Odd situation with an Aiptasia aneome

Being that you run a FOWLR, you probably don't have any kalkwasser, but making up some kalk paste and injecting that into the aiptasia will do the trick. Otherwise I would go with Joe's Juice or aiptasia x, or the other solutions mentioned. You can also inject super hot, almost boiling, ro/di water into the nem.
My approach would be to kill the nem first, then siphon out what you can of the nem, then scrub the rock if you want, though I personally wouldn't.

Seriously though, when it decides to spread, it will spread with a vengeance.

Oh, and don't do it when the g/f is around, and if she asks, just play dumb Good luck!

 

Put a peppermint shrimp or two in there. It won't be there in the morning. They seek out and eat aiptasia. Every time one pops up, the shrimp will find it. If you don't see any aiptasia then the shrimp will eat whatever you feed your fish.

 

Thanks for all the inputs!

And to the other comments:

Yes it is in a lighted spot, probably 8-10 inches from the surface under two T5 bulbs so that could explain its lack of reproducing.

Peppermint shrimp would be nice to have around, but I already have a fire and cleaner so not totally sure they would all get along. Also I've heard there's no guarantee the shrimp will eat the aiptasia.

I feel like I'm going to nuke the rock anyways since it has a small patch of red slime(odd with 0 nitrates) developing.

btw, very true hydrolic lol. She's going to give me hell if she sees me kill it off lol.

 

I had a ton of aiptasia pop up right after I bought my LR. After buying Peppermint Shrimp that want nothing to do with the Aiptasia, I had to go the unnatural route. I used Aiptasia X (syringe application) to rid my tank...temporarily. I get little ones that pop up once in awhile (in different spots) but that single $12 bottle of Aiptasia X should last the life of my tank (it doesn't take much).

 

Whatever you choose to inject it with, make sure you cover the entire mouth before it can release larval planula (wildfire). You'll have alot more than one aip. if that happens.

To the OP...kill two birds with one stone and just kill it when you have it in the sink Don't rely on cold freshwater to kill it, I would actually grind/brush it off to be safe.

The uglier, the tougher to kill.

 

I took my rock out of the tank and took a lighter to it. Never seen another one since.

 

Extreme!

 

Won't hermits get rid of them as well?

 

Nope. Certain Nudibranches will.

 

Ahh found it- here is where I saw the info about hermits helping-

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