ID Help Need Pics included

smacdone · #1 05/27/2007, 01:21 AM

Just curious if anyone could help me with an id on these little thing on the left. I know the colony on the right are zoos but just curious what the things on the left are? they all eat and react to food when it hits the tentacle like things. Here is a pic hopefully someone can tell me what they are.

Thanks
Shane

CrystalAZ · #2 05/27/2007, 01:22 AM

Those are aiptasia.

Crystal

AquaReeferMan · #3 05/27/2007, 01:28 AM

Yep the dreaded aiptasia. I would kill them asap. The will take over soon. They are harmful to anything they touch. Peppermint shrimp are known to eat them. You can also epoxy over them or inject them with joes juice.

smacdone · #4 05/27/2007, 01:29 AM

Damn i thought they were cool! Now the sad news of having to get rid of them!

jer77 · #5 05/27/2007, 01:30 AM

Don't feed them, lol... Kill em! Fast.

uscharalph · #6 05/27/2007, 01:33 AM

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Originally posted by smacdone
Damn i thought they were cool! Now the sad news of having to get rid of them!

I thought they were cool at first also. LOL!!!!

uscharalph · #7 05/27/2007, 01:34 AM

By the way Peppermint Shrimp took care of mine.

drummereef · #8 05/27/2007, 01:35 AM

Get some Joe's Juice or make yourself a nice kalk paste and give them a good squirt. I thought my little colonly of hydroids were the coolest looking coral until I found out the bad news. Fast forward 10 years later......

Be glad you only have a couple aiptasia to take care of.

jenajet · #9 05/27/2007, 01:42 AM

Even if you don't feed them they grow and spread. Joes is great for big ones. Peps tend to take out the little ones.