aiptasia discovered..HELP!!

I have had a tubastrea coral for about 3-4 months now. Its growing on an old clam shell which I have in the sand, not touching any of the other live rock in the dt. I have noticed "2 somethings" that I thought were maybe some tube worms/feather dusters etc growing on the clam shell. They are pretty small, but after further investigation on this site, I have come to the conclusion that they are aiptasia. What are my options??? I want to get rid of this problem before its too late!! Please help. Thanks

 

True Peppermint Shrimp may help. Aiptasia-X, Joe's Juice are commercial solutions. Home grown solutions are lemon juice, boiling water or a mix of both injected into the aiptasia or kalk paste or pickling lime in a thick paste covering the aiptasia completely.

 

And dont give up !! I once had a single aptasia on a rock and pulled the rock out so it wouldn't spread, now it's shelf art lol. Getting it quickly like your doing is a BIG bonus.

 

I like the shrimp idea...sounds easy enough and natural. Dont know much about the pros and cons of the this type of shrimp, so i will research. I also need to research your other suggestions. thanks.

 

removing the "rock" or in my case the "clam shell" is not an option as I have mentioned above my sun coral is growing on it.

 

well shells seem to be easy to break is it an option to break off either the portion with the sun coral or the portion with the aipistasia

 

try the peppermint shrimp, a friend of mine was seeing new aiptasia daily and bought a couple peppermints. Tank is nice and clean within a few days. It's worth a shot if you don't want to disturb anything else.

 

darn aptasia

i have some also,the peppermint shrimp is eating them,also aptasia-x works.im getting mine under control.

 

thanks everyone for all the advice! I bought a couple of peppermint shrimp the other day, and over that first night there were no more aiptasia ! THANKS AGAIN!

 

Congrats on the new additions and them doing the job for you!