Not sure what this is! New to salt

[terrell wohlrab]

Hello everyone! I'm new to salt water tanks(picked my first up last week) along with a bunch of live rock, corals, a pair of fish, and a shrimp! Local salt water store hooked me up with everything I need to get running. The issue I have is a couple days ago I noticed this thing and it has been growing, and moving, over the last couple days and I'm not sure if it's safe or not! Please help

 

[terrell wohlrab]

Here's the picture that didn't upload the first time

 

[ebushrow]

Looks like zoanthids and against the gravel is an aptasia/glass anemone...the aptasia needs to be removed asap or you will have them all over your tank.....

 

[Cary Meredith]

Aptiasia or glass anemone, want to try and get rid of, I have used a syringe with vinegar to remove or you can use kalk (being new you might not know what that is) There are fish that you can get to remove it as well but wouldn't recommend it.

 

[terrell wohlrab]

yea, im talking about the brown "octopus worm" im going to call it, not the mushrooms on the rock, I have quiet a few of those, and figured they were harmless. all of this came on that 1 piece of rock, ive seen videos of people using syringes to inject lemon juice to kill off unwanted critters. Is this what i have to do?

 

[terrell wohlrab]

ahh, googling aptasia brings up some good pictures to compare it too, that is indeed what it is. Ive looked for 2 days trying to find this myself before i posted on a forum asking a question thats probably been asked 100 times before

 

[Frop]

I usually pick my rock out of the water. Then super glue him to the rock (he will retract so basically you are sealing him closed). Usually if you do that the superglue will always show on the rock FYI.

 

[Dtfnemo]

My tank is infested with aptiasia, I got some peppermint shrimp and they are getting rid of them now.
I tried aptiasia x before but didn't have much success with it

 

[Cary Meredith]

My tank is infested with aptiasia, I got some peppermint shrimp and they are getting rid of them now.
I tried aptiasia x before but didn't have much success with it

Yep peppermints have always done a great job for me

 

[terrell wohlrab]

i had a choise between 2 peppermints, or the shrimp i got (i forgot the name) but he was ugly, so i decided to get him instead haha,

 

[terrell wohlrab]

best and easiest way of getting this out of my tank now? i DO have some syringes laying around the house that are unused. and have access to some vinegar

 

[Cary Meredith]

Most shrimp don't eat them, only peppermints do
You might have a coral bandit

 

[Dtfnemo]

i had a choise between 2 peppermints, or the shrimp i got (i forgot the name) but he was ugly, so i decided to get him instead haha,

Lol I did the same thing at first but now I noticed that the one shrimp I got eat or killed some of the peppermint shrimp

 

[Cary Meredith]

best and easiest way of getting this out of my tank now? i DO have some syringes laying around the house that are unused. and have access to some vinegar

Hit them right in the center

 

[terrell wohlrab]

Lol I did the same thing at first but now I noticed that the one shrimp I got eat or killed some of the peppermint shrimp

i also have 2 clowns, when i first put them together the shrimp chased them around and tried grabbing them. so i watched them close, But now they mind there own

 

[terrell wohlrab]

ahh shoot, i thought i had some but i dont! and walgreens will be closed by the time i got there, Any other methods i can use?

 

[Cary Meredith]

your ok to wait a day to get some, I have left some in my tank for weeks they don't spread that quick unless you mess with them

 

[terrell wohlrab]

ahh, found one, stuck it in the base of the little guy and squeezed, He dissapered for now, will check it before going to bed, and after waking up! i wanted to get it done tonight because i plan on doing a water change tomorrow, or sunday

 

[terrell wohlrab]

alright, either i didnt kill it and this thing spreads like crazy, or i had more. i was inspecting the rock where it used to be for signs of life, and noticed 3 more behind it that i didnt notice before

 

[Salty Carlo]

Red Sea makes an aptiasia remover that works really well killed all of my aptiasia