Good or Bad????

[thommo75]

Hi,
These things have started growing in my tank. Are they good or bad?

Thanks
Neil

 

[cloak]

Aiptasia. (bad)

http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/33-reefkeeping-101-

 

[Bogue Chitto]

Yep, Bad...

 

[Bent]

Where did your LR come from?

 

[thommo75]

I purchased the tank from a private seller and the LR came with it. It also came with two bloody mantis shrimps which so far i have only managed to catch one. How do i get rid of Aiptasia?

 

[NaturalReef]

Peppermint shrimp have always worked for me.... Make sure it's not a camel back, they look similar.

 

[thommo75]

Won't the mantis shrimp kill the peppermint shrimp??

 

[Monte26]

I'd get the mantis out first since you'll have to do that anyway. Depending on how many of them there are, I like using kalk paste to kill them. I've also used "Joe's Juice" in the past, but it gets pricy. Peppermint shrimp will work 90% of the time, I just don't like them personally.

 

[Reeferside]

I would chuck that live rock before the mantis travel to other rocks

 

[nuxx]

Bad Aiptasia...