Aiptasia on pocillopora

there is a aiptasia on one of my pocilloporas and i tried to get him with the lemon juice 3 times and cant seem to get him. Does anyone have any advice on this?

 

Joe's juice, aptasia x, kalk paste, boiling water...fist on rock...heh jk. But the first four are tried methods. Some peppermint shrimps may munch on them, along with copperband butterflies.

 

but the problem i am having is that its basically in the middle of a 5 inch piece of coral and i cant really get to it to well

 

Is the coral removable?

 

Do you happen to have a syringe? Some of the products advertised for removing aptasia come with nifty little syringes. Is it really that hard of a place to reach?

 

yes, i havent used anything to secure it

 

yea i have a syringe the three times i have tried to stick it i missed because i bump the coral

 

also could the aiptasia harm the coral?

 

If this is at all possible it might be an easy fix, if not just ignore me . If you can, grab a turkey baster and grab the coral, holding it under water. Try and blast the little nem out of there with the gentle current the baster will provide. You can usually wiggle them off with enough flow as long as their is no whole for them to retract into.... Just a thought, might work, might not.

 

Oh ya, if the nem flies off you will want to suck it in with the baster and dispose of it properly.