Aiptasia?

[Tomknox47]

Hi everyone just noticed I have this weird thing sitting on my frag, I haven’t noticed it when I purchased the frag a few months ago. I believe it’s aiptasia but it looks different from the aiptasia I see in other peoples tanks.
( sorry for the not so great photo, tanks going through an ugly phase)

will coral rx kill this ? Should I just throw the entire frag away?

 

[cbellm]

Yes, That looks like aptasia just a small one. If you have had the frag for a month without signs in other locations it could have been on the plug and has grown to what you see now. However, you could have others in your tank that are small and havent grown large enough to be seen and this is just another sowing up.
In my experience coral Rx doesn't kill aptasia which makes sence as we use it to dip coral and anemones. Aptasia is a type of anemone just a pest one.

Couple of options:
You could use epoxy and cover the hole it resides in, but in my experience this doesnt rid the system of them, and they usually pop back up.

Joes juice, Aptasia X or a compund similar to these can be used carefully in hopes that it will kill the Aptasia.

These things are frustrating as most on here will attest. Once you see one there are likely others that you cant see.

 

[Tomknox47]

Thanks for the reply, I guess my worries were right about the aiptasia. It’s unfortunate but I guess it’s just another part of reefing. Is it possible to manually remove these guys some way by “ scraping” them off? And I’ve also read that they can sting other fish and coral. Is this something that I should be concerned about when attempting to remove them?

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Yup, take out the frag and Remove it

 

[1guydude]

Remove the frag from the plug if the aptasia nem is on the plug and toss it. Otherwise burn it all with fire.
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[Sleeping Giant]

Or remove the zoas and coral from the plugs and reglue on something else and throw out the frag plugs

 

[1guydude]

You can buy f aptasia. Or aptasia X
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[Tomknox47]

I might just toss the entire frag out, looks like it’s on the frag and coral itself lol. My local lfs, doesn’t have any available at the moment.
with my luck I’d toss the entire frag out and realize that I have more hiding somewhere

 

[king aiptasia]

I might just toss the entire frag out, looks like it’s on the frag and coral itself lol. My local lfs, doesn’t have any available at the moment.
with my luck I’d toss the entire frag out and realize that I have more hiding somewhere

don't waste your money and the frag like that, quarantine it and remove the aiptasia if you are concerned