Aptasia and copepods on my zoas?

thunderreefer · Aug 15, 2020

It was tough to get a picture zoomed in and clear enough, so I also added a video that seems more clear and can also see movement. I'm guessing aptasia on the zoa to the left, but looking to confirm. It's white and seems attached to the zoa itself. My experience is limited, but in the past aptasia I've dealt with was attached to rock or frag plug, not the zoa itself, and was closer to a light yellow or brownish color. Looking to confirm. If so, not sure how I'm going to approach. I've used Aptasia X, but that seemed to fry nearby zoa polyps.

Second pic is the zoa next to the one on the left. Hoping its just a copepod crawling around on the polyp, but looking to confirm in case I need to do more to protect the other frags in the tank. I had another frag that had these guys crawling around when it was dying, so worried the vultures are circling this frag.

Appreciate any help, thanks!

xxkenny90xx · Aug 15, 2020

Sorry I can't open your video and I can't see anything in the pictures. Try uploading the video to YouTube and posting the link here

thunderreefer · Aug 15, 2020

xxkenny90xx · Aug 15, 2020

It's really hard to see but I don't think I see any aiptasia. Maybe just algae?

thunderreefer · Aug 15, 2020

It is not easy to see, it’s really thin and I’m limited how close I can zoom. Hopefully it’s clear on where to look. On the closed zoa to the left, you can see the fine strands fluttering in the current. There is a group of these stands above the polyp sticking out to the right which is what I’m referring too.

About half way through the video, you can see a critter crawling on the main polyp of the closed frag just to the right of the one referenced above. There’s quite a few of them on this frag so want to make sure that even if I loose this frag, these critters aren’t a problem for the rest of the frags in the tank.