Is this Aptasia???

[jabberwock]

Title speaks for itself.

 

[mattdg]

It is aiptasia.

 

[Jesse Sunday]

Title speaks for itself.

It looks very much like the Aptasia I had in my new tank a month ago.

 

[Lavey29]

Welcome to our club new member

 

[jabberwock]

Does it matter that it is the size of a tennis ball?

 

[Lavey29]

Does it matter that it is the size of a tennis ball?

That means you have good nutrients in your water

 

[JAS927]

It will reproduce and you’ll have a tank full of them.

 

[jabberwock]

It will reproduce and you’ll have a tank full of them.

Have had it for 18 months. It is the only one.

 

[Jesse Sunday]

Have had it for 18 months. It is the only one.

That's a big boy; why only ask about it now?

 

[jabberwock]

That's a big boy; why only ask about it now?

I have asked about it before. People always think it is aptasia. Which is right, and wrong. I believe it is a type of aptasia, but not the dreaded pest. A relatively newly described species.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/meet-bellactis-lux-the-lightbulb-anemone.1025022/

 

[JAS927]

I have asked about it before. People always think it is aptasia. Which is right, and wrong. I believe it is a type of aptasia, but not the dreaded pest. A relatively newly described species.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/meet-bellactis-lux-the-lightbulb-anemone.1025022/

I don’t see the resemblance

 

[jabberwock]

I don’t see the resemblance

Baby vs grown

 

[Manpeckz]

Baby vs grown

 

[EasternShoreman]

Aptasia - get it out or prepare for more.

 

[jabberwock]

18 months ago

And now

 

[jabberwock]

Aptasia - get it out or prepare for more.

Have kept it for 18 months. No others...

 

[vetteguy53081]

Keep removal simple as these specimens can multiply in a hurry. Using a syringe or pipette, inject either lemon juice or better yet. . kalkwasser powder mixed with tank water into a paste the consistency of toothpaste and inject into the very center core and it will melt away

 

[EasternShoreman]

Have kept it for 18 months. No others...

Totally Understand - and that can sometimes be the case, until its not.... Im of the opinion that it is better to take it out than risk it, but others have kept them for years with little ill effect.

 

[JAS927]

Totally Understand - and that can sometimes be the case, until its not.... Im of the opinion that it is better to take it out than risk it, but others have kept them for years with little ill effect.

My thoughts also. Why risk it. If you can’t confirm 110% what it is (although it certainly looks like one I’d remove immediately upon spotting it) why would you risk your entire tank?

 

[DDenny]

Did it come in from live rock from gulf or TBS?