Help Identifying

[schryvertime]

So these guys piggybacked on some Zoas that I bought and i have no clue what they are. They seem to be thriving and almost seem like an elegance coral without the skeleton base. They do feed themselves. any help would be much appreciated.

thanks

 

[cloak]

Aiptasia. :thumbdown

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

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Very large aiptasia/majano anemones. You'll want to eradicate them.

 

[schryvertime]

any easy way to do that? or just remove the rock that they are on? why do i want to get rid of them?

 

[cloak]

If you can remove the rocks there on with ease you could just burn them off with a cigarette lighter.

 

[schryvertime]

works for me....ill try that. I'm reading a copper band butterflyfish or peppermint shrimp do they trick.....should i introduce something like this to help eradicate them completely?

 

[stingeragent]

Wow those are huge. Kill them asap

 

[Giants13]

works for me....ill try that. I'm reading a copper band butterflyfish or peppermint shrimp do they trick.....should i introduce something like this to help eradicate them completely?

Copper Band are beautiful fish i and they would work, sometimes they are hit and miss, those are big so I'm not sure if peppermint shrimp would work, maybe after u kill the big ones put a peppermint shrimp to help contain them if they come back. i added a peppermint shrimp cause i noticed one small aptasia on the rock and woke up the next day it was gone. Peppermint shrimp will eat smaller ones.

 

[SALTYwaterDOG]

APTASHA !!
:uzi: