Pretty sure this is aptasia...

[jabberwock]

Confirmation?

 

[Hemmdog]

Yep

 

[tnm_ka]

That is a glassrose Aptasia

 

[Pistondog]

Yes , confirmed.

 

[steveschuerger]

Joining bandwagon to say yep for sure. Looks like a few I had in the past.

 

[jabberwock]

Thanks all. Thinking about a file fish. I see 5 aptasia so far. They are 3 to 5 mm in diameter. Questions:
1. I hear file fish are hit or miss. Will it eat other stuff? Mysis, pellets? I don't want to starve it.
2. Is a file fish ok with rock flower anemones?

Thanks

 

[Pistondog]

Thanks all. Thinking about a file fish. I see 5 aptasia so far. They are 3 to 5 mm in diameter. Questions:
1. I hear file fish are hit or miss. Will it eat other stuff? Mysis, pellets? I don't want to starve it.
2. Is a file fish ok with rock flower anemones?

Thanks

All those are true.
I had one.
Mine ate mysis and other food, not aptasia. Cool fish without the aptasia control anyway.
Ive controlled my aptasia by injecting with kalwater paste, just cover them.

 

[TokenReefer]

Thread 'Berghia for sale' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/berghia-for-sale.954762/

 

[vetteguy53081]

Confirmation?

It is. Keep removal simple . . . . .
Using syringe, inject either lemon juice or better yet. . kalkwasser powder mixed with tank water into a paste the consistency of toothpaste and inject into the very center core and it will melt away

You dont need shrimp or nudibranchs for a couple of aptasia then watch them starve when there is none to eat

 

[jmichaelh7]

You may have more than one already.

 

[jabberwock]

You may have more than one already.

I see 5

 

[encrustingacro]

looks like Exaiptasia diaphana, commonly misidentified as aiptasia.

 

[jabberwock]

I am gonna watch these things for a few days. Decide a course of action later. Curious about housing a file fish with rock flower anemones...

 

[jabberwock]

looks like Exaiptasia diaphana, commonly misidentified as aiptasia.

What does this mean? Are they invasive pests?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Confirmation?

Didn't you recently get some TB live rock? Look up the common hitchhikers and I bet you'll find some nems that are not aiptasia...

 

[HankstankXXL750 Verified Sponsor]

I am gonna watch these things for a few days. Decide a course of action later. Curious about housing a file fish with rock flower anemones...

Treating when there are only a few is my opinion. It becomes nearly impossible if the population explodes.

I used peppermint shrimp when mine got out of control and I didn’t see a reasonable way to treat with aiptasia-x. Nice part about them is they are scavengers or clean ups and will eat detritus and left over food so they don’t starve like nudibranch. Also had great luck in another tank, with a copperbanded butterfly, but it think he starved after they were gone. I planned to move into my other reef after he did his job, one day doing great, then disappeared and found him a couple days later. He was a hider so I didn’t realize he was gone until I saw part of him on the back of a Nero.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I mean, there are several threads already about TB live rock hitchhikers... The search feature is a wonderful thing

Thread 'TB Saltwater Hitchhikers' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/tb-saltwater-hitchhikers.681958/

 

[encrustingacro]

What does this mean? Are they invasive pests?

Yes, they are still invasive pests. Most of the ‘Aiptasia’ in the hobby are actually Exaiptasia.

 

[jabberwock]

Didn't you recently get some TB live rock? Look up the common hitchhikers and I bet you'll find some nems that are not aiptasia...

Yes, but i have added other things, so not necessarily from TBS. Who knows. I am not all that worried about it. Gonna go with the flow.

 

[damsels are not mean]

I am gonna watch these things for a few days. Decide a course of action later. Curious about housing a file fish with rock flower anemones...

Why watch? Just kill them. You can eradicate them easily before they spread.