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Hi Everyone,
First of all let me thank all of you for sharing knowledge on the hobby and making such a great sharing place.
I'm a complete noob in saltwater tanks and I've just set up my first tank! It's a 120 lt (30 gallon) cube and filled it with live rock because i was told it was better for all critters that come within, but it seems i made a huge mistake.
So, my aquascape is made out of 4 rocks, 2 base rocks and 2 rocks that sit on top of those base rocks. Base rocks came from one of the tanks of the LFS (the coral frags display tank) and the top rocks came from another tank.
The base rocks came with a few hitchhikers, including what i think are palythoa and zoanthid polyps (purple and orange). Mind you, i wanted a paly/zoa free tank because of my toddler kid. I've attached an image for reference
The big issue is on the 2 top rocks. They are full of aiptasia... I was super excited when i saw the first one because it was red under the lighting setting i had at the time, but turning all whites up, it's full brown and just like any other aiptasia image. I've also attached the image for reference, but i'm convinced it's the dreaded "weed".
Now i'm in a bit of a crossroad... I can either try to return all rock, since the tank was set up today and rocks bought today as well, or i can try to control this, but with the naked eye i'm spotting 3 or 4 aiptasias.
What do you think i should do?
First of all let me thank all of you for sharing knowledge on the hobby and making such a great sharing place.
I'm a complete noob in saltwater tanks and I've just set up my first tank! It's a 120 lt (30 gallon) cube and filled it with live rock because i was told it was better for all critters that come within, but it seems i made a huge mistake.
So, my aquascape is made out of 4 rocks, 2 base rocks and 2 rocks that sit on top of those base rocks. Base rocks came from one of the tanks of the LFS (the coral frags display tank) and the top rocks came from another tank.
The base rocks came with a few hitchhikers, including what i think are palythoa and zoanthid polyps (purple and orange). Mind you, i wanted a paly/zoa free tank because of my toddler kid. I've attached an image for reference
The big issue is on the 2 top rocks. They are full of aiptasia... I was super excited when i saw the first one because it was red under the lighting setting i had at the time, but turning all whites up, it's full brown and just like any other aiptasia image. I've also attached the image for reference, but i'm convinced it's the dreaded "weed".
Now i'm in a bit of a crossroad... I can either try to return all rock, since the tank was set up today and rocks bought today as well, or i can try to control this, but with the naked eye i'm spotting 3 or 4 aiptasias.
What do you think i should do?