aptasia

I set up a brand new tank with everything new. What’s the safest way to transfer my corals to my new tank without aptasia hitching ?

Hey Folks, I got some frags in my recently cycled tank and while they are thriving well, some have issues. Can I get help recognizing what they are? 1. Xenia stopped pulsing and there is this weird brown color stuff that I am not sure what is 2. The Clove Polyps have that elongated mass that...

I have a minor aptasia problem. My tank is mostly egg crates and a few rocks with no sand beds. There was a few aptasia growing on the egg crates and sand I previously had but I removed the sand and cleaned all the eggs crates. To the point I didn’t see any visible aptasia. I tried peppermint...

Hello all found this little guy behind one of my rocks. It’s tiny and in a very low light area. On first glance I thought it may be aptasia, so I went to get it off the rock. It closed very quickly after being touched. After thinking about what I saw I wasn’t sure it was actually aptasia. I’ve...

Dun, Dun Dun! What are your thoughts!? Friend Or foe?

Have you ever seen an Aptasia outbreak like this? Could it be Hydroids instead? There are bigger Aptasia in there, that I don't doubt are Aptasia. Perhaps I've gotten super lucky with a generous mixture of both! What would you do? I can't remove the rock as it's a custom made (expensive) scape...

Hey everyone i have a case of aptasia and verminted snails took rock out crushed all the verminted i could and added some bumble snails and been dosing coral snow and noticed a decrease in verminted snails for my aptasia issue its not so simple burned them off rock as many as i could see used...

Well as expected I am a recent victim of the Red Sea G1 tank failures…although it was somewhat planned for…I had lowballed my local shop for a new reefer 250 based on the known risks with the G1. Knowing I could get the extended warranty with a new tank and replace it if a problem arose. I...

As the thread title says, I’m 90% sure this is aptasia growing on my monti frag plug. I did not notice it early because the frag and plug were sitting on another section of the tank and the light was too high so it started bleaching. I moved the plug this afternoon and noticed this guy...

Hello everyone! I'm relatively new having a fish tank, let a along a reef tank! I started my tank around a year ago, but have only recently started to populate it with more corals and fish. I've read through some of the different guides on hitchhikers and those were all super useful! Thanks to...

Dude at my LFS was *certain* it was aptasia- I have had aptasia outbreaks in my tank a handful of times over the years….i do not think this is aptasia. I’m leaning more toward Zoanthids or Palys(??) Wanted to get 2nd, 3rd opinion. Thanks in advance

Tank used to have lovely glowing (green/yellow) in the dark polyps… but red algae destroyed them. 6 mos later these guys show up. What are they? Are they the same? Difficulty: Im not home. Wife took pics when she saw them. Thank you everyone!

Hi guys, Recently started my first saltwater tank, and having difficulty identifying what pest this is. I assumed aptasia but looks different from the aptasia pictures I see online, it’s thinner and has small balls/heads at the end of each little thread… I introduced some Berghia nudibranches...

Currently breeding two Berghia nudibranchs in a small setup but am starting to run out of food for them in just two months! I’m looking to buy more so I can have a stockpile and also learn how to propagate Aptasia in a more sustainable way. In Portland OR.

Hello, I’m new to reefing and need some help. I got this daisy zoa and it came with this things growing with it. I’m hoping its not aptasia because I have used aptasia F and kinda killed alot of my clove polyps. What should I do?

Hello everyone ! I found my first aptasia on the sand bed. I figured out it came from the mushroom rock I bought a few weeks ago. The mushroom rock is ISOLATED from my main rock. I removed the aptasia along with the sand. I also removed the mushroom rock to different tank. Am I safe from...

I have several small salt water reef tanks. I started getting aptasia in the smaller one and had already decided to remove most of my corals into the other tank because the crabs seems to be bothering them. Yes, I dipped my corals before putting them into the other tank. I then purchased...

I have a 25 Gallon tank that had been ignored for some time. It is full of Aptasia right now. I am planning to start over. New sand. New Rockscape and new water. My question is, to which level should i clean the tank before starting over and making sure that none of the aptasia carry over. -...

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Really curious what these are. I've searched the internet on and off endlessly over the past few months to no avail. One or two has turned to a couple dozen and I'm wondering whether I need to take action. They haven't died off like pineapple sponges usually do. They look like a cross between a...

The new thing being tried around here for aptasia is rainford butterfly fish. A local wholesaler here was told about them and he’s so far sold 5 different shipments all successful. Obviously being sold as reef safe with caution. So we are the Guinea pigs lol. Very little info on them just the...

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Hey guys & gals , happy weekend, hope everyone is doing ok Recently found this growing underneath one of my scolymia, appears to be some sort of sponge / truncate but wanted to post photos just to make sure it’s not something more invasive which warrants removal Here is a photo (attached) the...

Hi all, Bought this torch and I have a question on one of the items growing out of the side? The one on the left is a filter feeder but is the one on the right aptasia? It’s sensitive to light and retracts straight away.

As the title says. I took the picture with my reef lights out using my iPhone with the flash on. Right under the head of my blasto. I’ve never had aptasia before but from what I know of it I think that might be what it is. Appreciate any input.