Aptasia shredded by wave maker
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lol. Maybe.
I'd get a couple of real peppermint shrimp in the tank just in case.
The right ones can take out baby aiptasia before you even see them.
seeing as how new your tank looks, I would be extremely tempted to rip it clean now. It will just become an ongoing problem. Sorry to sound negative, but I'm still a bit traumatized by my own recent outbreak.
Aiptasia is very easy to deal with on your own. I would just ignore it happened. When you see one just mix some Kalkwasser with water and make a paste like toothpaste. Suck it up in a syringe and just smother the amemones with the paste. Its so easy the anemones just stand still to be murdered.
If you witnessed this then your aquarium is doomed, not right now but in future, aiptasia are single cell organisms. (This means they can reproduce if cut, blended or even Turkey blasted blasted)
You may not see it now but you will in future
Everything in tropical marine tanks makes canaries look like cockroaches.
Nutrients too low? Dies
Too high? Dies
Too much light?? Dies
Too little light? Dies
Too hot? Dies
Too cold? Dies
Too much flow? Dies
Too little flow? Dies
Then the pests you can propagate by shredding them in a power head.
Nutrients too low? Dies
Too high? Dies
Too much light?? Dies
Too little light? Dies
Too hot? Dies
Too cold? Dies
Too much flow? Dies
Too little flow? Dies
Then the pests you can propagate by shredding them in a power head.
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Honestly, I don't know why people make such a big deal about them.
In a reasonably balanced tank ecosystem they're not really a problem.
They're in my tank yes, but it's no big deal.
If one gets big enough to start to annoy a coral I zap them with some caustic soda, and that one is gone.
I maybe have to do that every couple of months.
They're a normal part of the marine system, and they are useful filter feeders.
I certainly don't stress about them.
One way to get rid of them.
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