aiptasia actions

[myfrostymember]

i think i might have one but i have a couple questions-

when you go to touch them do they hide /move or what?

do they stay in the same place in the tank or move aroun dthe tank>

the one that i thought i had just stays in one place and when i go to touch him he just curls up a little bit and then comes back out--he never moves around the tank same spot for a week or so even after i touched him with a turkey baster

i cant get a picture do to his location but he is about 1/2 inch hollow white tube on the bottom with about 15 very small tentacles around the top edge--- bottom of him is white and tentacles are brownish

ideas? and input

 

[Gundo5000]

They will retract when you touch them.

They usually dont travel like anemones but will reproduce quickly.

You need to kill it before it reproduces. I reccomend joes juice. Its like 8 bucks at marinedepot.com

 

[onevia_01]

They can move but if they find a spot they like they tend to stay there.
A syringe with white vinegar. inject it into them and they usually die instantly.Extremely easy to get rid of this way.
So easy you'll wish you had more to kill.

LOL

 

[chrisstie]

Just out of curiosity do you mean like, a syringe with an actual needle attached? or like, the syringe part where its just the piston\plunger sort of part?

I don't have any except I just noticed 1 tiny one as a hitchiker on a frag I got and would like to nuke it before it dispenses babies.. its awfully close to a zoa so definitely riding along on this one!

 

[drummereef]

Re: aiptasia actions

icant get a picture do to his location but he is about 1/2 inch hollow white tube on the bottom with about 15 very small tentacles around the top edge--- bottom of him is white and tentacles are brownish

ideas? and input

Are you sure it isn't just a feather duster? The hollow white tube doesn't sound like aiptasia.

 

[myfrostymember]

the tube that it is one is about 1/16 to 1/18 of an inch around about 1/2 inch long maybe little less

its bigger around (circumference) then any feather duster i have seen but also it just doesnt act like a pest thats trying anything in my tank-- he never leaves the same spot even after i touch him- he also doesnt retract very far to the point that if i was a predator i coul deasily kill him- i guess i was under the impression that aiptasia where very tricky and would dissapear as soon as they felt danger-- he doesnt act like this at all he will retract just a little and then come back a second later-- i killed one today that i belive was a aiptasia he was much clearer and when i touched him he sunk into the rock to the opint i could barley see him -- just not really sure about this one

when they breed do there offspring look like them or do they look like any of the various aiptasia that i have seen?> if they will look just like him i might wait to see if he produces anything looking like does then kill em all

the white tube that i spoke of is also not like a feather duster, as in its not built, but it is more a tissue part of his body