sheyandpete
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Ron Reefman
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It's not easy to make a firm ID (for me) based on those photos. They are for sure anemones. My semi educated guess is that they are aiptasia and yes, they should be removed. It's not an instant emergency, but soon. So lets call in some more help. #ReefSquad
Maybe you can remove one and put in in a small bowl or cup of tank water to get a better pic.
Is there any tank light going into the overflow where these are? Have you searched the tank to see if you can find any. Aiptasia do spread rather quickly under the right conditions.
Maybe you can remove one and put in in a small bowl or cup of tank water to get a better pic.
Is there any tank light going into the overflow where these are? Have you searched the tank to see if you can find any. Aiptasia do spread rather quickly under the right conditions.
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Agree, aiptasia. Pest anemone
Jason mack
Monti madness
Agree aiptasia...they look different colour because they probably don't get much light there....I had a massive outbreak in my overflow ...I just added a peppermint shrimp ...and I nuked the big ones with aiptasiaX
Flippers4pups
Fins up since 1993
Aiptasia or a glass anemone.
Captain Quint
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I usually write glass anemone. Pretty sure some scratch their head and think I'm insane. lol
Aiptasia for sure, I have loads of them at the moment. I've been spot treating with Aiptasia-x and/or Kalk paste. My wrasses eat any shrimp I try to put in, I'm too nervous to put a filefish in, and I can't seem to get a copperband through QT...
