What king of coral is this?

Discussion in 'Soft Corals' started by chetrod, Mar 23, 2005.

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  1. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    [quote author=chetrod link=board=Coral;num=1111587087;start=0#9 date=03/24/05 at 23:16:54]anyone have a pic of aptasia? and are they bad for the tank.[/quote]

    Yes. They multiply like crazy.
    Click the link in my previous post. ;)
     
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  3. chetrod

    chetrod Peppermint Shrimp

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    They are all on one rock can I just scrape them off they are real tiny at this point but I did count a total of five of the same species in there.
     
  4. pdlman

    pdlman Astrea Snail

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    If you scrape them off they will come back! I have taken a blow torch to a rock that had alot of them and they came back-no kidding! Get some joes juice or a peppermint shrimp will keep them in check
     
  5. Matt Rogers

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    Yeah, scraping doesn't work. But I've chipped off parts of rock that had them (done this out of the tank) and that seems to work.
     
  6. chetrod

    chetrod Peppermint Shrimp

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    Pdlman I can't believe the torch didn't do it. [smiley=devil.gif], them things sure are tough. Matt I checked out that site some interesting stuff. I might wait until they get just a little bigger, just to make sure they are aiptasia. I would hate to kill something that is good I will try and get better pictures to see what they really are.