Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad.

[Abertuco]

Are there any fish that eat aptasia

 

[justinr2k]

Are there any fish that eat aptasia

Some peppermint shrimp do. That's your best bet for keeping them at bay if you have a lot.

I'd inject it with lemon juice. Won't hurt a thing in the tank.

 

[Abertuco]

Ok I gotta find a needle somewhere

 

[justinr2k]

Or you could order some Joes Juice from amazon and wait until it comes in. You just feed the aptasia the joes juice.

 

[Abertuco]

How much is that don't really wanna spend a lot of money on removing it if lemon juice works

 

[cloak]

Everybody has matches in their house somewhere... Joes Juice and syringes are a little bit harder to find.

 

[Abertuco]

Yea I'm a smoker so I have plenty of lighters do you think taking it out and burning it will harm the mushrooms

 

[Abertuco]

Also what makes aptasia bad?

 

[justinr2k]

It will absolutely take over your tank. It's an invasive species. You don't want it.

 

[Abertuco]

Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad.

Do you think if I put the rock with the aptasia in the refugium with a pep shrimp he will eat it or I could put them in my qt

 

[justinr2k]

Kill the aptasia. That's the best option.

 

[Abertuco]

Ok I'm gonna put it in my qt till I get what I need to kill it

 

[cloak]

Yea I'm a smoker so I have plenty of lighters do you think taking it out and burning it will harm the mushrooms

Not at all.

 

[mrpergo]

I just nuke some RO/Di water in a cup for 3 min and use a marinate syringe.
I draw the RO in the syringe and give the aptasia a blast. Done deal......lmao

 

[Abertuco]

I got it in my qt with two peppermint shrimp I might just take it out and burn it if they don't take interest in it

 

[justinr2k]

This little guy has been hiding in my tank for weeks, if not months now. I always catch just a glimpse of him. Today he wasn't hiding as well. Can anyone identify this crab? Also I want to know if he's one considered reef safe. He had to have been a hitchhiker.

Thanks

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

This little guy has been hiding in my tank for weeks, if not months now. I always catch just a glimpse of him. Today he wasn't hiding as well. Can anyone identify this crab? Also I want to know if he's one considered reef safe. He had to have been a hitchhiker.

Thanks

Looks like a xanthid species. They are very destructive in a reef tank as they grow. They will eat snails, hermits, some corals and small fish.

 

[biecacka]

I use kalk and a syringe to kill aptasia too

Corey

 

[snappenin]

Can anyone tell me what this is? It came on a piece of Tonga branch. It's a dark pink color, fleshy looking, and a about a 1/2" in diameter. Possibly a coral maybe? See next post

 

[snappenin]

Let me try again...

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