Need help to ID what seems like a Hitchhiking coral?

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Hello, i recently acquired a Kenya Tree coral on a small rock. It has this little friend next to it. Any idea what it is and what to do about it?
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It looks like an aiptasia anemone to me. You'll want to kill it soon as they can be very invasive and hard to control if allowed to spread. AiptasiaX is a good solution in my opinion, but there are many other home remedies that work too.
 
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Thanks! So i decided to remove that rock completely and tried fragging the Kenya tree by cutting a couple of branches and hoping they'll reattach.
Since i never had aiptasia in the tank I'm hoping it didn't create copies of itself on other rocks/sand in my tank!
 
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