When Aiptasia Attacks!

[zahner]

noticed something strange on my purple nana just now. on closer inspection, it was an aiptasia that detached itself, ballooned up its stalk, floated over and landed here. It was clinging to the nana with its tentacles.

:arg:

 

[kenske]

I hate those aptasias. They are on my "kill immediately" list. Along with bristle worms, fireworms, sand stars, rats, roaches, mosquitos, and flies.

 

[scumonkey]

in that picture it looks like a bloated tick! :bigeyes:

 

[EmilyT]

my bristles are nice and cuddly! ummmm wow. my peppermint shrimp ate my aiptasia polyp the minute he got in the tank.

 

[marki24]

yeah its amazing what peppermint shrimps can do.

 

[deelucky]

wow does look like a tick.i have to break down my folks 125 tomorrow due to an infestation,nothing worst than these lil bastards.

 

[Awibrandy]

Syringe, plain old household white vinegar, and poof no more aiptasia.:lol2:

I have to agree with Scumonkey that one really does look like a bloated tick.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

bristleworms are good and so are most of the micro stars, why would you want to kill them?

 

[EmilyT]

yeah mine have mouths so small they cant eat anything. they actually clean up the tank pretty well. theyre on my thread somewhere near the beginning

 

[daisy]

T - that is an incredible shot!!! I wonder whether it drifted there by accident or whether there is any way whatsoever (and i doubt this, but I'm just thinking...) whether it "wanted" to go there...

I don't think that aptasia are self-propelling at all - i know i see tiny ones from time to time just drifting in the current...

still, i am sure he had the "will" to attach to your nana!

 

[zahner]

I think it just decided that it wanted to move from wherever it was and floated around on the current until it snagged something. I totally thought it was some kind of new "SPS tick" when I first saw it!

 

[melev]

Did you remove it?

Lately I added Peppermint Shrimp to eat aiptasia, and to my disgust I've seen a few aiptasia eating those very shrimp! That's just wrong.

 

[zahner]

hey Marc
yes, I removed it with a turkey baster right after I took the picture.