aiptasia on new coral

Springapple · Jan 27, 2023

Hi everyone, I am new to the coral thing however, I had these little tentacles pop out under and behind my new coral. Every picture I have seen of aptasia the tentacles didn’t look like this. I inspected and dipped this coral, but idk what it is and it freaks me out lol. Thoughts?

Alexopora · Jan 27, 2023

Could you retake the picture under white lights/daylight. So far from this pic it looks like Vermetid Snails to me.

Eagle_Steve · Jan 27, 2023

Springapple said:
Hi everyone, I am new to the coral thing however, I had these little tentacles pop out under and behind my new coral. Every picture I have seen of aptasia the tentacles didn’t look like this. I inspected and dipped this coral, but idk what it is and it freaks me out lol. Thoughts? View attachment 2994298

This little thing? Looks like micro brittle star legs to me.

Springapple · Jan 27, 2023

Eagle_Steve said:
This little thing? Looks like micro brittle star legs to me.
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That’s what I was thinking. I didn’t think they would hitchhike though.

Springapple · Jan 27, 2023

Alexopora said:
Could you retake the picture under white lights/daylight. So far from this pic it looks like Vermetid Snails to me.

Eagle_Steve · Jan 27, 2023

Springapple said:
That’s what I was thinking. I didn’t think they would hitchhike though.

They can hitch hike. That is how most end up in newer tanks. Just a small gap between frag and plug is all they need.

Easy way to tell to take a pipete, but a small piece of food on theme and see if it reaches for it. If it does, then micro brittle star for sure.

Springapple · Jan 27, 2023

Eagle_Steve said:
They can hitch hike. That is how most end up in newer tanks. Just a small gap between frag and plug is all they need.

Easy way to tell to take a pipete, but a small piece of food on theme and see if it reaches for it. If it does, then micro brittle star for sure.

I will try that. It is very sensitive. Anytime I get close to it it seem to retract