Critter ID

robf · Jul 6, 2012

Can you tell me what this tiny guy is and if he can stay or if he should go. He's fluorescent green and has stayed this size for a while. I don't think he's a manjo.

Pkunk35 · Jul 6, 2012

Aiptasia? Not sure which thing you are pointing at, but there does seem to be an aiptasia in the picture at about 4 O'clock from your thumb.

Loki · Jul 6, 2012

Yeah it seems to be aptasia. Feed it some kalk paste :D

robf · Jul 6, 2012

Yep the critter in question is at 4 oclock Are aiptasia green? This guy is buried in LR so I can't see him so well.

wysiwyg · Jul 6, 2012

it is aptasia an should be eliminated immediately

Pkunk35 · Jul 7, 2012

Loki2902 said:
Yeah it seems to be aptasia. Feed it some kalk paste :D

it is aptasia an should be eliminated immediately

Hah! These made me laugh for some reason...maybe because it's two in the morning.

Aiptasia get kinda a bad rap imo (ooh but I do hate them too) but I have to tend to agree that the best control is to take out the visible ones immediately.

In my tank i shoot em up with vinegar and let the sexy shrimp eat the body, which they very surprisingly eagerly do. Kalkwasser paste is also excellent as mentioned by the mischievous Loki.

mcarroll · Jul 7, 2012

Never seen or heard of a colored aiptasia, FWIW. I've heard others refer to those as a type of majano (j is pronounced like an h - not like a "man" named "jo" ;) ) and majanos are commonly colored green, but I'm not sure it's that either.

What is for sure is that it's a hitchhiker polyp of some sort, whether coral or anemone, and if he survived his way into the tank that almost always means he will be a pest.

My call would be to nuke him ASAP.

-Matt

Pkunk35 · Jul 8, 2012

mcarroll said:
Never seen or heard of a colored aiptasia, FWIW. I've heard others refer to those as a type of majano (j is pronounced like an h - not like a "man" named "jo" ;) ) and majanos are commonly colored green, but I'm not sure it's that either.

What is for sure is that it's a hitchhiker polyp of some sort, whether coral or anemone, and if he survived his way into the tank that almost always means he will be a pest.

My call would be to nuke him ASAP.

-Matt

Actually looking at it again I think it might be a majano as you said or even a palythoa? Very hard to see with that pic.