Not a goni, that's a pipe organ
It’s not dead. I checked on it when I got up. It has 5 open heads. I don’t know the parts of the coral but it’s opened up.
I'm not doubting you. But I would give up $$ to avoid adding the aptaisia to the tank. If at all possible, maybe you can frag the polyps off the plug and glue them somewhere else.
Yes, there’s one. H2O meaning freshwater dip?
I was watching a video last night about it but I would have to see if they could do it for me as I don’t have the equipment to cut it. I read you can add superglue over the aptaisia to kill it. Have you ever tried that?
Thank you. I was told wrong then. It looks just like a pipe organ on google.
H2O2 would be a diluted hydrogen peroxide dip for algae and some pests. Otherwise a true pest dip like Bayer would be recommended. But as others noted, deal with the aiptasia first.
Peppermint shrimp always have the added risk of eating the coral, remember aiptasia can regenerate from a single cell, a good way to get rid of them is getting a needle syringe and injecting the aiptasia with a little bit of lemon juice, that's the safest way to kill them in this scenarioJust wanted to share some updated pictures without all the algae on it. I used a soft toothbrush to get what I could off. Sadly, I needed up breaking the coral a little bit just brushing off the stuff off. The apaisia is in the middle of the coral pipes where you can’t reach it without waiting for the tenticles to come out. So, I have to catch it when it’s fully out. I’m trying to avoid it releasing any eggs in the QT tank. Any chance my peppermint shrimp will be ok in the QT? I have a single shrimp that I might be able to catch and put in there if he’ll eat the apitaisia.
It's a pipe organ coral and they were very off base. I'd dip it in Reef primer or something that is KCL based (potassium chloride). It will cause the aiptasia to fall off too.
I can definitely do that. Only issue is once it realizes I’m touching the coral it disappears into the bottom of the coral where the frag piece is and I can’t seem to find a way down there unless I break more pipes. How does the coral look to you in general after being cleaned up?
