Known critter.

[XNavyDiver]

Question is, how the heck did it get in my tank? I started with dry Pukani. My guess is a frag. Are these things resistant to Bayer? Cause that's what I dip with. Arrrrrggg!:mad: I know pretty much all the recommended eradication methods, kalk paste, lemon juice, aptasiaX, Berghia Nudis, lasers...

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Aiptasia anemone, no bueno bud

 

[Highgrade]

Most likely a Polyp or Symbiont was attached to a frag or coral. It happens all too often.

 

[KJ]

My guess is a frag

Yes ,it may have come on the frag plugs with new coral in your tank.

I know pretty much all the recommended eradication methods, kalk paste, lemon juice, aptasiaX, Berghia Nudis, lasers...

You are correct on the eradication methods. Good luck.

 

[easternreefer]

peppermints have worked in my tank..

 

[DSC reef]

Anyway you can remove the rock and try to remove the aptasia outside of the tank? There's always a risk of causing it to spread while injecting it in the DT.

 

[Dsnakes]

Yeah...I started with 1. Aiptasia X'd the fool and now I have many :mad:
Just constant maintenance now, trying I keep them from overpopulation. I may get a peppermint soon, for the ones that have worked their way to where I cant reach.

 

[XNavyDiver]

I've had 3 peppermint shrimp in there since about September. Ha! I've never seen them, just their molts.
I'm gonna pull the rock like @DSC reef suggests. Not gonna be easy. I'm sure I'll disturb the shrimps home on the back side of the rock. The lazy no good...

 

[easternreefer]

I put 10 in my 90...

 

[BoomCorals]

In all my years I have just learned to control them. It’s very difficult to avoid them since the spores can get in on anything. Filefish take a bit to get a taste for them but once they do they make short work.

 

[XNavyDiver]

In all my years I have just learned to control them. It’s very difficult to avoid them since the spores can get in on anything. Filefish take a bit to get a taste for them but once they do they make short work.

It's interesting that you say spores. I don't recall seeing anything definitive about how they reproduce. I guess I just assumed, like desirable anemones we keep in out tanks, they reproduced in the same manner, by splitting or budding at the base. Is that not the case?

 

[BoomCorals]

It's interesting that you say spores. I don't recall seeing anything definitive about how they reproduce. I guess I just assumed, like desirable anemones we keep in out tanks, they reproduced in the same manner, by splitting or budding at the base. Is that not the case?

They reproduce by releasing spores. They can do this at almost any size when they die, or you brush them with a finger, or just to release spores and multiply. They can also multiply asexually by splitting. Even one single cell is enough to grow a new Aiptasia.

 

[XNavyDiver]

They reproduce by releasing spores. They can do this at almost any size when they die, or you brush them with a finger, or just to release spores and multiply. They can also multiply asexually by splitting. Even one single cell is enough to grow a new Aiptasia.

Oh, perfect.

 

[BoomCorals]

Oh, perfect.

Yep. Little you know whats