Hammer: Is this a new head growing?

[AlaskanWaters]

Hello,

Newbie here. Curious if this might be a new head starting on my hammer, or some other life form? I haven’t witnessed any new head growth yet, so not sure what I’m looking for.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Gtinnel]

It looks more like an aiptasia growing on the side of the coral.

 

[AlaskanWaters]

It looks more like an aiptasia growing on the side of the coral.

Is it something that is ok to leave, or are they a nuisance?

 

[MoshJosh]

Yeah, definitely looks like aptasia (a pest anemone that can take over your tank). You will definitly want to remove it. . . there are a couple ways of doing this. . . I think people squirt kalkwasser paste or lemon juice directly into the aptasea's mouth to kill them, though I have never tried this. You can manually remove it, but I would do so outside of the tank, make sure you get all of it, rinse the coral afterwords, and superglue over the spot the aptasia was on. . . The later method I have used with success but I do not know that it is the preferred method. . .

This is probably better info than I can give haha

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/aiptasia-as-a-pest-and-how-to-get-rid-of-it.770001/

 

[AlaskanWaters]

Yeah, definitely looks like aptasia (a pest anemone that can take over your tank). You will definitly want to remove it. . . there are a couple ways of doing this. . . I think people squirt kalkwasser paste or lemon juice directly into the aptasea's mouth to kill them, though I have never tried this. You can manually remove it, but I would do so outside of the tank, make sure you get all of it, rinse the coral afterwords, and superglue over the spot the aptasia was on. . . The later method I have used with success but I do not know that it is the preferred method. . .

This is probably better info than I can give haha

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/aiptasia-as-a-pest-and-how-to-get-rid-of-it.770001/

Thank you! I like the idea of removing it outside of the tank and supergluing over where it was. So far I don’t see any others (not to say there isn’t any others that I’m just not seeing yet). I appreciate the advice!