anenomie ID

[daves new nano]

hi all,

 

i got a delivery of macro algae the other day and i found this small anenomie like critter on one of the leaves, so i thought what hell ill see if it survives, but now im worried if it could be a pest of some sort.

 

its bout 3/4 inch across when its fully inflated, white with darker bands on the tenticles.

 

it seems to be nocturnal cus the only time i see it out fully is after lights out or first thing in the morning when i havent turned them on yet.

the rest of the time it shrinks back into a whole in the rock.

 

the picture i took is a bit crapy cus its from the top of the tank.

 

any ideas?

[daves new nano]

any ideas at all?

 

i dont think its apatasia but im slightly worried it might be.

 

cheers Dave.

[formerly icyuodd/icyoud2]

hard to tell from the pic, but it looks like aptasia. sounds like it also. "white with darker bands on the tenticles."

[daves new nano]

Yeah i think you might be right, but i thought apatasia wernt light sensitive, when i put the tank lights on this little guy pulls back into a hole so you cant see him at all, the only time i see him out on the rock is when its dark first thing in the morning, i get up at stupid o clock for work and all way check my tank before i leave.

 

thanks for the reply tho.

 

Dave

[lgreen]

aptasia.

[daves new nano]

ok im convinced its an aptasia, i found a top down shot of aptasia n its a prity close match. this is the picture i found

[daves new nano]

i think its a damm close match, the question now is do i try nget rid of it or leave it n hope they dont take over n i end up with a war of the wolrds situation with evry thing runing scared from the dreaded invader ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhggg make for the hills.

[lgreen]

kill it. burn it. what ever, get it out.

 

joes juice, or i just take the rock out, and cut it off, but make sure and make a nice clean cut removing the base and all so it doesn't grow back.

[daves new nano]

ok as soon as i get home from work operation eradicate the alien starts.

 

cant get joes juice for a few day cus id have to order it online, would injecting the blighter with boiling water work?

[Kogut]

Look around for how to make a kalk paste, perhaps. There are a few home-made remedies for them, too... Do a search here and on RC for aptasia removal and you'll get a ton of different ways. Best of luck to you.

[dianne]

Boiling water in an eye dropper will work if the anemone is big enough - just got rid of one that way.

[Caesar777]

It'll come back somewhere else. You need something that'll kill the anemone, and not leave bits to go off and become new ones. Injecting a hot Kalk solution works best.

 

By the way, "look up how to make kalk paste"? Heh... Mix kalk and water. Done!

[jenniebutterfly]

i inject them with iodine, but only do that if you can test for it. and peppermint shrimp will eat them, i had three in my tank, one was large so i injected it, and i got a peppermint for the other two, and watched it eat them. now 4 months later i have no more aiptasia

[Tommy*AFG]

its AIPTASIA try to get rid of it as fast as possible or it will spread like a B****

[FragMaster]

Aptasia. Us eLemon juice . inject it directly into the cap.