What is it?

[Dsobo]

I started my tank 2 weeks ago (I will start my build thread soon) and have been running the system with so far good luck. This past weekend I purchased finnaly Live Sand and Live Rock form LFS. 2 days after I noticed this and was wondering if someone could tell me what it is. I hope this is the correct area to post, if not please let me know and I can post there, or if the admins could move it.


Thanks in advance.


Chewy~

 

[Willowdale]

Do I dare say, I think it's Aptasia.

 

[mallorieGgator]

An aptasia anemone- pest anemone

 

[SmokeyCFH]

Do I dare say, I think it's Aptasia.

+1 on Aptasia.

 

[Dsobo]

And by that I am assuming NOT GOOD? I should do what with it?

Thank you all.

 

[Dsobo]

I just looked this up and I guess i should be lucky I found it now. :squigglemouth:

 

[cdness]

+1000 Aptasia... Kill it while you can.

 

[Russellaqua]

And by that I am assuming NOT GOOD? I should do what with it?

Thank you all.

They will quickly take over a tank if left alone. I can't tell from your pic how large the rock is that the Aiptasia is attached to, but if it's small the best thing to do is to just remove the rock. Do a thorough examination of the other rocks too while you're at it to make sure there aren't others hiding somewhere.

 

[Chameleon]

kalk paste that sucker...btw nice pic!

 

[Tony Buck]

true mix kalk wasser and water to make a paste and squirt directly on it, I use a meat injector works good, your aptasia will be gone!

 

[Dsobo]

Thank you for everyone's reply, I will be taking care of that tomorrow. And by the way I have a Nikon L120 and couldn't get a good close up shot so I took it with my iPhone 4 pretty sad that my phone took a better pic then my $300 camera. I know what I will be using for all my tank pics.

 

[acroman]

I have done this and would say make sure the flow is not directed with in the area.... Kalk paste can burn corals if touched.Good luck

 

[Dsobo]

What I did was I took the live rock out and dug/broke away the section it was attached to and put the rock back, so far so good

Chewy~

 

[pumarjr]

I have had success with lemon injections. I went to my local pharmacy, got an Insulin Syringe, filled it with 1cc of straight lemon juice and while the anemone was open, I quickly lanced it directly in the mouth and injected the lemon concentrate.