Identification needed

[Ytsejam02]

I have a week old tank, and found this on my live rock. Pic was with my phone, so color accuracy sux. You can probably guess it's more of a translucent pink than blue...

Looks like an anemone to me, but guessing that's wrong.

Any ideas?

 

[pyithar]

it looks like aiptasia to me

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Yes it's a glass anemone aka Aiptasia. Kill it, they will spread all over your tank.

 

[Ytsejam02]

Thx, I googled and agree. Should I just pick it off the rock?

 

[Dans85]

Thx, I googled and agree. Should I just pick it off the rock?

Don't do that, they can spread spores if they are injured. I use a small hypodermic needle and inject them with lemon juice, or inject them with Kalk paste.

 

[Bent]

That doesn't look like an invasive type to me, but I could be wrong.

Where did the rock come from in the world?

 

[Ytsejam02]

That doesn't look like an invasive type to me, but I could be wrong.

Where did the rock come from in the world?

Honestly don't recall [emoji20] there are two of them. How can you tell if they are invasive? I still don't want them hurting any fish.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

They won't hurt your fish, they just take over your tank by reproducing at a faster rate than rabbits

 

[bmackcw]

Buy three or four peppermint shrimp. One in three will eat it. But you have to starve them.

 

[cloak]

If you can remove the rock with ease just burn it off with a cigarette lighter. This can be done in a matter of minutes. Peppermint shrimp are kind of hit & miss IME. (more miss then hit) There's also a chance that they might go rouge and start picking at your corals too. I had one just destroy a Miami Hurricane chalice before. It bounced back, but that shrimp had to go... GL.

 

[RayAllen3422]

I had good luck with peppermint shrimp in my previous tank.

 

[Ytsejam02]

I'm kinda liking the lighter idea.
I have a candle lighter that is more like a torch. The rock is easily removed. Anyone else try burning them off?

 

[BrianKC]

If you can remove the rock with ease just burn it off with a cigarette lighter. This can be done in a matter of minutes.

We got one of these as a wedding gift. Finally found an idea for what to use it for.

 

[chueu]

My approach is to syringe with boiling water

 

[Atilla_87]

I've had good luck getting rid of them with "Joe's Juice"

http://www.marinedepot.com/Joe`s_Ju...iminators-Joe`s_Juice-JJ1111-FIADAFLC-vi.html