Baby zoa?

[Haleiwa Salt]

 

Is that what this is? I tried modifying it so you could see it better but basically there's a tiny little coral lookin thing on one of my rocks that just popped up out of nowhere. Could barely tell he was there. I can't figure out what he is... I did have a zoa in my tank at one point but some evil worm popped up and killed it :'( so my tank has been coral-less for a while. Anyway, any idea what this is?

[Gerber77]

It looks like a aptasia which is a pest anemone.

[Jacobnano]

I agree, tough to be 100% but yea^

[Haleiwa Salt]

Oh nooo >_< So what makes them a pest?

[Jacobnano]

They multiply and sting. Better get rid of it now. Use the Search bar at the top and you will find all the answers

[kthehun89]

they will bother your actual coral. kill it now before it torpedos your tank. i know a few people who got out of the hobby because of these anemones

[Haleiwa Salt]

They multiply and sting. Better get rid of it now. Use the Search bar at the top and you will find all the answers

 

:'(

 

here's another pic:

 

[Jacobnano]

Yup definitely one. Search, and kill.

[Haleiwa Salt]

This is going to be tricky. Time to search up some kill methods..

[tundrashaul]

I used a test pipet and shot one with boiling water about 5 times, one after another. it will pull in when you hit it, so hit the base really good. i had some pop up where this method was not an option, so i got a peppermint shrimp, and have seen no more since

[Haleiwa Salt]

Hmm. I could try and take the rock out and try boiling water. Or did you do it within the tank somehow?

 

And I haven't ever seen peppermint shrimp at my fish store

[tundrashaul]

I used a test pipet and shot one with boiling water about 5 times,

 

do this underwater, you dont have to take rock out and it minmizes benefical organism loss