Is this aiptasia?
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hi, sorry yes it is...
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Thankyou, should I remove it straight away? Anything in particular that may have caused this to grow?
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yes, try to get to base on the one in gravel ,if attached to glass ,scrape off as clean as possible ,
other just take out snail shell,don't try to clean ...
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Thanks, got the one in the sand out, was reluctant to remove the shell because a bristleworm is living in it but needs must thanks again for the advice
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Unfortunately, yes. You can kill it with something like Joe's juice, or a Kalk slurry (which, honestly, is exactly what Joe's Juice is).Just noticed this in my sand, is this aiptasia? Also have the same growing off an empty shell in my tank. Thanks in advance
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Better to kill it than try to remove it, as they reproduce prolifically. If you damage it, a single cell can produce more. Worse yet, several.
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Got it out and also removed the shell with it on aswel, thanks for the advice
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Excellent! Keep an eye out for more. Unfortunately, where there is one there are usually others. While they can get out of hand due to their reproduction rate, it isn't too big of a deal if you stay on top of it. In addition to the kalk slurry that I mentioned previously, you can also look into natural predators like peppermint shrimp, a copperbanded butterfly, or matted file fish. TBH though, the afformentioned fish can be hit or miss, and copperbanded butterflies are notoriously difficult to keep. These days, the gold standard are Berghia Nudibranchs, though once there are no more aiptasia to eat, they will starve to death. So, given only one visible aiptasia, at this point I would just add a few peps and monitor. There are a few subspecies of peppermint shrimp though, so be sure that you are buying Lysmata Wurdemanni. The others, especially Lysmata Bogessi (black tails) like to munch on corals, and are, IME, not reef safe.
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