My first Mojano Anemone

jctse · Jan 29, 2013

I've got a single bright green mojano. Looks pretty cool and is about 1/8th of an inch. I've read about this pest and the posts I've read usually involve injections or solutions of hydrogen Peroxide and/or dipping.
I just have just one (that I can see) on a lower base rock. Can I just cut him out? I've had some isolated aiptasia issues (not an outbreak either) that I was able to irradicate by just plucking them with tweezers. Of course I had to work into the Rock a little to get most of it. Can I do the same with a Mojano.

Russellaqua · Jan 29, 2013

I agree with you that many Mojano anemones are quite nice looking, but being pest anemones I'd take a very proactive approach to ridding the tank of them. I hadn't heard of anyone plucking Aiptasia with tweezers before. If the Mojano is easily removed by taking a small chunk out of your base rock, and you can do this safely without causing avalanches etc., that's what I'd do. It's worth a try anyway if you don't want to do injections or anything like that. The most important thing is to not leave any part of the anemone behind.

Crystal03JC · Jan 29, 2013

You can use Aiptasia X on Majanos

jctse · Jan 30, 2013

I know it defeats the purpose of asking for help... and am just prompting for an "I told ya so" but I just plucked him out with some tweezers. I'll report back if and when it reappears. BTW someone on a different forum suggested a Majano Wand and gotta say that's one of the coolest things I've seen- but I couldn't stomach the cost for a single Majano... maybe if I had an outbreak. I wonder if a lot of people use it?