Help! Hitchhiker! Good or bad?

[ReefMaster48]

Just bought my first Pulsing Xenia yesterday, and it seems to be doing well. But on the bottom of the frag, there is two of these evil looking hitchhikers. Not sure what they are or if they are good or not. However, they look pretty creepy, so they must be bad! :lmao:

Hopefully the pics turn out ok

 

[ReefMaster48]

After a tab bit of research, it looks like Apitasia? And thats definitely bad right?

 

[ericp351]

Aptasia. Not a good guy.

 

[johnike]

Sure is.
Get 'em!

Aiptasia.

 

[ReefMaster48]

:blown: Just took them out! Bye bye Aiptasia! :wavehand: :lmao:

Thanks guys!

 

[mcgyvr]

I see one aiptasia and 2 chitons (harmless grazers)

bookmark this link for your future ID use..
https://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhikers-guide/

 

[MurphyLong]

...and in a year, you'll be posting "How do I get rid of this stupid Xenia!?"

 

[ReefMaster48]

...and in a year, you'll be posting "How do I get rid of this stupid Xenia!?"

Haha! I hope so! lol

 

[mcgyvr]

Haha! I hope so! lol

Don't ever wish that on yourself..

 

[johnike]

...and in a year, you'll be posting "How do I get rid of this stupid Xenia!?"

:lmao:
Yep.

 

[ReefMaster48]

Hey I would love to have it grow enough to trim and frag! I have an island in my DT that I want to put it on once it grows out, hopefully it will overtake it and then I can frag it when I need to.:beer:

 

[johnike]

Hey I would love to have it grow enough to trim and frag! I have an island in my DT that I want to put it on once it grows out, hopefully it will overtake it and then I can frag it when I need to.:beer:

You should get some Anthelia and clove polyps as well while you're at it.
:thumbsup:

 

[MurphyLong]

You should get some Anthelia and clove polyps as well while you're at it.
:thumbsup:

Soooooooooo evil.......

 

[ReefMaster48]

You should get some Anthelia and clove polyps as well while you're at it.
:thumbsup:

Haha! :thumbsup:

Working on it actually..... :lmao:

 

[mattgumaer]

How do you know a truly awesome coral? it's almost impossible to keep it alive.

How do you know an obnoxious weed of a coral? It's easy to keep.

So says a reefer with a guilty love of pulsing xenia (which ironically disappeared from my main display tank at the same time my acropora started to do better). Maybe acropora are the problem.

Just kidding of course. It's often best to try to keep potentially fast spreading coral isolated and under control because they do have at least the potential to take over a tank. This is particularly true of corals that are not necessarily easy to trim and remove.

As far as aiptasia go, if I could turn back the hands of time, I would have been much more careful about trying to keep them out of my main tank. I have a filefish that keeps them in check and doesn't seem to both my coral (although I don't have any rock flowers in my main tank anymore ) but I always feel like I'm on the verge of a potential plague.

Matt

 

[ReefMaster48]

How do you know a truly awesome coral? it's almost impossible to keep it alive.

How do you know an obnoxious weed of a coral? It's easy to keep.

So says a reefer with a guilty love of pulsing xenia (which ironically disappeared from my main display tank at the same time my acropora started to do better). Maybe acropora are the problem.

Just kidding of course. It's often best to try to keep potentially fast spreading coral isolated and under control because they do have at least the potential to take over a tank. This is particularly true of corals that are not necessarily easy to trim and remove.

As far as aiptasia go, if I could turn back the hands of time, I would have been much more careful about trying to keep them out of my main tank. I have a filefish that keeps them in check and doesn't seem to both my coral (although I don't have any rock flowers in my main tank anymore ) but I always feel like I'm on the verge of a potential plague.

Matt

I think we are all on the verge of a plague, disaster, outbreak, you name it! lol There always seems to be something going on to keep us busy and steal our cash! :lmao:

But as far as corals, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. lol I actually find acros and some other SPS, and even LPS a little distasteful. Not saying that I dont like them, they just dont appeal as much. I tend to prefer a tank full of corals that sway back and forth. The natural movement in a tank is very appealing to me. Thats likely why I like the xenia so much, it can sway, and it will open and close on its own.