What is this ?

OcReefer714 · May 13, 2023

Hey everyone , so I got some more equipment for my 65 gallon tank today as my cycle is almost complete and I need to get everything ready to stock . After I set up my new heater and wave makers along with one of my lights (grabbing the other one from another LFS tomorrow ) I noticed this guy popping out of one of the live rocks I grabbed when I initially set the tank up . Prior to this I did not see this in the tank before . After I turned the light on it started to shrivel up back into the rock . Anyone have an idea of what this is ? I attached the pictures below for eveyone to view . Thanks in advance !

shakacuz · May 13, 2023

aiptasia

Cichlid Dad · May 13, 2023

How long has it been cycling, where did you get the live rock?

Derrick0580 · May 13, 2023

Bad guy, aiptasia

OcReefer714 · May 13, 2023

Cichlid Dad said:
How long has it been cycling, where did you get the live rock?

I’ve had it in my tank for a week , I got it from my LFS

OcReefer714 · May 13, 2023

Derrick0580 said:
Bad guy, aiptasia

Crap okay , thank you . I took the rock out hopefully before it spreads . I noticed a very tiny one right above it on the same rock this morning .

Sleeping Giant · May 13, 2023

Aipstatia

Cichlid Dad · May 13, 2023

OcReefer714 said:
I’ve had it in my tank for a week , I got it from my LFS

I'm fighting a big outbreak right now. All dry rock almost a year old tank. They can come in on anything, frag, algae ECT. Many people have it in the tank. Just a pain in the butt

Derrick0580 · May 13, 2023

If you got the rock out just boil some water in microwave and use a syringe to inject it till turns white. I kill them inside the tank this way.

Rmckoy · May 13, 2023

Mix kalk in rodi water to make a paste and using a medicine dropper to cover the aptasia .
Works great !

OcReefer714 · May 13, 2023

Rmckoy said:
Mix kalk in rodi water to make a paste and using a medicine dropper to cover the aptasia .
Works great !

I took the rock out , gonna boil it in water. Might just get rid f of it all together was my least favorite rock anyways .

ScottJ · May 13, 2023

OcReefer714 said:
I took the rock out , gonna boil it in water. Might just get rid f of it all together was my least favorite rock anyways .

Might not be the best idea to boil it in water.https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/boiling-live-rock.279625/

I think a little bleach in some RODI water is a better way to go. You may want to google around before you fire up the stove.

jabberwock · May 13, 2023

Throw the rock into your yard. Drive over it with the lawnmower.

exnisstech · May 13, 2023

I wouldn't boil live rock it will then be dead rock and defeat the purpose of buying live rock in the first place and it may very well pop up somewhere else. Toss a couple of peppermint shrimp in. I have a 180g that was pretty bad and the peppermint shrimp have done a great job.