Not-so-mad-March Madness - 15 days of Q&A - Contest Answer Thread!!

[estanoche]

You guys are all right - its a blue T. Squamosa!! I think I'm gonna have to think up harder questions

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[returnofsid]

Cassiopea, possibly C. xamachana, commonly called Upsidedown Jellyfish.

 

[jrgilles]

This is an upsidedown jellyfish (Cassiopea sp.)

There appear to be 5 species of these guys according to wikipedia. I would guess it it most likely C. xamachana.

Others include:
C. andromeda
C. frondosa
C. medusa
C. mertensi
C. xamachana

Some of the pictures of C. andromeda look similar to this guy, but I am guessing they are mislabeled.

Sources:
South African Photographs: Cassiopea - Upside-down Jellyfish
Cassiopea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[krisfal]

Question # 11 Cassiopea sp. aka Upside down jellyfish.

 

[eww]

Cassiopea - Upside-down Jellyfish

 

[rukis]

CassiopeaUpsidedown Jellyfish

 

[SaltwaterNoobs]

Question 11: Upside-down Jellyfish (Cassiopea)

 

[kevnkev]

Cassiopea, the upside down jelly. Love these guys!

On a side note how hard are these to keep in an aquarium? Do they need a dedicated low flow tank like a seahorse or can they live in just a low flow section of a regular reef tank? I had the chance to add one to my tank a few months ago but I was afraid they would just end up caught in the filter.

 

[jrgilles]

My understanding is low flow and a tall tank to have optimal conditions. I had one once in a tank I had a decade ago, and it got damaged by my eheim filter intake. Pretty delicate

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[MGDMIRAGE]

Cassiopeia Upside-down Jellyfish

Perhaps C. Andromeda

 

[estanoche]

And the answer is: Cassiopeia sp. "Upside Down Jellyfish"

Like jrgilles mentioned - delicate - basically think of them as an RBTA, without a foot, so something that can get sucked into any and every intake you've got!!! lol

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[kevnkev]

And the answer is: Cassiopeia sp. "Upside Down Jellyfish"

I was at the New England Aquarium today and they had this awesome tank full of Cassiopeia!

http://i.imgur.com/ksKln.jpg

 

[krisfal]

Question #12 Aiptasia anemone aka Glass Anemone Control Methods: Joe’s Juice injected/squirted on them Lemon Juice injected/squirted on them Kalkwasser paste injected/squirted on them A number of Butterfly fish are known to eat them, one common one used is the Copperband Butterfly fish Some Filefish are known to eat them, the main one I have heard of is the Matted Filefish The Berghia Nudibranch will eat them Or my favorite method, which I used when I ended up buying 3 pieces of liverock totally infested with hundreds of Aptasia, take them out of the tank and put them in the back yard. Five years later those rocks are still in the back yard and not a single aptasia has reappeared!

 

[SaltwaterNoobs]

#12: Aiptasia Anemone *shudders*

You can use:
Joe's Juice
Lemon Juice (or Lime juice, I've found, when I was out of lemon juice )
Kalkwasser Paste
Aiptasia X
Aiptaser AIPTASER - Get Serious about Killing Aiptasia & Mojanos - NEW Electrolysis tool! | eBay
Removing the rock/piece the aiptasia is on and using a good old-fashioned lighter
Drying the rock out and replacing it in the tank
Peppermint shrimp
Berghia nudbranch
Butterfly fish
Filefish

 

[coolwaves]

It is Aiptasia sp. (glass anemone).

Remove it with Scartella cristata (Molly Miller blenny). This hardy, inexpensive, completely reef safe fish will not only eradicate glass anemones but will also eat nuisance algae and detritus. They're pretty cool too.

 

[eww]

Aiptasia (glass or rock anemones).

1. Berghia verrucicornis
2. Red Legged ("Hairy") Hermit Crab
3. Peppermint Shrimp
4. Copperband Butterflyfish
5. Raccoon Butterflyfish
6. Long-nosed Butterflyfishes
7. Threadfin Butterfly
8. Tear Drop Butterfly
9. Guinea Fowl Puffer(Arothron meleagris)
10. Queen Angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris)
11. Kalkwasser via sturdy pipette
12. concentrated salt mix via injection with hypodermic syringe
13. boiling hot water via injection with hypodermic syringe
14. hot hydrogen peroxide via injection with hypodermic syringe
15. vinegar via injection with hypodermic syringe
16. Joe's juice
17. Aiptasia X
18. Matted filefish
19. Lemon juice via injection with hypodermic syringe
20. removing rock
21. kill rock with bleach and vinegar
22. cut Aiptasia off of rock
23. super glue another piece of rock ontop of Aiptasia
24. Aiptasia Zapper

 

[jrgilles]

This is Aiptasia sp.

