Glass anenomes and *something*

[GeejEx]

Day 11 in the new 29 gal, LR. Cleanup crew is 2 cowries, 2 turbos, blue knee crab and another milder hermit.

The questions-
1) I noticed 3 little waving but otherwise inert transparent things, about 1/16" long. Looks like the dreaded glass anemones I've been reading about.

2) there's another feathery thing, looks somewhat like a tiny featherduster but is hiding within one of the rocks. I tried to get a pic, but he seems to be light sensitive. Mostly brown, with a few white stripes near the ends. I can't see any tube or other structure other than the fan- which sucks back into the rock when I get too close. Mini-feather duster?

TIA

[sweetriden76]

second one definatly sounds like a feather duster, without a pic I can say for sure if you have atasia or not, I have three in my tank right now so Im going to get some peppermint shrimp this weekend while they are still small, that will take care of them, I already tried mauling them in various ways, cut one completely off the rock and yet more come back, so I feel once they are in there is there small the most effectice thing would be a few peppermint shrimp, although the tank may be to new at 11 days(not cycling, of fully cycled) to support shrimp without having them die during the cycle.

[omard]

If aptasia, get them while you can before they spread. Which they are known to do so very quickly...

Aptasia!

BY Steven Pro

Aptasia Impressions

By Morgan Lidster

Inland Aquatics Guide to Controlling Aiptasia Anemones - Inland Aquatics

By Bob Fenner

Aiptasia, My Least Favorite Anemones in Captive Systems

Terry Siegel

Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Editorial: April 2007

[missionsix66]

Originally Posted by sweetriden76

second one definatly sounds like a feather duster, without a pic I can say for sure if you have atasia or not, I have three in my tank right now so Im going to get some peppermint shrimp this weekend while they are still small, that will take care of them, I already tried mauling them in various ways, cut one completely off the rock and yet more come back, so I feel once they are in there is there small the most effectice thing would be a few peppermint shrimp, although the tank may be to new at 11 days(not cycling, of fully cycled) to support shrimp without having them die during the cycle.

Mauling them is a bad idea. It'll prompt them to spread more quickly.

[NU-2reef]

if it is aiptasia i like t squueze lemon juice and suck it up into the syringe with needle
then blast the little sucker careful not to blast too much, may throw your pH off. kill a few at a time.

now im not sure if im supposed to do this but after the anemone closed up from lemon spray i stabbed the mouth with the needle and injected away. fortunatley the aiptasia did not spread and it never came back

If small enough buy peppermint shrimp but dont feed the shrimp all that much or else he will not search for the aiptasia. needs to be hungry to find the aiptasia