anemone? bad?

[armstrongd]

Hey guys, i was wanting to know what type of anemone tis is? (Having trouble uploading it.) i dont think that it is suppose to be there. second i have a big population of white brittle stars that i want to get rid of. any thoughts? P.S. they cam with the rock.

[digidana]

do you have a picture of it?

[ahullsb]

Ya we need a picture for an id. I'm not sure about the brittle stars

[kau_cinta_ku]

i'll tell you the type anemone it is if you can tell me what kind of car this is

but really, a pic. is gonna be needed of the anemone.

also why do you want to rid the brittle stars? and are you sure they are brittle stars? I never heard of white ones

[armstrongd]

I just posted a picture to my gallery. Let me know what ya'all think. Thanks!

[reeferman00]

looks like aipstasia. you need to get rid of it.

[armstrongd]

you cant see the brittle stars that well in that pick so well. im trying to get a good shot. i bought some live rogk straight from the ocean. and they just appaired? approx 100 of them. they are small. any help? thanks darren

[Toddrtrex]

Here is your picture.

[kau_cinta_ku]

the starfish prob. won't be a prob. do they have diff. size arms and do they have diff. number of arms? they could be asterina (sp.) stars. but a Harlequin Shrimp would eat them if you wanted to add one.

as for the anemone, it is hard to tell from the pic. but does look to be a aptasia aka bad anemone

[digidana]

its kinda hard to tell from the pic. does it look like this?


if so, its bad. i haven't tried it yet. but they say if you make a paste out of kalkwasser and a little water, then shoot it with a hypodermic needle in the stalk that it will blow up and go away.

do you mind if i ask where you bought your rock from? i'm in the process of setting up a big tank and will need lots. thanks!

[armstrongd]

i bought the rock from liverocknreef.com. Its aboundent with life. I have lots of macroalge,sponges,and tube worms. It was straight off the ocean floor. I've gotten rid of the anemone. thanks for the help.

[ExarKun]

When I first added my live rock I had an aptasia show up. 1 quickly turned to 5 or 6. I bought a peppermint shirmp and they were all gone 2 days later.

Do some research though. There is a shirmp out there (I forget what it's called) that looks almost exactly like the pep, however this shrimp won't touch aptasia. Good luck!

[NirvanaFan]

The shrimp you are probably thinking of is a camelback shrimp.

[Kengaroo131]

deffinatly aipstasia get rid of it quick or it will spread, pepermint shrimp will do the trick if he can find it.