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Aquarist Forums => Saltwater General Discussions => Topic started by: 10gnano on September 16, 2009, 07:14:22 PM

Title: weed or treasure?
Post by: 10gnano on September 16, 2009, 07:14:22 PM
not sure what this is but it was a tag along from rays
I have noticed others growing in my tank now as well, it has trippled in size in 1-month and does not shrink at night like a polyp does, its about 1 inch tall

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Title: Re: weed or treasure?
Post by: Malyon18 on September 16, 2009, 07:27:41 PM
not an expert but I am pretty sure it is Aiptasia but I may be wrong. It is not a treasure, if you search the forum you will find several ways to get rid of it if it is what I think it is.
Title: Re: weed or treasure?
Post by: bongo on September 16, 2009, 08:02:35 PM
I second the above opinion, it looks like an Aiptasia

Title: Re: weed or treasure?
Post by: ray on September 16, 2009, 08:18:02 PM
Hi Definitely appears to be an aiptasia.Sorry about that.Next time you are by please remind me and I'll give you a free peppermint shrimp or frag for the inconvenience.
There is many methods to rid tank of them

Ray
Title: Re: weed or treasure?
Post by: 10gnano on September 16, 2009, 09:20:46 PM
its not like you knew it was there, im not upset about it. but i might be in ottawa again this weekend
Title: Re: weed or treasure?
Post by: Vincenzo. on September 16, 2009, 09:25:24 PM
lol, i'll take some free stuff to ray. but seriously he is a good fair guy. although getting hitchhikers of any sort can be dealt with before the piece/fish even goes in your tank. so you cant blame the seller. if i where to get a free piece from all the hitchhikers ive gotten over the last year or so, id have the nicest tank around :)

there are dip's for corals. fw will do it even. once or twice for about 3-5seconds and a quick shake in the water (ro/do that is) and it'll kill pesticides, flatworms, crabs, your name it..and you can always set up a qt for your fish.
Title: Re: weed or treasure?
Post by: bluepointer on September 16, 2009, 10:14:39 PM
whoa....free peppermint shrimp for getting an aiptasia on a coral/rock...you don't see that kind of offer all that often. I wish I got one of those when I got a pest anemone ;)
Title: Re: weed or treasure?
Post by: Julie on September 19, 2009, 07:54:44 PM
Aiptasia - inject it with boiling water
Title: Re: weed or treasure?
Post by: Snider82 on September 19, 2009, 09:32:22 PM
i had a wee bit of that growing on a rock i think,,,  untill my decorator crab hacked it out and glued it to himself... it hasn't spread through my tank so he can have it lol.

Title: Re: weed or treasure?
Post by: Jean L on September 22, 2009, 08:36:28 AM
The one I had was a touch smaller that a 0.25c pcs.
I tried the -fresh lemon juice- method last week, and it seemed to have worked well.
I used a syringe with a med point and nuked twice.

I used Joe's juice before and it always came back.
Will wait a couple of weeks and see if it will come back this time....

J
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