Aiptasia or feather duster?

[Sushiboy225]

Hello. I recently saw this in my tank. No new additions coral wise for at least 2 months. Only new fish about a month ago.

I have feather dusters on a rock across the tank. It’s in a difficult place to reach and can’t get anything near them to see if they retract

 

[Sushiboy225]

Almost looks like a Christmas tree worm from some angles

 

[JGT]

Hello. I recently saw this in my tank. No new additions coral wise for at least 2 months. Only new fish about a month ago.

I have feather dusters on a rock across the tank. It’s in a difficult place to reach and can’t get anything near them to see if they retract

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Aiptasia.

 

[Jeffcb]

Aiptasia.

+1

 

[Sdot]

Sorry bud...this is a glass anemone better known as Aiptasia. I would get rid of the rock if you can or find something that will eat them otherwise you could have a problem on your hand. I found one on a coral frag in my tank.... I threw out the frag. Sounds extreme...but these things have a way of spreading despite your best efforts.

 

[JGT]

Mix up a slurry of kalk or hydrogen peroxide and inject into the core. No more Aiptasia.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Aptasia and time to eliminate- Using a syringe, inject either lemon juice or preferablt Kalkwasser powder mixed into a paste into center core of aptasia and watch it melt

 

[CMMorgan]

Not a feather duster - kill that sucker

 

[Jeffcb]

File Fish eat those.

 

[Sushiboy225]

How dangerous are filefish to corals?

 

[Potatohead]

Filefish are best for an ongoing aiptasia problem. For one or two here and there I have good luck with Aiptasia X or kalk paste.

 

[ReefSapper]

How dangerous are filefish to corals?

Depends on the fish, most i have seen or been around have not harmed coral and are awesome docile fish. I have heard some nip coral but it's like any other fish you deal with the personality of the individual.

 

[Sushiboy225]

Filefish are best for an ongoing aiptasia problem. For one or two here and there I have good luck with Aiptasia X or kalk paste.

What about Joe’s juice? I saw some good reviews on that too.

I’d be willing to get a file fish. I look extensively at my tank everyday like I assume everyone else does lol but this is the first I’ve seen of them. If it’s only these 3 small ones that I see I would be afraid of the filefish eventually going after my corals

 

[Sushiboy225]

Depends on the fish, most i have seen or been around have not harmed coral and are awesome docile fish. I have heard some nip coral but it's like any other fish you deal with the personality of the individual.

Ok, I may speak with my lfs and see what they say. The guy is super knowledgeable

 

[jeffchapok]

How dangerous are filefish to corals?

Mine wiped out my aiptasia all right, then started on my rock flower nems. But he hasn't touched anything else.

 

[ShepherdReefer]

Looks like an aiptasia to me, we had those in our last tank and we purchased a filefish...ate every one of the aiptasia's. Now the filefish is my wife's favorite fish.

 

[Sushiboy225]

Looks like an aiptasia to me, we had those in our last tank and we purchased a filefish...ate every one of the aiptasia's. Now the filefish is my wife's favorite fish.

I have a torch coral, blastomussa, Xenia, and some sps. As far as I can tell right now it’s just those 2 aptasia growing. But I’ve come to decide to either do Joe’s juice and immediately cover it with epoxy. Or get the filefish because I have room for one more fish and they look awesome. But very nervous about it biting my corals.

Maybe this? https://m.liveaquaria.com/product/3555/?pcatid=3555

maybe I’ll try to smother it first and if more appear I’ll get the fish

 

[Sushiboy225]

Mine wiped out my aiptasia all right, then started on my rock flower nems. But he hasn't touched anything else.

How long have you had the fish for?

 

[Reef257]

This is the advice I got from fellow reefer.
Some well experienced and shared their knowledge

I think I found aiptasia

Hi All Hope everyone doing .got a frag of zoa from my LFS.while checking the zoa I think I found an aiptasia.if it's an aiptasia how to get rid of it . 1 how to get rid of this .I think this is the only 1 2 is there any coral dip i could use to kill . Thank you

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Hope this helps