Can someone Identify?
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ichthyogeek
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Looks like an aiptasia anemone to me
timjogo416
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Yes ,looks like aptasia to me!
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timjogo416
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Nudibranchs love eating aptasia!
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they're common pests and can become very invasive if you don't get after them early. If that's the only one you can see, just smear some superglue gel or epoxy putty on it and it will die. You likely have a few more, but you can play whack-a-mole for quite some time before spending money on a solution that may or may not work.
If you end up with a pretty bad outbreak, peppermint shrimp can be a good solution. They don't always get rid of them, but they'll knock them back quite a bit. They're a pretty good option for a small tank, but you have to watch out for your LPS corals. Over the years, I've noticed that peppermint shrimp can quickly develop an affinity for eating chalices, favia, and acans. Not all do, but one can be quite damaging.
Bhergia nudis are a great solution for moderate to bad outbreaks. They're not exactly cheap, but they work better than anything I've used before. I've tried kalk paste, lemon juice injections, peppermint shrimp, filefish, glue/epoxy, and bhergia. The last two are the only things that REALLY worked.
Bhergia are pretty hard to source locally, but salty undergound sells them online. Read up on what you're getting. Bottom line, they're obligate aptasia feeders, meaning that once you run out of anemones, your bhergia will die off. Results are also very slow. It takes a while for them to establish a big enough population for you to notice, but wonderfully once they get after it.
If you end up with a pretty bad outbreak, peppermint shrimp can be a good solution. They don't always get rid of them, but they'll knock them back quite a bit. They're a pretty good option for a small tank, but you have to watch out for your LPS corals. Over the years, I've noticed that peppermint shrimp can quickly develop an affinity for eating chalices, favia, and acans. Not all do, but one can be quite damaging.
Bhergia nudis are a great solution for moderate to bad outbreaks. They're not exactly cheap, but they work better than anything I've used before. I've tried kalk paste, lemon juice injections, peppermint shrimp, filefish, glue/epoxy, and bhergia. The last two are the only things that REALLY worked.
Bhergia are pretty hard to source locally, but salty undergound sells them online. Read up on what you're getting. Bottom line, they're obligate aptasia feeders, meaning that once you run out of anemones, your bhergia will die off. Results are also very slow. It takes a while for them to establish a big enough population for you to notice, but wonderfully once they get after it.
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