WHAT ARE THESE? NO ONE CAN TELL ME....

Private First Class Posts : 33

I have asked a LFS for help on finding out what these guys are. I have no clue. the one is like a blueish color and can go in & out of the rock. the other is like a pink/peachish color.
can any one please H E L P !!

. any help i can get as to finding out what these are would be great.

thanks

Miller09

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< this guy can go in and out of the rock.

Guest

ok, first teh pics are not that great however the top pic (pinkish one) looks like an aiptasia, or glass anemone (PEST ANEMONE). the bottom pic looks like a feather duster of some sort (but again pics arent all that great to make it easy to tell you)

Subject: Re: WHAT ARE THESE? NO ONE CAN TELL ME.... 1/1/2010, 1:34 pm

So I happened to be at the lfs when I saw your post so I showed it to the owner and he said the same thing as lordraptor1. The aiptasia is kind of like a weed in the salt water world is how it was described to me. There is a link below that will take you to a page that tells you how to control their growth if you dont want them. The owner of the lfs said he has never seen a blue feather duster put that there are purple-ish ones and that is most likely what it is. Hope that helps.

http://www.reefscapes.net/articles/breefcase/aiptasia_control.html

Subject: Re: WHAT ARE THESE? NO ONE CAN TELL ME.... 1/1/2010, 3:58 pm

They make an Aiptasia Control liquid in the LFS. I owuld try that. Be careful when you go to apply the liquid, if an Aiptasia gets bumped, it can release little sprouts that cant be seen, inot the water coloum. Once you have them under control, regular water changes will help keeping them in and preventing them them. Herres a couple of links that could help you out also:
http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/msubpestaiptasia/p/aiptasia.htm
http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/anemonecare/a/aa100798.htm

Private First Class Posts : 33

thank you to everyone who gave me the info i was looking for. the one that is like a blueish purple might just be some type of feather duster but i am not too sure. whatever it is it does still look cool to me. the aiptasia are on parts in the tank that i can remove and wash in the sink thank god, although they are kinda cool looking i dont want my take to become over run with them. thank you all once again for the info.

Miller09 thanks

Sergeant Major Posts : 283 Location : Goose Creek SC

Peppermint shrimp eat apatasia like candy and the Blue worm at the bottom is one of the zillion basket worms.

Private Posts : 18 Location : Los Angeles CA

Miller09 wrote:: I have asked a LFS for help on finding out what these guys are. I have no clue. the one is like a blueish color and can go in & out of the rock. the other is like a pink/peachish color.
can any one please . any help i can get as to finding out what these are would be great.

Miller09

< this guy can go in and out of the rock.

those are aiptasia and they are bad

Guest

shadowninja wrote:: those are aiptasia and they are bad

please read all replies before posting, this was answered already and op was even given suggestions for taking care of it.

Subject: Re: WHAT ARE THESE? NO ONE CAN TELL ME.... 1/29/2010, 6:45 pm

Use a syringe and a very very very very very small dosage of lemon juice.
I can't stress small small small small small dosage enough.
That what I use. They still come back .

Guest

something i dont wanna get

Subject: Re: WHAT ARE THESE? NO ONE CAN TELL ME.... 2/9/2011, 9:00 pm

the second picture is a feather duster, its just a little fancier then the typical white ones that pop up on rocks.

Guest

Looks like bubble algae also in the second pic.

Subject: Re: WHAT ARE THESE? NO ONE CAN TELL ME.... 2/10/2011, 5:23 am

1. Aiptasia anemone, nuisance. AiptasiaX/Joes juice works good to kill them.
2. harmless feather duster.
in the 2nd pic I also see what looks like bubble algae removed it carefully
you dont want it to pop in the tank because it will release more spores.

Subject: Re: WHAT ARE THESE? NO ONE CAN TELL ME.... 3/15/2011, 5:39 pm

Boil some water put it in a syringe and squirt them they shrival up and die right away. also copperband butterflys work well.