pest on Zoas

mbh7848 · 12/08/2017, 12:35 AM

Can someone help me ID this pest on my Zoanthids. Can’t find out what they are. Zoanthids look great but this scares me a little. Sorry about the terrible pictures in advanced.

Reef Junkie · 12/08/2017, 08:19 AM

Aiptasia.
Use Aiptasia X
Kalkwasser paste
Or do what I do, drop a piece of coral rubble on top of the Aiptasia and wait until it climbs onto the rock. Then just remove the rock.

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jackz · 12/09/2017, 07:00 AM

have you tried injecting it with lemon juice? they spread really fast.

mbh7848 · 12/09/2017, 04:52 PM

Just got a syringe from my lfs and am going to inject them with lemon juice tomorrow morning before my lights turn on. Hopefully the lemon juice will not hurt my zoanthids but worth the risk i guess.

Reef Junkie · 12/09/2017, 07:33 PM

I’m not gonna tell anyone how to take care of their tank, but I still like the coral rubble approach.
It works and literally removes the entire animal.
Almost every other method causes the animal to split or regrow somewhere else.

Just my 2 cents.

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mbh7848 · 12/10/2017, 05:09 PM

I like this coral rubble approach. i used lemon juice on one today and am going to try the coral rubble on the other one i have growing. Thanks!

Reef Junkie · 12/10/2017, 05:24 PM

I do this with the manjano anemones I picked up from a friend by accident.
Good luck!

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Andrew S. · 12/17/2017, 07:22 PM

Peppermint shrimp

mbh7848 · 12/19/2017, 02:57 AM

Well should have went with the rubble first. Shot my Zoanthid a few times with lemon juice and never really got the aiptasia to go away. Luckily it’s a pretty small frag so I’m just going to frag off a couple pieces and start over. Not worth that crap taking over my tank in my opinion.

Reef Junkie · 12/19/2017, 09:30 PM

I also keep a heavy duty pair of wire cutters and a flat head screwdriver. I will cut or pry pieces of rock out just to remove an anemone.

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Shia · 12/20/2017, 01:19 PM

Agree with coral rubble method. Very easy, and you don't harm the zoas.

Jamesmost · 12/25/2017, 03:33 PM

Like the rubble trick, will try next aphasia I c

12/08/2017, 08:19 AM	#2
Reef Junkie Premium Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Somewhere, NY Posts: 6,595	Aiptasia. Use Aiptasia X Kalkwasser paste Or do what I do, drop a piece of coral rubble on top of the Aiptasia and wait until it climbs onto the rock. Then just remove the rock. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Bill "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." B.B. Current Tank Info: "Still" Living vicariously through cb747

12/09/2017, 07:33 PM	#5
Reef Junkie Premium Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Somewhere, NY Posts: 6,595	I’m not gonna tell anyone how to take care of their tank, but I still like the coral rubble approach. It works and literally removes the entire animal. Almost every other method causes the animal to split or regrow somewhere else. Just my 2 cents. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Bill "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." B.B. Current Tank Info: "Still" Living vicariously through cb747

12/10/2017, 05:24 PM	#7
Reef Junkie Premium Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Somewhere, NY Posts: 6,595	I do this with the manjano anemones I picked up from a friend by accident. Good luck! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Bill "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." B.B. Current Tank Info: "Still" Living vicariously through cb747

12/19/2017, 09:30 PM	#10
Reef Junkie Premium Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Somewhere, NY Posts: 6,595	I also keep a heavy duty pair of wire cutters and a flat head screwdriver. I will cut or pry pieces of rock out just to remove an anemone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Bill "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." B.B. Current Tank Info: "Still" Living vicariously through cb747

12/09/2017, 07:00 AM	#3
jackz Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 36	have you tried injecting it with lemon juice? they spread really fast.

12/09/2017, 04:52 PM	#4
mbh7848 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 31	Just got a syringe from my lfs and am going to inject them with lemon juice tomorrow morning before my lights turn on. Hopefully the lemon juice will not hurt my zoanthids but worth the risk i guess.

12/10/2017, 05:09 PM	#6
mbh7848 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 31	I like this coral rubble approach. i used lemon juice on one today and am going to try the coral rubble on the other one i have growing. Thanks!

12/17/2017, 07:22 PM	#8
Andrew S. Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 50	Peppermint shrimp

12/19/2017, 02:57 AM	#9
mbh7848 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 31	Well should have went with the rubble first. Shot my Zoanthid a few times with lemon juice and never really got the aiptasia to go away. Luckily it’s a pretty small frag so I’m just going to frag off a couple pieces and start over. Not worth that crap taking over my tank in my opinion.

12/20/2017, 01:19 PM	#11
Shia Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 981 Blog Entries: 1	Agree with coral rubble method. Very easy, and you don't harm the zoas.

12/25/2017, 03:33 PM	#12
Jamesmost Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 53	Like the rubble trick, will try next aphasia I c