Blue Bottle brush acro w/ banded acro crab w/ apitasia?! wtd?

[Divemaster561]

Please help fellow reefers!
I purchased a Blue Bottlebrush acro that came with a banded acro crab living inside the Frag.. I also noticed a small aiptasia on the frag.
My tank has done spectacular with no aiptasia.
How do I save this acro and banded acro crab without putting aiptasia into my tank?!?!
I was thinking of using a toothpick to pull the banded crab off, dipping the acro, cutting the plug, and placing on a new frag plug.. but unfortunately that doesn't help the aiptasia problem.. Any ideas would be greattttly appreciated as I really, really, want to save this acro and the happy little banded acro crab.

 

[KrisReef]

Careful surgery to first dislocate the crab. It the aiptasia is attached to the crab it will have to go.

Once the crab is free, surgery to remove the aiptasia should follow. Cut the acro so that the blue coral is not incontact with the attachment point of the aiptasia. Once you have everything seperated, you can dip, then reassemble the crab and coral in one location and toss everything else to prevent infection with the wicked nem.

 

[sculpin01]

Assuming it's not too central in the colony, F-Aiptasia is probably a reasonable option if you can't chisel it out. If you can chisel it out, make sure you get the entire base.

I wouldn't remove the crab, personally.

 

[Tired]

Got a pic of where the aiptasia is? You might be able to cover it in liquid superglue.

 

[Tonycass12]

I would personally just cut out the chunk with aptasia if your concerned. It shouldn't be growing on a live part of the coral anyways.