Need help

Reddareefer · Jun 13, 2018

Can anyone help me identify this

dbl · Jun 13, 2018

Moved over to hitchhiker ID Forum, but it looks like an aiptasia to me.

PDR · Jun 13, 2018

+1 aiptasia

Reddareefer · Jun 13, 2018

dbl said:
Moved over to hitchhiker ID Forum, but it looks like an aiptasia to me.

Its in my refugium should i remove it

Reddareefer · Jun 13, 2018

PDR said:
+1 aiptasia

Its in my refugium should i remove it

Crabs McJones · Jun 13, 2018

Agreed with aptasia. scrape it off and make sure you get it all.

dbl · Jun 13, 2018

Reddareefer said:
Its in my refugium should i remove it

The short answer is yes.

PDR · Jun 13, 2018

Definitely remove it. Chances are there are more that you haven’t seen yet. I had a plague of them in my fuge. I kept 2 peppermint shrimp in there for almost a month and they wiped all the visible ones out. A month after they were removed the aiptasia was back to plague proportions so I just keep one in there permanently.

Reddareefer · Jun 13, 2018

Crabs Mcjones said:
Agreed with aptasia. scrape it off and make sure you get it all.

Thx

Reddareefer · Jun 13, 2018

PDR said:
Definitely remove it. Chances are there are more that you haven’t seen yet. I had a plague of them in my fuge. I kept 2 peppermint shrimp in there for almost a month and they wiped all the visible ones out. A month after they were removed the aiptasia was back to plague proportions so I just keep one in there permanently.

Thx

Reddareefer · Jun 13, 2018

Crabs Mcjones said:
Agreed with aptasia. scrape it off and make sure you get it all.

Is the aiptasia a sign my tank is ready for coral?

Reddareefer · Jun 13, 2018

PDR said:
Definitely remove it. Chances are there are more that you haven’t seen yet. I had a plague of them in my fuge. I kept 2 peppermint shrimp in there for almost a month and they wiped all the visible ones out. A month after they were removed the aiptasia was back to plague proportions so I just keep one in there permanently.

Is this a sign my tank is ready for coral?

Crabs McJones · Jun 13, 2018

Reddareefer said:
Is this a sign my tank is ready for coral?

Nooo. Aptasia could grow in a pile of manure if you let it. They can survive pretty much anything. It's why they're so hard to get rid of.

Reddareefer · Jun 13, 2018

Crabs Mcjones said:
Nooo. Aptasia could grow in a pile of manure if you let it. They can survive pretty much anything. It's why they're so hard to get rid of.

Ok thank you