Aiptasia on my duncan???

[jaxteller007]

I couldn't figure out the last couple days what was seemingly killing my formally thriving Duncan. I've been at work when the lights were on brightly so couldn't see what was up. Turned the whites on today and it looks like freaking an aiptasia head has grown attached! I assume it would be attacking the Duncan. What can I do to save my poor coral?
#reefsquad

 

[jaxteller007]

Circles where I think it is.

 

[P-Dub]

Pull it out and superglue the little *******!

 

[jaxteller007]

Pull it out and superglue the little *******!

I do have Aiptasia X. Is that safe to use that close to a coral?
As far as pull it out and super glue, won't I kill the heads of the coral that come out of the water? I mean those heads are pretty close to dead already i think.
Sorry I'm not very experienced with corals.

 

[Tired]

Corals can be taken out of the water without hurting them, as long as it's only for a few minutes. Some are fine out of water for hours.

Aiptasia X is safe as long as you don't let any of it get on the flesh of the coral.

Liquid superglue is good. You take the coral out of the water, watch where the aiptasia goes, then cover the aiptasia entirely in liquid superglue. That smothers it.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I do have Aiptasia X. Is that safe to use that close to a coral?
As far as pull it out and super glue, won't I kill the heads of the coral that come out of the water? I mean those heads are pretty close to dead already i think.
Sorry I'm not very experienced with corals.

Aptasia X is safe. Inject via syringe into center core so you can target the aptasia rather than dincan.

 

[jaxteller007]

Corals can be taken out of the water without hurting them, as long as it's only for a few minutes. Some are fine out of water for hours.

Aiptasia X is safe as long as you don't let any of it get on the flesh of the coral.

Liquid superglue is good. You take the coral out of the water, watch where the aiptasia goes, then cover the aiptasia entirely in liquid superglue. That smothers it.

Any particular super glue? I have some around the house but think its like JB Weld or something. Don't want to use the wrong kind.

 

[P-Dub]

If they are already close to death, it won't matter much at this point. AiptasiaX can do as much harm as superglue and out of the water it is easier to use superglue IMHO.

 

[Tired]

I just use the stuff you can get at the dollar store. If it says "cyanoacrylate glue", that's what you want. You can look up the brand to check if it's reef-safe, but any brand without anything else added is fine.

 

[P-Dub]

Any particular super glue? I have some around the house but think its like JB Weld or something. Don't want to use the wrong kind.

Cyanoacrylate is cyanoacrylate. JB should be good to go.

 

[Aiptaisia anemone]

Hard to see but i do kinda see the silhouette of the tentacles, i would assume its aiptaisia.

 

[jaxteller007]

I'm gonna do that tonight. Thanks for the help everyone.
This duncan has survived having all whites left on for a weekend, a tank crash and got knocked off a rock and spend like 4 days half buried in sand and survived it all and blossomed. Im not gonna let some punk aiptasia take it out! Lol

 

[jaxteller007]

I should have asked before I did it, but how long should I leave the coral our of the water to let the glue set mostly? Thankfully the stuff I used is the gel so it was already pretty firm after like 30 seconds or a minute.

 

[Aiptaisia anemone]

I should have asked before I did it, but how long should I leave the coral our of the water to let the glue set mostly? Thankfully the stuff I used is the gel so it was already pretty firm after like 30 seconds or a minute.

The glue will dry while its in the water, and dpends on corals but most can survive more than a minute out of water.

 

[Tired]

Liquid is actually better, it flows and covers the whole aiptasia.

The glue will form a dried skin when it touches the water. Just make sure no crabs pick at it before it fully dries, or they could get glue on them.

 

[jaxteller007]

Pull it out and superglue the little *******!

Corals can be taken out of the water without hurting them, as long as it's only for a few minutes. Some are fine out of water for hours.

Aiptasia X is safe as long as you don't let any of it get on the flesh of the coral.

Liquid superglue is good. You take the coral out of the water, watch where the aiptasia goes, then cover the aiptasia entirely in liquid superglue. That smothers it.

Aptasia X is safe. Inject via syringe into center core so you can target the aptasia rather than dincan.

The glue will dry while its in the water, and dpends on corals but most can survive more than a minute out of water.

It already looks happier. Obviously a few heads have been damaged by the aiptasia but they are all open more than they have been in days. Thanks for the advice!

 

[reef4now]

I had a huge aiptasia outbreak in my tank,I put in two peppermint shrimp and they devoured the aiptasia in no time.

 

[jaxteller007]

I had a huge aiptasia outbreak in my tank,I put in two peppermint shrimp and they devoured the aiptasia in no time.

I have probably 5 or more peppermint in my tank right now. They aren't doing crap that I can tell. At least not to the two big pieces of Aiptasia I can see. They may be keeping new outbreaks in check though.

 

[jaxteller007]

I may have been too late to save my Duncan. It's mostly dead and hardened now with only a couple heads that could be described as surviving.

 

[reef4now]

Try using Joes juice,that works well also.