What is this? Is it Aptasia?

[Antonio.dejesus]

Foud this on the base of the plug.

 

[Antonio.dejesus]

Another angle

 

[sfin52]

Yep sure is kill kill kill.

 

[sfin52]

 

[Antonio.dejesus]

I dont have a way to inject it, can I wait till tomorrow? Or is it to much risk?

 

[GSPClown94]

Can you remove the plug and just scrape it off?

 

[Gablami]

If it were my tank, and my first aiptasia, I would throw away the whole plug. No scrapping off. Frag whatever is on the plug and throw plug away. Same if you got any other plugs from the same source.

 

[NB Reefer]

I agree with @Gablami get the coral off that plug and throw the plug away. I have a CBB so aiptasia doesn't scare me as much but I would get that plug out of your tank.

 

[sfin52]

Peppermint shrimp will eat aptasia. Mine took care of it.i understand they can be hit or miss

 

[sfin52]

What type of coral is on the plug.

 

[sfin52]

If it’s a mushroom it you may have a hard time getting to attach to the rock you have the plug on. They tend to float all over the tank.

 

[Antonio.dejesus]

It is a mushroom, I used the boiling water method with a small blaster. Yes, i have more (frags) but did not see anything on them, when i got here i saw the aptasia on the shroom plug

 

[Antonio.dejesus]

So I should remove all the frags from the plugs? The others are zoas

 

[sfin52]

Mushrooms are extremely difficult to get to reattach where you want them I would leave it alone. The zoas I’m not sure about.thats one nice looking mushroom.

 

[PanchoG]

Inject it with super glue or use one or two lime drops, that will handle that nasty thing!

 

[Antonio.dejesus]

Mushrooms are extremely difficult to get to reattach where you want them I would leave it alone. The zoas I’m not sure about.thats one nice looking mushroom.

Haha thanks, the mushroom was not on my list actually. I bought a pack of 4 different zoa frags, for $40, plus a pair of Snowflake Clonws. he just told me " you know what, Im going to give you this mushroom and tell me how it goes"

 

[sfin52]

I love lfs. Mine has done that on more than one occasion.

 

[Antonio.dejesus]

Inject it with super glue or use one or two lime drops, that will handle that nasty thing!

A syringe with lime juice?

 

[DSC reef]

I would not inject anything. With only one visible aptasia I would remove the plug. The more you disturb it the more you'll end up with.

 

[tnc112105]

I agree with DSC.

Not worth the headache it will cause later on if the evil thing spreads.

In the past I have detached mushrooms and left in a small container with rubble in a low flow area of the tank. The shroom should eventually reattach to the new substrate on its own.