Is this Aiptasia?

lafoo

lafoo

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This morning it was not visible, but after a few hours of light and it came back out again. The diameter is about the size of a pencil eraser.
Any ideas?

I apologize in advance if this is double post--I have no idea where my previous post went as I am unable to locate it...
 
lafoo

lafoo

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Ok, I went and bought 2 peppermint shrimps. Did my research on the mistaken identities with the camel and camelback shrimp and I'm pretty sure these are peppermint--they are quite transluscent and no white lines running down to legs. I dropped one by the rock with the aiptasia and s(he) quickly crawled under it. The other one quickly scuttled towards the back in a crevice and I noticed there were a new patch of mini aptasias growing by a nearby rock. So here's hoping!
(They won't eat/bother the other 'good' friends that may show up on the new liverocks?)
 
meowzer

meowzer

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They should not bother the good stuff.....
watch the aptasia....a lot of times they only eat the smaller ones.....Joe's Juice is always good to have....one drop and the aptasia is DEAD
 
lafoo

lafoo

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Er..that may not be a good thing :/ So far the peppermint shrimps aren't doing a thing but hiding. Granted, it's only been 2 days. Gonna wait it out a bit but if the peppermints are duds..then I may have to take some drastic measures before the mini aiptasias become unruly.
 
lafoo

lafoo

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My aiptasia is gone! I haven't see it all day yesterday and one of the peppermint shrimps have already molted (dunno about the other one--seems to be MIA).
And the mini patch of aiptasia that I saw before turned out to be feather dusters. So far, the peppermints aren't bothering them :)
In other LR rocks..I think I have vermetid snails..
 
sqwat

sqwat

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that might be a majano anenome.i hate peprmint shrimp with a pasion they will eat polyps clams anenomes anything they can get there pinchers on when they are hungry pluss they are very hard to get out of youre tank without destroying youre tank.you havre to make the water bottle trap to catch them.i am a berghia man they have saved my 16 gallon with over a hundred aptasia in it .you can get them for 9$ a peice at reeftown .com .i suggest 5 per 25 gallon of tank 8 for fifty gallon and so on they are easy to get out to just ask me how .berghia take about 3 weeks to start to show a sugnificant dent in the aptasia.joes juice works good but only on the ones you see not the eggs or babies .never crush one eather i made that mistake.if you want to be truly rid of them with no chemicals get the nudis.
 
sqwat

sqwat

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pepperment ,cleaners,and coral banded suck in lps tanks i will never put one in again.they eat ffod out of the polyps mouth damage them and pepperments eat polyps and featherduster worms if not fedd.also so hard to get out of the trank you must trap them
 
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