Aptasia?

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Is this aptasia?
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Yes aptasia. Cover it with kalk mixed with water into a paste via syringe and it will get smothered to death or via syringe using lemon juice
 

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Bought a live rock that was infested within a few weeks so bought 2 peppermint shrimp and they eliminated it in about a month. Before/After

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I tried lemon juice once and it survived. That’s why i wasn’t sure it was aptasia I’m gonna try again
 

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Two Peppermint shrimp made quick work of the many aptasia that snuck in on my live rock.
 

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If you can remove rock or frag from tank you can use toothpick at the base of it to lift off Do it in a bucket or container with tank water rinse frag or rock to wash out any parts of the aiptasia that might have flaked off. This is what I do and have no return of the turds.
 

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Note: Aiptasia is a moving/mobile organism and will move about
 

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Nudibranch works and you don’t have to risk other corals like you do with coral band and peppermint shrimp.
 

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