Worm or a polyp on frag plug?

mikedgrok · Mar 26, 2021

Hi all,

Picked up a lovely alveopora last weekend, came attached, and noticed a few days later a little guy dangling off the side of the frag plug, and another off the skeleton of the alveo.

I used Coral Rx dip per instructions on this, and the few others I got. Noticed some pods bite the dust during the dip.

Noticed just today (a week later) there are these two guys and wondering what they are, and whether they might be irritating the alveopora (which decided to retract in between the photos! Could've been annoyed by a hermit, as I took these pics an hour apart).

Any ideas? Worm/duster? Polyps from another type of coral? Should I pick off ?

Thanks all!

JGT · Mar 26, 2021

Aiptasia. Remove it.

mikedgrok · Mar 26, 2021

JGT said:
Aiptasia. Remove it.

Thank you. Pull off carefully or need to use chemical / predator?

dvgyfresh · Mar 26, 2021

mikedgrok said:
Thank you. Pull off carefully or need to use chemical / predator?

Syringe with lemon juice into mouth will melt it, or remove plug and take it off using brush outside of tank

dvgyfresh · Mar 26, 2021

If you mess with it and don’t kill it inside of the tank it will release more aptasia friends

JGT · Mar 26, 2021

Take the frag out. Scrape off with razor blade. Rinse with FSW. Put back in tank.

Theulli · Mar 26, 2021

Everyone's overreacting, I've had aiptasia in my tank and taken care of it without a proble oH MY GOD IT JUST ATE MY CAT

mikedgrok · Mar 26, 2021

Theulli said:
Everyone's overreacting, I've had aiptasia in my tank and taken care of it without a proble oH MY GOD IT JUST ATE MY CAT

I'm allergic to cats!

Theulli · Mar 26, 2021

mikedgrok said:
I'm allergic to cats!

Haha, I guess this makes it a feature and not a bug

mikedgrok · Mar 26, 2021

Thx all ... Lemon juice and razor out of tank working well for now. Will keep a sharp eye out on the rocks for more that may be hanging out. Have a nice weekend !!