ID day creature

[no_Wedge]

only comes out when there's light otherwise shrivles under the rock.

 

[gws76]

Do you have a better pic? I cannot tell what the blurry thing is that you have circled.

 

[no_Wedge]

unfortunately my real camera is being borrowed and this is from a phone, but it has kind for tentacles like an anenome and is pinkish clear
if you can get me in the general direction I can probably decide by looking around.

 

[seapug]

looks like a very blurry aptasia. You're gonna wanna get rid of that guy.

 

[no_Wedge]

yea it does look like a small one of these;


why are they so bad?

http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=aptasia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#

 

[seapug]

they multiply very quickly and will overgrow and kill off all corals with their strong sting.

 

[no_Wedge]

ok so i got it with boiling water and a baster so we'll see if it comes back

 

[gemmasicolo]

I just recently did the boiling water. Not only did I use a seringe and stabbed it, but I also kept on squirting it and it looked like it just melted and turned black. I thought I got rid of it for good.
Sure enough......a week or so later there are two growing from the same place!!
So I got a peppermint shrimp. After a couple of weeks he found them and I haven't seen them back yet!
If you decide to get a Peppermitn Shrimp just remember that if he's getting food from another source he won't touch the aiptasia. Oh, and make sure it's a "real" peppermint shrimp, some look similar (don't remember the type). They don't work for everyone but I've had good luck with it.