Rocdoc
Just not that bright
I decided to start my 180G tank with dry rock (ReefSaver from BRS) because I didn't want to contribute to any potential reef destruction and really didn't want to deal with pest hitchhikers. I kept reading the "please identify this hitchhiker on my live rock" posts and decided I really didn't want to go there.
The tank has been running for the last two months and I recently added several items from Indo Pacific Sea Farms to help with clean-up and start some biodiversity. I haven't seen the "baby" bristle worms or the micro brittle stars since dumping them in the display tank. The snails, amphipods, and spaghetti worms ("mamma mia" worms) have done well.
I also got three plates of Coralline algae booster. Per IPSF instructions, I put them behind my rock formations to seed the ReefSaver rock. Tonight I got home from work and my wife noticed something on one of the plates. I pulled it out and the "something" turned out to be a small Aiptasia anemone :furious:. This was the main reason I didn't go with live rock in the first place. Now I've been limping slowly along with cycling my aquarium because I didn't use live rock, I've spent almost $200 to add limited "biodiversity" to the tank, and I still have a pest hitchhiker :headwalls:.
Needless to say, I've pulled the plate out and tossed it. I don't see any evidence of Aiptasia on the rocks, but I'm a little freaked out. Other than watching for any other signs of them, is there something else I can do? I haven't even started a fish in quarantine yet, so if I had to, I could pull out the rocks and start again, but that may be overkill. Suggestions?
The tank has been running for the last two months and I recently added several items from Indo Pacific Sea Farms to help with clean-up and start some biodiversity. I haven't seen the "baby" bristle worms or the micro brittle stars since dumping them in the display tank. The snails, amphipods, and spaghetti worms ("mamma mia" worms) have done well.
I also got three plates of Coralline algae booster. Per IPSF instructions, I put them behind my rock formations to seed the ReefSaver rock. Tonight I got home from work and my wife noticed something on one of the plates. I pulled it out and the "something" turned out to be a small Aiptasia anemone :furious:. This was the main reason I didn't go with live rock in the first place. Now I've been limping slowly along with cycling my aquarium because I didn't use live rock, I've spent almost $200 to add limited "biodiversity" to the tank, and I still have a pest hitchhiker :headwalls:.
Needless to say, I've pulled the plate out and tossed it. I don't see any evidence of Aiptasia on the rocks, but I'm a little freaked out. Other than watching for any other signs of them, is there something else I can do? I haven't even started a fish in quarantine yet, so if I had to, I could pull out the rocks and start again, but that may be overkill. Suggestions?