|
|
|
08/04/2020, 11:13 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 30
|
ID Hitchhiking Anemone? Coral?
Hello all!
I just noticed this little guy pop up in this crevice of this rock. The rock came with a Duncan coral mounted on it and it was from my LFS. This is small, about the size of my pinky nail and in person it has kind of a pinkish hue. My boyfriend thinks it's a little baby Duncan but I'm not so sure.... Anyone know what it could be? PS. Mainly trying to make sure it's not a pest like aiptasia or majano! Thanks all      Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk |
|
|
|
08/05/2020, 01:38 AM
|
#2 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Anaheim, CA
Posts: 6,902
|
Majano Not something you want.
__________________
240G mixed reef, 29G SPS/LPS clam tank, 50G mixed reef Current Tank Info: 300g mixed reef, 50g cube |
|
|
|
|
08/05/2020, 02:41 PM
|
#3 | |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 30
|
Quote:
Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk |
|
|
|
|
|
08/05/2020, 09:47 PM
|
#4 |
|
Super Best Friends!
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: OKC, OK
Posts: 3,772
|
my guess was aptasia
either way, make a nice nugget of water weld epoxy (or your favorite stick-shaped two-part epoxy) and fill that gap with it. Super glue gel may leave room for error. I'd make a good wad of epoxy putty and fill that gap in solid. You'll probably be okay after that.
__________________
"The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments." - John Galt Current Tank Info: Cadlights 60G Arisan II mixed reef with 2x MP40s and 24" ATI |
|
|
|
|
08/08/2020, 12:24 PM
|
#5 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: NW Indiana Valparaiso
Posts: 505
|
Its kind of funny, some folks love a majano especially large ones as they spread much slower then Aiptasias do. I know a LFS that sells large ones all the time!
They make for a cheap anemone is the thinking i guess........... LOL.
__________________
Montipora Digitas, Cyphastrea, Blastos, different Leptoseris, Green Stylo, GSP, gorgonions, Ricordea mushrooms, psammocoras, Birdsnest coral, Clownfish, Watchman goby, Royal gamma. Current Tank Info: Nano Reef tank |
|
|
|
|
08/10/2020, 07:32 AM
|
#7 |
|
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Grove City, Ohio
Posts: 10,806
|
It looks more like an aiptasia to me as well, but either way it's a invasive pest that will spread if left to it's own devices. For small ones I normally use boiling water in a syringe, but that one looks big enough that the epoxy route is probably your best bet.
I had one that was in a place that repeated attempts with boiling water wouldn't get it due to where it's foot was and I couldn't use epoxy either, so I removed the zoanthid encrusted rock from the tank and carefully dripped some muriatic acid on the little bugger. I lost a few zoas in the process, but the aiptasia is GONE!!!
__________________
I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer |
|
|
|
 |
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
