Harmful Aiptasia

Found these hitchhiking on some live rock i purchased a couple months ago. So far i have not found any new or smaller ones. I'd say there is a total of 6 all of them half dollar sized or so. I'm prepared to go in with a syringe full of vinegar and take the little buggers out if necessary. The last thing i want is a tank full of em.

Thanks

 

Keep us updated! I shot a few aiptasia (w/ vinegar) and it seems the bigger they are, the easier they die, some smaller ones ended up comming back. Boiling water also works well from what I hear.. or.. boiling kalkwasser

 

those look like rock anemonies.if they are then their worth money

 

The bad ones I had look more like the ones pictured here Aiptasia and those do look more like these Rock Anemone (Epicystis crucifer)

 

Well, here is a similar pic of an aiptasia anemone. Peppermint shrimp seem to be very hit-and-miss so as long the ID comes up as definitely aiptasia you got the right idea with chemical injections. Or maybe you could kill 5 and leave one since there are 6? I have 5 or so they are a pain but not as much of a pain as algae.

 

I have two peppermint shrimp and so far they have had nothing to do with whatever kind of anemone i have. I think i'm going to kill off the brown ones but the white one is pretty cool. Thanks for the info everyone.

 

i'd kill it all and be sure that you don'y get an outbreak

 

O yes, ^^ I agree, the white or clear ones are most certainly aiptasia. they can be brown with some other colors too, but they are never a welcome addition to any tank!

 

Hey my lfs sells them - they call them scruffy anemonies! There not worth as much as the bubbletips but hey, they dont look like aiptasia to me.

 

No I'd say they are Rock Anemones NOT Aptasia