Identification of things on a reef

[chilliedogg]

Hello I have this growing on one of my live rocks just curious if anyone can identify it

 

[chilliedogg]

 

[mdb_talon]

Apistasia. It is a pest you dont want.

 

[Mikedawg]

Aiptasia, unfortunately

 

[Hydrored]

Welcome! You can glue over them for now, depends how crazy out of hand they are getting.

 

[Fred2482]

Yeah, it looks like aptasia and they are a pain. If you only see a few, I would try to cover it as soon as possible with something like F Aptasia.

And Welcome!

 

[Mikedawg]

Aiptasia id/control probably most searched subject on R2R and you'll find many recommendations for next steps - unfortunately no miracle cure that I'm aware of. Good luck because where there is one there are probably more growing.

 

[Ippyroy]

Welcome to R2R! Pest. Burn everything.

 

[Jeffcb]

Welcome to Ref2Reef!

 

[Peace River]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!! F-Aiptasia from @Frank's Tanks is an effective way to get rid of Aiptasia.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Do not glue them. They will release babies via stem- yes theyre a nightmare.
If you have Kalkwasser powder, mix with a little tank water to the same consistency as toothpaste and inject into CENTER CORE via syringe.
If no kalk, lemon juice May work. Make sure you target the center where its main cells are. Do order F-aptasia when you can for future use.

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[P-Dub]

Aiptasia, My personal nemesis! Welcome to R2R. Starting off with bad news.... It'll get better I promise. Kill them ASAP as they can get out of hand in a hurry.

 

[chilliedogg]

Thank you everyone for the welcomes and the bad news there is only one I have seen my buddy runs a pet shop and he has ordered aiptasia-x for another customer so were gonna try that again thank you for all the help

 

[MERKEY]

Hello and welcome to R2R!

 

[Salty Rambler]

Welcome to R2R! Good luck with your upcoming battle.

 

[maceto]

Welcome!

 

[chilliedogg]

Thank you everyone for the welcomes and the bad news there is only one I have seen my buddy runs a pet shop and he has ordered

 

[anthonygf]

I started with one, then a few. Tried everything to keep them under control, all the pastes, chemicals, nudi's, 16 peppermint shrimps, Filefish. They just exploded out of control, had to remove all my rocks, sterilize them. they were also growing between zoa polyps. Cleaned out the fuge, filter box, replaced all lines and hoses and cleaned overflow weirs. Had to frag my coral colonies that were 6 years old. Good luck with yours. 75 gallon with 5 gallon fuge and 10 gallon sump.

 

[KWT]

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