Aiptasia on TBS rock?
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dwculp
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I doubt you would see any right away, it takes awhile for some of the life to recover. I just started seeing anomenes in my tank a couple of days ago. I have about 5-6. I know one is not an aiptasia as it looks nothing like one. However, I am not sure about the others.Lord Nemo said:
docklink
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I can only relay my own experience, but based on it, I wouldn't worry. There was a rather contentious thread a number of months ago without any real conclusion. You can do a search of this forum if you desire.
I believe that technically there are aptasia on the TBS rock, though the term aptasia is a genus name and not a single species. The type of aptasia that puts people in a panic and spreads like weeds seems to come from the pacific. The type of aptasia (or anemone that looks like it) that shows up on the TBS rock doesn't seem to spread with any vigor.
When I recieved my first shipment, I had 3 very small anemone that looked very similar though not quite like the aptasia running amoak in the LFS's rock tank. Two have disappeared over time and the third has enlarged by maybe 1/2 in six months.
With the second shipment, one rock had a half-dozen anemone that looked much more like the "bad" aptasia. That had me concerned. However, whether it was the pair of peppermint shrimp (still doing great) or other factors, they slowly disappeared over the course of about 2 months. I never saw the shrimp picking at any of them but who knows what happens after lights out? HTH
I believe that technically there are aptasia on the TBS rock, though the term aptasia is a genus name and not a single species. The type of aptasia that puts people in a panic and spreads like weeds seems to come from the pacific. The type of aptasia (or anemone that looks like it) that shows up on the TBS rock doesn't seem to spread with any vigor.
When I recieved my first shipment, I had 3 very small anemone that looked very similar though not quite like the aptasia running amoak in the LFS's rock tank. Two have disappeared over time and the third has enlarged by maybe 1/2 in six months.
With the second shipment, one rock had a half-dozen anemone that looked much more like the "bad" aptasia. That had me concerned. However, whether it was the pair of peppermint shrimp (still doing great) or other factors, they slowly disappeared over the course of about 2 months. I never saw the shrimp picking at any of them but who knows what happens after lights out? HTH
I've had my first half of rock for 3 weeks and second half since Saturday. There are a dozens of anemone's on the rock. I can't believe how many. I've only just started finding out what all of these things are and didn't realize that I had anemone's until this thread. Now, I wonder if they're bad too.
I waited for a couple of weeks for the first order of rock, so I got a couple of yellow tail damels and they have been doing great in the tank - even through the cycle. I was going to take them out when I got the rock. I took them out while filing the tank with the sand and rock, but after a couple of hours it settled down and I put the damsels back in. No real spikes at all.
Anyway, in only 3 weeks, a few on the anemone's have gotten huge. One in particluar is giant already. I think it was about an inch in diameter and it's already 2 inches in diameter.
If the damsels are OK, they couldn't be that bad, right?
-Brendan
I waited for a couple of weeks for the first order of rock, so I got a couple of yellow tail damels and they have been doing great in the tank - even through the cycle. I was going to take them out when I got the rock. I took them out while filing the tank with the sand and rock, but after a couple of hours it settled down and I put the damsels back in. No real spikes at all.
Anyway, in only 3 weeks, a few on the anemone's have gotten huge. One in particluar is giant already. I think it was about an inch in diameter and it's already 2 inches in diameter.
If the damsels are OK, they couldn't be that bad, right?
-Brendan
I probably had 10-15 Aptasia on my TBS... I tried the hot water... 8.3 buffer... lemon juice... culdnt get anything to work and only succeeded in killing surrounding life... then I bought Joes Juice... Killed ALL the aptasia in 20 mins...
Seeing how Time = Money... Joes Juice was the cheapest way to go!!!
Seeing how Time = Money... Joes Juice was the cheapest way to go!!!
dwculp -
as i recall reading your thread about tbs, you received a few peppermints. Are they still around and if so - I guess they are not taking a liking to these anemones that have appeared?
just curious as I'm awaiting my second shipment and I noticed a very very small (what looks like) anemone in a hole in my tbs LR.
as i recall reading your thread about tbs, you received a few peppermints. Are they still around and if so - I guess they are not taking a liking to these anemones that have appeared?
just curious as I'm awaiting my second shipment and I noticed a very very small (what looks like) anemone in a hole in my tbs LR.
Hi Mary - thanks for all the help you've given me - it's been a real great experience so far. Kudos to Richard too of course!
dwculp - glad to hear the shrimp are still around - seems to me if they ignore it and the anemones aren't bugging anything - you should be in good shape. (just my humble opinion though - as if I know anything!)
dwculp - glad to hear the shrimp are still around - seems to me if they ignore it and the anemones aren't bugging anything - you should be in good shape. (just my humble opinion though - as if I know anything!)
look out for cup coral
look out for cup coral
I have seen dozens of photos posted over the last 2 years where the question of "Is this an As*" or "What Kind of Anemon*"
or "Is this a bad Anemonie" or "My rock is loaded with..."
Guys and Gals there is a *VERY COMMON* coral on rock from the Gulf area called an "Atlantic cup coral" normaly they are about the size of a dime to a nickle across, are mostly one polyp and have long tentacles that look a lot like an anemonie.
Look for the base, if you can't see a fleshy "STalk" but you can see what may be a base with the
* <== Star shape of a coral then 90% it's a cup coral.
I wonder how many times a new load of TBS rock has had dozens of nice little corals killed due to this error in ID?
look out for cup coral
I have seen dozens of photos posted over the last 2 years where the question of "Is this an As*" or "What Kind of Anemon*"
or "Is this a bad Anemonie" or "My rock is loaded with..."
Guys and Gals there is a *VERY COMMON* coral on rock from the Gulf area called an "Atlantic cup coral" normaly they are about the size of a dime to a nickle across, are mostly one polyp and have long tentacles that look a lot like an anemonie.
Look for the base, if you can't see a fleshy "STalk" but you can see what may be a base with the
* <== Star shape of a coral then 90% it's a cup coral.
I wonder how many times a new load of TBS rock has had dozens of nice little corals killed due to this error in ID?
Iphis
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Here is one of my hidden cup corals:
Hidden Cup Corals
You can see the one there that is mostly retracted.
There is one directly below it that you can see, it has all its clear tentacles extended, but you can't see the base as well.
Iphis
Hidden Cup Corals
You can see the one there that is mostly retracted.
There is one directly below it that you can see, it has all its clear tentacles extended, but you can't see the base as well.
Iphis
Interesting find today...I was checking my sump water level and observing some of my "bad" gorillas in the sump. Then as I scanned my eyes to my return pump...I see...a tiny anemone.
It is not a cup coral...I've got a lot of those in the tank.
Any suggestions as to what I should do?
If I try to keep it - doesn't it require light for photosynthesis? or can it live with just supplemental brine shrimp...?
If I try to get rid of it - obviously I don't plan on having peppermints in my sump - do I scrape it off?
It's sitting on the bottom of my sump - about the size of a dime. There is a baffle that separates it from my gorilla crabs.
I find it amazing that it made it down the overflow (aga megaflow).
It is not a cup coral...I've got a lot of those in the tank.
Any suggestions as to what I should do?
If I try to keep it - doesn't it require light for photosynthesis? or can it live with just supplemental brine shrimp...?
If I try to get rid of it - obviously I don't plan on having peppermints in my sump - do I scrape it off?
It's sitting on the bottom of my sump - about the size of a dime. There is a baffle that separates it from my gorilla crabs.
I find it amazing that it made it down the overflow (aga megaflow).
