Muffin87 Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 I found more hitchhikers on the trumpet I just bought. One is a tiny semi transparent circular thing that hides quickly within the coral skeleton if I move the coral. Could this be Aiptasia? The other one is bigger with tentacles. Doesnt seem to react much if I move the coral. Anybody knows what they are and if I should get rid of them? Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 The one with the long snakelike tentacles is aptasia. The other looks like feather duster of some sort. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 35 minutes ago, Muffin87 said: I found more hitchhikers on the trumpet I just bought. One is a tiny semi transparent circular thing that hides quickly within the coral skeleton if I move the coral. Could this be Aiptasia? The other one is bigger with tentacles. Doesnt seem to react much if I move the coral. Anybody knows what they are and if I should get rid of them? Thank you very much. first one is a feather duster......the others are aiptasia 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Muffin87 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Just now, WV Reefer said: the others are aiptasia I only see one aiptasia in my pictures! Quote Link to comment
Muffin87 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 the long snakelike tentacles met 1 ml lemon juice Quote Link to comment
Oldsalt01 Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Pic 1 looks like a “ball anemone” to me, not a feather duster. The large nem in pic 2 is almost certainly an aptasia, but the smaller one to the right looks like another ball nem, which are harmless and won’t grow much bigger than a dime. I occasionally feed mine a frozen bribe shrimp. I like biodiversity, as long as it’s benign. 1 Quote Link to comment
Muffin87 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Should I tell the person who sold me the coral that it had aiptasia on it, so they can kill it before it spreads in their tanks? Or is considered pedantic/rude? Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 12 minutes ago, Muffin87 said: Should I tell the person who sold me the coral that it had aiptasia on it, so they can kill it before it spreads in their tanks? Or is considered pedantic/rude? They know. .........If there was one there is more. 1 Quote Link to comment
MrJDanP Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 All but the first are aiptasia for sure. I would side on calling the first one a feather duster. The easiest way to be sure (if you can't see a calcified stalk) would be to move something gently around the tips of the tentacles. If it draws in before you can blink, its a feather duster Quote Link to comment
Muffin87 Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 10 minutes ago, MrJDanP said: If it draws in before you can blink, its a feather duster It definitely retracts in the blink on an eye. I had to stab the aiptaisia a second time with lemon juice. Quote Link to comment
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