Newstead Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Saw this on the live rock my sinularia came on when I was cleaning the glass on that side... having had an aiptasia outbreak in my first reef tank I assumed the worst.. But when I took the rock and coral out, ready to kill it with kalkwasser paste, then glue and epoxy the area, the "aiptasia" did not retract into the rock, but withdrew into a zoa looking polyp, so I put the sinularia back in the tank, making sure I could keep an eye on the little mystery polyp.. So, good little mystery polyp coral or Satan's spawn? It is maybe 1/3 of an inch tall. Link to comment
uwharrie Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Looks like a Zoa to me. When I had aptasia they would retract not "fold into" themselves Link to comment
Newstead Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 Thanks, Uwharrie - that's what I thought I remembered. Everytime I would try to inject them they would disappear. This little guy looks just like a zoa polyp when closed up, but want to make sure! Its in the 75 and I do not want to battle aiptasia in that - it was a nightmare in our old 14! Link to comment
uwharrie Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I am sure those with more experience will chime in Link to comment
Cnidarious Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 completely the wrong shape for aiptasia. how many rows of tentacles does it have? Link to comment
tetraodon Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 its a zoa, aptasia have longer pointed tentacles, and a longer stalk Link to comment
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