Need help with ID

[cody2cannon]

Keep or pick out??

 

[cody2cannon]

@saltyfilmfolks

 

[James M]

Aptasia

 

[Evan28395950]

+1 Aiptasia

 

[dbl]

Aiptasia...remove and destroy. Make sure you get all of it...even if that means losing a little substrate.

 

[cody2cannon]

Thata bad right??
Solution?

 

[James M]

Yes it is bad ,Take it out

 

[Evan28395950]

Thata bad right??
Solution?

They can spread rapidly and sting your good corals. I actually have two in my tank atm, and I’m planning to buy joes juice to get rid of it

 

[Evan28395950]

I would first try to manually remove it. When you can’t do that, you’ll want to use something like joes juice, aiptasia x, lemon juice and put it a syringe and squirt it in it.

 

[cody2cannon]

I only see this one at the moment, do they stick to the substrate?? Or do they tend to go on rock as well?

 

[Evan28395950]

I only see this one at the moment, do they stick to the substrate?? Or do they tend to go on rock as well?

They are anywhere, mine are on my rock. But then one day I found one in my back filtration area.

 

[Fudsey]

Rocks, substrate, on corals ... They go everywhere.

I killed 3 small ones yesterday that were on the stalks of my Sunny D Zoas

 

[Fudsey]

I'd reach right in there with a measuring cup and scoop it and the sand around it right out

 

[Evan28395950]

What do you use to kill them?

Rocks, substrate, on corals ... They go everywhere.

I killed 3 small ones yesterday that were on the stalks of my Sunny D Zoas

 

[James M]

You can also use lemon juice

 

[Fudsey]

I use Kalk paste.

 

[cracker]

I found one today ! !it's been years in this tank since . It escaped my 1st attempt with peroxide . I'll be keeping my eye out for a cool file fish & hope it eats them.
Cody, I understand there is a variety of stuff that claim to kill them . Lemon juice, Kalkwasser paste,peroxide even lazors . None have a guarantee. My best luck over the years has been with a Copper Band butterfly. I hear file fish will munch on them also .

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

“Glass anemone”

 

[40B Knasty]

Bottom line you don't want it going into protect and repopulate mode. So go in like someone mentioned. Get deep in the sand bed with the cup and scoop the aiptasia up in the cup getting it all. Get it out of your tank. I wouldn't even risk putting the sand back in, because it only takes 1 cell to rejuvenate.
Boiling hot water or lemon juice injection are snake oils. Plus lemon juice can mess with your pH. So definitely do not do these.
The others are smothering and seal it method of the mouth, but this is also a way to get them to protect and repopulate. If you miss trying to paste it. It will retract and repopulate.

 

[Cnidoblast]

Exaiptasia pallida - scoop it up in a cup and toss it in your garden or down a toilet or somewhere where it cannot get into saltwater