Aiptasia on feather duster

[JAS927]

I just got this huge beautiful feather duster in and upon opening the box I saw a large aiptasia that joined him for the journey here.

I’m a fan of lemon juice injecting but my question is, will that harm the feather duster worm at all? My hands are fairly steady but I still worry about it.
Would pulling it off work sufficiently to play it safe? Any other ideas?

 

[Troylee]

I just got this huge beautiful feather duster in and upon opening the box I saw a large aiptasia that joined him for the journey here.

I’m a fan of lemon juice injecting but my question is, will that harm the feather duster worm at all? My hands are fairly steady but I still worry about it.
Would pulling it off work sufficiently to play it safe? Any other ideas?

Scrape it off with a blade and rinse well in a bucket of water and you should be fine.