need help id this hitchiker(?)

[bapski]

dunno what this thing is. came with the LR i got from lfs. wonder if its something beneficial to my FOWLR or should i get rid of it.

help very much appreciated.

 

[jake65]

that would be aiptasia my friend....I would get rid of it as soon as possible...Its a nuisance type of anemone

 

[bapski]

really? and i thought i got a bonus from the lfs with this thing.

 

[jake65]

oh and welcome to Reef Frontiers!

 

[Jiddy]

LoL, yea, what Jake said, and dont hesitate because they spread rapidly

WELCOME! you wouldnt be from Dakota would you? -JK- man i need a friend

 

[Ohgee]

easiest way to rid yourself of that little fellow is to go to Walmart buy some Mrs. Wages pickling lime, make a light paste out of it and use a siringe of some type and inject directly into his mouth.

That will fix him, but do it soon before he gets too big

Duane

 

[jake65]

LoL, yea, what Jake said, and dont hesitate because they spread rapidly

WELCOME! you wouldnt be from Dakota would you? -JK- man i need a friend

lol...jidz you got tons of friends here...lol By the way when did u get back?

 

[matts125]

Welcome to Reef frontiers!!


Matt

 

[Jiddy]

Yea but all my friends are either imaginary or far away, lol. I got back a few weeks ago, i miss scuba diving *sad*

 

[jake65]

cool, I just got back a few days ago myself

 

[jake65]

easiest way to rid yourself of that little fellow is to go to Walmart buy some Mrs. Wages pickling lime, make a light paste out of it and use a siringe of some type and inject directly into his mouth.

That will fix him, but do it soon before he gets too big

Duane

Thats exactlty what I used on mine...works great!

 

[Fishead77]

Wow that sounds wicked! I thought those were cool looking critters. What makes them a nuisance?

 

[jake65]

they spread quickly and they sting other corals, I had one spring up thru my zoos not allowing them to open

 

[Sk8r]

My peppermint shrimp are farming them: they eat about one tentacle a day off the really big ones. That gives them just about time to regrow before they start around again.

 

[bapski]

all i did initially was tried prying it out but it hid itself. got a knife and scraped it off the rock. hope i totally eliminated it.

oh thanks for welcoming a newbie here. thanks to steve s for the invite.

 

[diablo]

Ooops. sorry to let you know but any part of it including parts you scraped and were free floating they will most of the time grow back and spread. they are the worse pest you can have in you tank. IMO

 

[bapski]

holly camote! another tragedy in the making for me? just figured out how to get rid of micro bubbles in closed loop after months of revising closed loop design and now this?

oh well... will just hope things will turn out well...

thanks for the replies guys..