Ways to kill it:
Injection with lemon juice (acid)
injection with joe's juice (acid)
Injection with lime juice (acid)
injection with vinegar (acetic acid
injection with hot sauce
injection with hydrogen peroxide
aiptasia-X (thick, seals mouth shut.)
Paste made with kalkwasser (Calcium Hydroxide)
Paste made from Sodium Hydroxide
Blue Life Aiptasia Control
Chem-Marin Stop-Aiptasia
Aptasia-Away™.
Tropic Marin Elimi Aiptas
Most of these you can vacuum out when dead. Some though kill without removal.

Natural Methods:
bhergia nudibranch
aptasia eating file fish
Peppermint shrimp
White Spotted Hermit Crab (Dardanus megistos) (Not Reef Safe) (often improperly called a red legged hermit crab)
Klein's Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii)
Raccoon Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula)
Copperbanded Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus)
Saddled Butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium)
Threadfin Butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)
Hawaiian Butterflyfish (Chaetodon tinkeri)
Banded Butterflyfish (Chaetodon striatus)
Bristle-Tail Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus)


electrocution with a wand (taser style) (source: Aiptasia Zapper.3gp - YouTube)
cooking with a laser (source: Aiptasia Laser Kill - YouTube)

throwing out rock
boiling water on rock
drying out rock, and bleaching in the sun
fire (torch or lighter)
Microwaving the rock
bleaching the rock and allowing to air dry for awhile
running over with car..... haha

gluing them in their hole with frag glue

 

[returnofsid]

Aiptasia Anemone

Solutions:

I've used every method on this list, with the exception of an LED and the Majano Wand, with varying degress of sucess.

1. Tomemtosus Filefish
2. Copperbanded Butterfly
3. Racoon Butterfly (not completely reef safe)
4. Inject with lemon juice
5. Inject with Kalk Paste
6. Inject with boiling water
7. Inject with AiptasiaX
8. Remove rock and allow to dry
9. Berghia Nudibranch
10. Experiments have shown great success using "Survival LED lights"
11. Majano Wand (electricutes them)
12. Inject with Joes Juice
13. Remove rock and treat with Muriatic Acid/Water solution.
14. Peppermint Shrimp

 

[kevnkev]

Aiptasia - glass anemone

CHEMICAL
commercial solutions (Red Sea Aiptasia-X™, Blue Life Aiptasia Control, Joe's Juice, Chem-Marin Stop-Aiptasia, Aptasia-Away™, Tropic Marin Elimi Aiptas)
lemon juice
boiling water
calcium hydroxide (kalk)
sodium hydroxide
Hot pepper sauce
Concentrated saline
Hot water
Hot hydrogen peroxide
Hydrochloric acid
Acetic acid (vinegar)
Copper sulfate
Bleach

PHYSICAL
Siphon off (only for heavy infestations)
Scrub under fresh water
Burn off with a lighter
Electrocution
Dry the rock out
Remove rock entirely

PREDATORS
Berghia verrucicornis (aka. Aeolidiella stephanieae)
Red legged "hairy" hermit (Dardanus megistos)
Whitespotted hermit
Peppermint shrimp
Copperband butterflyfish
Raccoon butterflyfish
Long-nosed butterflyfish
Klein's butterflyfish
Threadfin butterflyfish
Teardrop butterflyfish
Saddled butterflyfish
Hawaiian butterflyfish
Banded butterflyfish
Bristle-tail filefish
Guinea fowl puffer
Sharp-nosed puffers (tobies)
Queen angelfish
Dwarf angelfishes
Scats

SUPERIOR STINGERS
Elegance coral
Hydnophora

PREVENTIVE
Reduce nitrates and phosphates

OTHER
Anyone know if prayer works ray2:?

 

[estanoche]

Great answers guys - kevnkev wins the award for being the most thorough!!!

and, we have a new leader!! (I had to count twice to be sure, ugh!)

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