feel free to ask us anything. And welcome to R2R!

 

[Litz316]

Looks like 1/5 and 2/5 are aiptasia.

No. Just boil water. I use ro/di though i'm not sure it matters? Then remove the rock. (You will need to remember where the aiptasia was) Then use a turkey baster to suck up the boiling water and spot treat the rock. Don't blast the entire rock. Last, put the rock back in the tank.

So Boil only where current area is the spot treat with what? And then put rock back, and if I don't what kind of issues and what not are the potential I will have?

 

[reeferfoxx]

So Boil only where current area is the spot treat with what? And then put rock back, and if I don't what kind of issues and what not are the potential I will have?

Yes. Just don't dip the rock in the water. I use a bucket to hold my rock. Or a bucket lid works too if it's too big. Then I spot treat where the aiptasia is. Use the turkey baster to squirt boiling hot water onto the aiptasia spot. You don't need a lot of water. Just enough to cook the aiptasia anemone.

If the aiptasia or it's tissue get's hurt or sliced, it will stress enough and release pieces of itself to multiply. By using boiling water, it will literally cook the tissue till all DNA is dead. It only takes seconds.

 

[reeferfoxx]

I just notice a thread you posted earlier about live rock.

Live rock is rock that typically comes from the ocean. The rock itself is your filtration system. All of the beneficial bacteria lives on the surface of the rock. The hitchhikers that come with it are usually beneficial. But sometimes we get things like Aiptasia. Your rock isn't bad or anything. Just a nuisance.

This will give you some resolution to what live rock is. Cured rock, that is talk about in the link below, is kind of different from what you have.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/PIC/article.cfm?aid=23