some sort of white anemone looking thing just showed up in my nano!

[jetblackg]

hey all,

the past week i notice a white thing came out of my live rock and since then have moved around a little bit. it seems to be growing by the day. everytime i feed my fish ( pieces is mysid shrimp ) once some of the food goes near it, it grabs it and put it in its mouth. i dont know if its a good thing or a bad thing. if it is an anemone will my false perc clown host it once it gets big enough... oh yea the thing is clearish...

 

[tonggao]

Aptasia?

 

[LeviT]

Most likely aiptasia, they can grow from nothing. Do not feed it or touch it. Get some blue life aiptasia control and kill that puppy. Google aiptasia first jic.

 

[Gomer]

 

[alve]

Is that aiptasia in your picture Tony? I never had an issue with them or anything similar and from pictures I have seen on RC I thought they were brown.

 

[LeviT]

I've seen them in brown, white and even in some shades of green. Then there are majano that are kinda brown and sometimes even have color on the mouth like a zoa.

 

[seminolecpa]

Take a look at Phong's aptasia banner that scrolls across every now and then.

 

[tuberider]

They can live in low/no light situations by feeding, generally they are transparent in that case hence the name glass anemone

 

[jetblackg]

thats exactly what it is as gomer posted... well so im guessing its a bad thing to have? will the clown host it if it gets big enough? if i need to get rid of it can i just pluck it off my live rock hahaahah ;D

 

[Gomer]

It is a pest. get rid of it. THere are many aptasia solutions out there such as Joe's Juice. If you tried and plucked it off and left a bit of it behind, it would regrow. It also will retract into a hole or something as you get near it.

 

[Exotic Aquatics]

It's Aiptasia. Inject big ones with Blue Life Aiptasia Control. A Couple Pepermint Shrimp will work well to control them.
Mike

 

[dswong01]

kalk paste works well if can pull rock and goop it on