RyanReef Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Any clue what these lil guys are? Kinda resemble the palys in my tank, but very scraggly looking. Quote Link to comment
Hazy Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Looks like aiptasia to me. Quote Link to comment
burtbollinger Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 aptasia below the duncan. Quote Link to comment
RyanReef Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 Great. Anyone have success with killing them before they spread? The rock that has the Duncan on it I can actually take out of the tank but there's another one forming on a bigger rock that I can't remove. Do the products actually work at killing them... Where I also read hot water poured over them or just suffocate them with putty? Quote Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Putty should work. Or for the rock you can remove, you could sizzle it with a lighter 🔥🤘🏼 whatever you do, do it fast 1 Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Aiptasia. Anything that covers it completely and seals it in will kill it. Liquid superglue can work, as will putty. Remove the rock from the water, wait for the aiptasia to fully retract, and cover it. If you have to cover it while it's in the tank, gently annoy it with something until it retracts. Aiptasia-X is also effective. Hot water might not work fully, and would be hard to keep off the coral. 1 Quote Link to comment
rough eye Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 peppermint shrimp. i've never seen one since. just make sure it's Lysmata wurdemanni . before that i used F Aiptasia with success. basically kalkwasser so also very safe. https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/f-aiptasia-pest-anemone-treatment-frank-s-aquarium-products.html 1 Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Inject it with lemon juice. Not sure how easy needles are to get nowadays though. Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Aiptasia x. Works everytime Quote Link to comment
RyanReef Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 14 hours ago, Thrassian Atoll said: Inject it with lemon juice. Not sure how easy needles are to get nowadays though. Well I took the rock out, injected lemon juice and then closed the whole thing off with super glue. So hopefully one of those two did the trick 1 Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Ah, extra dead! Yeah, that should have done it. Aiptasia aren't necessarily as big a deal as people think. If you only have one or two, you just kill 'em, and then you're good. The problem comes when there are already tons, because that makes it much harder to kill them all off. And if you miss a bunch, they rebound pretty fast. 1 2 Quote Link to comment
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