Aptasia growing inside zoa colony

[Aquavaj]

How do I remove them without harming the colony? Kind of hard to see them if I take the rock out of the water too. Can I clip the head off to kill them?

 

[BeejReef]

Is it a zoa frag with a few polyps or a rock covered with zoas? Cutting them (the aptasia) into pieces will make them reproduce faster. There are critters that eat them. I've heard good things about Berghia Nudis on here.

 

[Aquavaj]

It's a small rock with 2 different colonies - about 15-20 polyps each. They are starting to spread on that rock with just 1 and now it's 3.

 

[link81]

can you treat with aptasia X? might kill a few of the zoa's, but should definitely take care of the aiptasia.

 

[Mikedawg]

Yep, Aptasia X should do it and I haven't experienced any collateral deaths of coral when using it.

 

[road_runner]

Iny experimce chemical solution never worked with me. It almost always amplified the problem..
Peppermint shrimp or copper band was the best solution that I used and still using for years now.

 

[Purplelobst92]

How do I remove them without harming the colony? Kind of hard to see them if I take the rock out of the water too. Can I clip the head off to kill them?

just use a syringe and squirt some kalkwasser gloop into them, all you need is a little bit just be careful not to get it on the zoas.