Is This Aptasia?

[dimik]

Hey All,

I was inspecting my Invert QT tank and noticed this growing out of my zoa today. Is this the first sign of aptasia? It seems to be attached to the zoa itself, not to the frag

 

[WIReefer]

Looks like it from what I can see.

 

[Gernader]

Unfortunately, that is an aiptasia

 

[dimik]

Unfortunately, that is an aiptasia

dang! What should I do before it spreads through my whole tank. Should I get rid of this zoa? Cut the piece of or the whole frag?

 

[WIReefer]

dang! What should I do before it spreads through my whole tank. Should I get rid of this zoa? Cut the piece of or the whole frag?

I would remove the zoas from the plug and carefully inspect. It’ll be hard since there could be other on and just can’t seem them.

 

[Gernader]

dang! What should I do before it spreads through my whole tank. Should I get rid of this zoa? Cut the piece of or the whole frag?

No, you can still keep the zoa and take the plug out. You can use aiptasia X or F aiptasia to kill it. I also heard about using lemon juice and squirt it directly on its mouth. Make sure to do it outside of the tank to prevent the spread.

 

[dimik]

I would remove the zoas from the plug and carefully inspect. It’ll be hard since there could be other on and just can’t seem them.

I'm ready to just get rid of this whole zoa so it doesn't infect my entire QT tank.

 

[Funston07]

I'm ready to just get rid of this whole zoa so it doesn't infect my entire QT tank.

You can send it to me if your gonna toss it lol

 

[dimik]

You can send it to me if your gonna toss it lol

I was waiting for that comment lol

 

[650-IS350]

You can spot nuke em with aiptasia x or another similar type... or you can Kalkpaste the Aiptasia.

I've done some crazy things where I take the plug out of the tank, scrape off the Aiptasia, either crazy clue where it was originally to ensure to piece of it still allowed to grow back, or flame torch the section of the plug the Aipt was.....

 

[Tiki Reef Joshua]

You are eventually gonna dance with aiptasia. Just kill it. Glue over it or use aiptasia x.

 

[dimik]

You are eventually gonna dance with aiptasia. Just kill it. Glue over it or use aiptasia x.

I'll dance with it in my QT but I don't wanna do the dance in my DT

 

[dvgyfresh]

Lemon juice works for me , just get syringe and make sure the lemon juice goes directly into its mouth act like yr feeding it then bam death juice lol

 

[Tiki Reef Joshua]

That’s tough to pull of, so just treat it in the QT right?

 

[650-IS350]