3 Anemones on my Live Rock - What To Do?

blesum

blesum

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I am setting up a tank for local marine life. Got some live rock today out of the ocean. Noticed that there were three small and closed up anemones (at least that's what I think they are, plus they're alive) on the bottom of one of the rocks. I'm in the process of setting up a new tank and only have water in there so far. Live sand in buckets ready to be put in along with about 50 pounds of LR tonight. Do I need to scrape off/kill these anemones first or will they not give me problems? I'd prefer not to kill anything unless it will make a big difference down the road.
-Blesum
 
chipmaker

chipmaker

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If your wanting natural why remove what is natural for the area your in. I for one would leave them but thats me as I find aipstasia pretty interesting, interesting enough I have a tank I dub the Tank of the Outcasts" which contain nothing but the usual run of the mill critters folks normally get rid of....Even in the outcasts tank aipstasia is not anywhere near as much of a problem as it is portrayed to be. True some types of it are dull and drab, but there are some very nice types of it as well.....
 
blesum

blesum

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No idea what aiptasia meant so I googled it and found this informative page at:
Link deleted, no posting to other saltwater BB's.
Hmm, I have no idea. I did not see them open but they are small (about 1 1/2 inches long, 3/4 inches wide, but one shrank up much more when I tried to peel it off, pale and oddly enough, were on the underside of the rock which is bare of visible seaweed, etc.
If they're going to poison or screw up other animals I put in there, I'd like to minimize that.
-Blesum
 
mikeyjer

mikeyjer

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Originally Posted by Blesum
I am setting up a tank for local marine life. Got some live rock today out of the ocean. Noticed that there were three small and closed up anemones (at least that's what I think they are, plus they're alive) on the bottom of one of the rocks. I'm in the process of setting up a new tank and only have water in there so far. Live sand in buckets ready to be put in along with about 50 pounds of LR tonight. Do I need to scrape off/kill these anemones first or will they not give me problems? I'd prefer not to kill anything unless it will make a big difference down the road.
-Blesum
You can't really scrape Aiptasias off your rock as they retract back into holes in the rock. Best stuffs to use are Joe's Juice and Peppermint Shrimp. :happyfish
 
blesum

blesum

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Took photos tonight and signed up for photo hosting so here ya go...

So what were those? I stopped by the drug store, brought a 20 gauge needle, went by the supermarket, got lemon juice and injected them. Even found a couple more hidden in the cracks that I also injected. They were easy to pick off of the rock after a few minutes went by.
I went ahead and put the rock (after washing and picking off all visible worms/critters/etc) in the main tank since it's a local water, local sand and local rock tank. I don't really see a pressing need for QT. Gonna add more water tomorrow and rocks then see how it cycles/develops and take it from there.
-Blesum
 
blesum

blesum

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Originally Posted by nemo22
where do you live? and what kind of live rock can you get?
In the San Diego, California area. Rocks are all over the place, just gotta get wet and be strong enough to swim/carry them out. Harder than I expected too. Does that answer your question - Dunno how else to answer the "what kind of live rock..." bit. I thought there was only one. Live. As in with living things growing on it.
Here's a couple of photos of what the rocks look like.
Side View of tank:

From the top:

15 pounders on both ends supporting a 30-35 pounder.
-Blesum
 
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