What are these?

[nest9]

Can someone tell me what these little things are? They started showing up on the glass of my tank a day or so ago. They have a sticky surface with hairlike bodies. I could not get a picture of the front of them but was able to get one of their bellies?

 

[nest9]

I was wondering if there were corals? Do they normally separate themselves and stick to tanks?

 

[Yerboy]

they could be aiptasia anemones
do they look like this?

 

[Kano]

When in doubt, throw it out. Or you could scrape them off and store them in a container in the sump until an ID is made. Odds are if it's sticky and it's not an anemone you bought it's bad.

 

[nest9]

I will try to get a picture of the front of them this afternoon. Yerboy, they do not look like that at this time. Hopefully with a better picture, they can be better identified.

Thanks.

 

[dictionaaron]

what inverts do you have, since they are in a line could they possibly be eggs of some sort?

 

[nest9]

Got the wife to snap a pic of some that were on the bottom of the tank. These are the exact same things that are on the side of the tank in spots.

 

[nest9]

Yeboy, now that I see this picture maybe they do resemble aiptasia anemones? Do they usually break off form in other areas of the tank etc....

 

[Tomoko Schum]

It looks like aiptasia or majano. Both are undesirable anemones that spread fast. I'd get rid of them asap while they are still easy to find/reach. You should be able to scrape them off the glass. Be sure to catch them, though. A loose one will often find its way into an area impossible to reach.

By the way, your rocks look awfully fuzzy...

 

[Kruzzzer]

I would agree and say majano and recommend you get them out.

 

[pgr11]

Majano for sure and get rid of them. Just get some Joe's Juice and nuke them

 

[nest9]

Will definitely have to get some Joe Juice. I think there are about 50 of them in there now and I can not get them off of the rocks easily. Reading on the JJ it appears this will kill them within minutes or so. Hopefully a local aquarium store will carry this. Thanks for the help.

 

[Tomoko Schum]

You don't need to buy Joe's Juice. You can go to Walmart and get a bag of "pickling lime" and mix it with water to make a paste. Then, get a syringe from your pharmacy (normally they give it to you free without a needle.) Fill your syringe with the loose pickling lime paste and go nuke your majano by squirting the paste on them. It's more effective than Joe's Juice and very inexpensive. You can use remaining pickling lime as your kalkwasser to boost your calcium and alkalinity. When you nuke your majano, you need to stop your water flow for 15 minutes so that the paste will not be blown around.

You may need to repeat the treatment again if the majanos are big and strong.

 

[nest9]

After looking at the tank and rock, it appears that there may be at least 300-500 of these in the tank. I am not so sure most of these were not here when I got the tank but only noticed them when they got on the tank glass itself. It almost seems impossible to get all of these. I did go purchase the application below from Petco as it was the only thing open and was 3x the sine of Joe's Juice. I have not used it yet because I felt overwhelmed once I saw exactly how many there actually were.

Red Sea Aiptasia-X Aiptasia Eliminator Kit at PETCO

 

[Tomoko Schum]

You have your job cut out for you. That's a huge number to kill. You will probably need more stuff than a small bottle of it.

I have used Aiptasia-X and Zap-tasia gel, too. It turns out that the inexpensive picking lime is just as effective.

Majano and aiptasia multiply fast especially if you feed the tank heavily.

 

[nest9]

I probably was overfeeding and this is the main contributor. Live and learn. I also have done some research and will try my hand with a few peppermint shrimp. I think there was a shrimp in the tank that was "lost" in the move and he probably help keep the problem under control. It's amazing what you learn in a short amount of time.

 

[Tomoko Schum]

I don't know if peppermint shrimp eat majanos well. The majority of them do eat aiptasia although some left my aiptasia untouched. The best majano eater is Racoon butterfly fish hands down, but you need to get rid of it once it eats up your majano.

 

[H@rry]

Kalk paste will definately get rid of them. With that many you do have a job on your hands though. Mix the paste to the consistancy of pancake batter. Turn off all the pumps and give each one a little squirt. Have a turkey baster handy in case you dribble any on a coral. Wait about 15 minutes (as Tomoko suggested) and turn your pumps back on. The paste will leave a little white crust whereever you put it. Retreat every week until they are all gone. You may think you got them all but they can move around and some from under/behind the rock will show up.

Good luck.

 

[GrouperStupor]

Wow, you have a bunch of them. I saw my first one about 8 months ago, but I still only have 4 (that I can see). The one below just split into 3. Something in my tank must be eating them. I left them alone since I thought something in my tank liked to eat them. Guess I'll start killing them since everyone seems to recommend it.