This is aiptasia, right?

Joe31415 · Oct 13, 2021

I happened to notice it hitchhiking on the bottom of a frag plug.

Payedjay · Oct 13, 2021

Yes sir

youcallmenny1 · Oct 13, 2021

Yes. What a jerk of a nem there. That's why people advise to break frags off their plugs (in addition to other nasties).

Eagle_Steve · Oct 13, 2021

Joe31415 said:
I happened to notice it hitchhiking on the bottom of a frag plug.

Yup. Pop that plug off and put frag on a new one.

The_Skrimp · Oct 13, 2021

yes. looks like it. Probably easiest to just remove the coral from the plug. Otherwise, I like to cover it in super glue and that usually does the trick.

Joe31415 · Oct 13, 2021

Glad I caught it on the way in and luckily I QT EVERYTHING from this specific store.
And, yes, I'll replace the plug while (or probably before) I dip it.

Joe31415 · Oct 13, 2021

And there's two vermited snails on the top of the plug.

Joe31415 · Nov 17, 2021

So, that was just a birdsnest coral. Not a whole lot of places to hide in it. But a few days ago I found, what I think was, another aiptasia in the tank. I'm not 100% sure. I saw something with that same color, but much smaller, on the side of a frogspawn (on the stalk/base). When I went to poke at it with something to see what it was, it disappeared back into the coral. I assumed it was aiptasia so I pulled the coral out and superglued all around the area where I saw it. I'm hoping I contained it. However, though I've yet to see any despite keeping a close eye out, I'm assuming there's more.
And, of course, suddenly every LFS is out of peppermint shrimp. I know they're hit or miss with actually eating aiptaisa. But I see it as a "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take -Wayne Gretzky"(-Michael Scott) situation. Maybe I'll pick up some Aiptasia-X to keep on hand in case I spot any more.
And this is my invert-only quarantine tank, so no fish in it, which makes these types of situations a little trickier.