Please help ID

[surveyor65]

Good afternoon all. I recently set up a JBJ 28g nano in my cube at work and after some time running, this started showing up...and spreading. I need help to identify what it is and if I need to use the weed-wacker on it, get rid of it completely, or let it flourish? I've attached a pic. I already know about the aptasia in the foreground. Between my peppermint shrimp soldier and myself armed with a syringe loaded with lemon juice, it's slowly going away.
Thanks!!

 

[Reeflogic]

Bryopsis, I'm battling it as well. I'm dosing Kent Tech M currently, started 7 days ago and it should start dying off soon (I hope). You can do a quick search and find out all you will ever care to know about this pest!!

Also, try and let the peppermint shrimp do the task, aiptasia, when injected can and usually do release cells into the water and can multiply quickly. The shrimp won this battle for me!

 

[surveyor65]

FANTASTIC!! As if aptasia wasn't enough of a pain in my keister, now I need to deal with this too...and the ONLY rock that it's on has baby star polyps as well. Thanks for the info!! Attack mode has now been initiated. :mad:

 

[Anthony kolodziej]

Take the rock out its worth it . that stuff is hard to beat even with tech M

 

[Reeflogic]

If it is only on one rock and hasn't spread yet, you can peroxide dip the rock and yank off as much as possible OUTSIDE your tank. You can do a quick search on that as well, it shouldn't hurt your corals, but will kill any microfauna on the rock, pods, snails, micro brittle stars, etc.

 

[surveyor65]

So my babies should be safe through a peroxide dip? I'm rather pleased with the polyps...and my wife is jealous of them and wants to swipe that rock for our reef tank at home. From what little I read, it seems it should be a 3% peroxide dip?

 

[Reeflogic]

Yes, that should do the trick. just get some tank water in a bucket, grab the rock and try and manually remove as much as possible. I usually squirt the peroxide right on whatever I want dead, let it sit a few minutes, then add more peroxide to the bucket and drop the rock in for awhile, 10-15 minutes usually. I've personally never lost any corals doing this, but I cannot guarantee you won't. I dip every new frag I get, first with H. Peroxide and then a dip in Coral RX. The few times I didn't dip with peroxide, is exactly why I'm fighting bryopsis now! I've since set up a coral QT to watch them for weeks before I add them. Bryopsis sucks!

 

[Reeflogic]

Also, don't be alarmed if it still looks alive and green after you treat the rock, it usually dies off, turning whitish / clear after about 24-48 hours.

 

[surveyor65]

THANKS!! I'll be on peroxide dip duty this afternoon.

 

[surveyor65]

UPDATE...I took the infected rock out, gave the bryopsis a trim and a peroxide shower and diluted soak, and it's now dying off quite nicely. The other corals on that rock are a little angry with me right now, but they're starting to come back. SIDE NOTE: This treatment for the bryopsis seems to work well for the aptasia that was on that rock also. I've only seen one and it looks like a dried, shriveled burn victim. THANKS for the advice!!