Please don't let this be aptasia...

[AllSignsPointToFish]

I have not tried removing Apstasia using any means. That was the advice given me by @Subsea. Turned out that I had the good kind of Apstasia.

The "good" kind of Aiptasia, huh? The only good Aiptasia is a dead Aiptasia :)

 

[Matt Carden]

@vlangel said this about my Apstasia.

That is not a regular aiptasia although it is related. It is a corkscrew/ curlique anemone and they do not multiply like aiptasia. They will form a symbiotic relation with pistol shrimp. They can grow fairly large if fed a lot of food.

 

[Colin E Matthews]

I mostly use Aiptasia-X and have had good results
but if you can get the rock it's on, out of the tank ,I scape it and then give it a hit with a lighter ,GONE ,no waiting

 

[Mical]

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[amazongb]

Save your money and try using lemon juice. But first, if there's only one, I would do the rock remove and annihilation as described in another post, then super glue over it. If you see more pop up, try lemon juice.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Yes aptasia but it is isolated. Here is a sure remedy and stress free to you and does work:

Get yourself a syringe ( walmart and walgreens pharmacies sells them). Use either Lemon juice OR Kalwasser powder and mix with water into a paste type mix and inject into core of the aptasia. The aptasia will melt right away

 

[Hemmdog]

@vlangel said this about my Apstasia.

I guess I have lots of good ones then lol

 

[Biocube32]

get a small bore needle and syringe. lemon juice is free (if you have it stocked in your fridge, like I do). It worked for me. Be aggressive and really get em good when you inject. they retract up into the rock extremely fast. My require a couple tries, but eventually, it will work. I used to have a few, but haven't seen any in several years. make sure to rinse the needle with fresh water when done so it will last longer.

 

[Philly.b]

It is, the best way I find is to drop a few peppermint shrimp in your tank. They will do all the work.

 

[Nokiaec11]

Inspect he rest of your rock, overflow...if it has spread you will have to careful in treating it

 

[Jace Alan Carver]

Almost definitely aiptasia. I remove them all manually I see.

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Sure looks like aiptasia to me.

I've all but convinced myself that Aiptasia X is nothing more than a slurry of calcium hydroxide in water with a little coloring thrown in to the disguise the formula. I made a calcium hydroxide slurry in water after numerous attempts to use Aiptasia X, and lo an behold, it behaves exactly the same way! :)

Also, be prepared to apply the paste or Aiptasia X more than once as the anemones get knocked down, but they get back up unless you hit them again and again. Just my two cents.

+1

 

[bluprntguy]

If it were me, I'd get that rock out of your display tank immediately. It's not worth chancing that spreading.

If you really want to save the GSP, put the rock in a bucket with a heater and do the eradication methods suggested above in there.