Something wierd is on my rock

[merlberg]

So i got this rock maybe 2 weeks ago and everything is opening up nicely but I see something growing on it and it looked like it moved. I been watching it a few daya now and i seen it clearer before and now its on another side. I tried to take clear pics but it blends in with the rocks. Please tell me if its ok or not!

 

[Roboson]

Can you get a closer picture? Or from another side?

Also nice shrooms.

 

[Tahoe61]

Less blue and more white light with less saturation might assist in getting a better image.
I moved this thread to the ID thread.
I honestly can not make heads or tails of whether it's plant or animal.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Not an appy?

 

[merlberg]

Can you get a closer picture? Or from another side?

Also nice shrooms.

Thanks!!
I cant but ill try again... The rock is facing me but w/e that is has its back to me so o cant get better pic unless i take the rock out ... Ill try again!

I only circled the 1st pic hoping u would see it clearer if it wasnt circled in the others..

 

[merlberg]

Less blue and more white light with less saturation might assist in getting a better image.
I moved this thread to the ID thread.
I honestly can not make heads or tails of whether it's plant or animal.

I just took some more pics above n i tried to get it clearer n closer but i dnt knw how to change my lights... The blues and whites are on now.

 

[merlberg]

Not an appy?

Whats an appy? Good or bad?

 

[Roboson]

I have no idea. Time for the big guns. Maybe @Lionfish Lair will be able to give you a solid ID.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Whats an appy? Good or bad?

Oh sorry, aiptasia. They are a pest anemone. There's a bunch of different species, so they can look a little different from each other.

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/aiptasia.shtml

 

[Tahoe61]

Yes that would be an aiptasia.

 

[Roboson]

I can only see two tentacles on each. It's amazing that you all can tell its aptasia from that photo. I guess using the iPhone app has its disadvantages.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

It was really hard to tell in the first pics.

 

[merlberg]

Oh sorry, aiptasia. They are a pest anemone. There's a bunch of different species, so they can look a little different from each other.

Yup u got it!!!! I just clicked on the link and it looks exactly like tht! How do i get rid of them?

 

[merlberg]

It was really hard to tell in the first pics.

Thank you

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Yup u got it!!!! I just clicked on the link and it looks exactly like tht! How do i get rid of them?

There are a few commercial products that you squirt onto/inject into the aiptasia themselves.

• Red Sea Aiptasia-X
• Joe`s Juice Aiptasia Eliminator
  
• Ultralife Reef Aiptasia & Majano Remover
• Blue Life Aiptasia Rx
• Chem-marin Stop Aiptasia

There's a laser that "zaps them". This is the method I use.

• Majano Wand Aiptasia and Majano Eliminator - http://www.marinedepot.com/Majano_W...minator-PS_Aquatics_LLC-4P1111-FIMIMW-vi.html

There are "home remedies"

• Squirt Lemon
• Squirt Vinegar
• Cover with epoxy
• Cover with Super Glue
• Boiling water
• Covering with a kalk or calcium slurry

Then there are natural predators

• Peppermint Shrimp
• Berghia nudibranchs
  (One of our Sponsors (@fishnreef) sells them here on Reef2Reef.
  http://reef2reef.com/threads/mid-si...asia-predators-available.257281/#post-3041898

There's more than this, I'm sure.

 

[merlberg]

It was really hard to tell in the first pics.

thanks alot for ur help!! That zapper thing looks cool but is pricey... Do you get alot of those pest? Hmm maybe ill try the super glue and get a shrimp to see what happens. Thanks again

 

[Tahoe61]

I use Peppermint Shrimp with good success, but you have to get true Peppermints not their look a like Camel Shrimp. You must make sure to feed the Peppermints daily or they might go rouge and go after LPS or inverts such as Anemones.

 

[merlberg]

I use Peppermint Shrimp with good success, but you have to get true Peppermints not their look a like Camel Shrimp. You must make sure to feed the Peppermints daily or they might go rouge and go after LPS or inverts such as Anemones.

I will try to get 1 tomorrow. Is it normal for it to move around? Mine moved again on the rock i noticed! I thought i was bugging the 1st time i thought it moved but i knw for sure that im not!

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Ya, they move.

 

[merlberg]

Ok i did both hot water n peroxide since i couldnt find the shrimp and it slid off after i did the peroxide. It took a while but its off. But can it come back? How do i knw if i got the entire thing?