Feather Duster or Aiptasia?

[Beagles20]

Hello everyone!

First post here. Coming up on my second year of the 90 gallon tank being setup. Can anyone help me determine what these are? Feather duster that I don’t need to worry about or aiptasia? When you touch them, they shrink up into the rocks pretty fast. I have been reading and based on what I am reading I’m not sure which one it may be. If pasta, I want to take care of them quickly. I thought they were feather dusters originally, but I have a lot of them now. Please help!

 

[mcarroll]

Definitely aiptasia.

Definitely do not wait any longer to start taking them out.

Definitely stop broadcast feeding and they should slow down or stop spreading.

 

[Beagles20]

Definitely aiptasia.

Definitely do not wait any longer to start taking them out.

Definitely stop broadcast feeding and they should slow down or stop spreading.

What is the best way to treat them? I have been looking at pastes but also been looking at Berghia nudi. In my opinion, it’s better to take care of them naturally rather than using the different pastes. If paste is the best option, can anyone recommend one? I saw joes juice, f aiptasia, and a couple of others. I do have corals and some of those products mention hurting corals, which I do not want to do.

 

[Danroo]

Best way is to get peppermint shrimps. But be sure to not get the other type.

 

[Beagles20]

Best way is to get peppermint shrimps. But be sure to not get the other type.

Great! Thank you for the response! One question I have is will the eat the larger ones also or just the smaller ones?

 

[kevgib67]

Great! Thank you for the response! One question I have is will the eat the larger ones also or just the smaller ones?

They will eat the larger ones, be careful there are a lot of shrimp sold as aptasia eating peppermint shrimp that aren’t. Welcome to R2R and good luck!

 

[Euphylliaphyle]

Future reference - Featherdusters look like this: