travelerjp98
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try to touch your unknown "funzzies?" will they retract?
New 100g tank diary!! Will need help along the way
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mus1cizmythang
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No, they do not retract. Is that what aiptasia does?
flower
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Originally Posted by Mus1cizmythang http:///forum/thread/386986/new-100g-tank-diary-will-need-help-along-the-way/60#post_3404577
No, they do not retract. Is that what aiptasia does?
Yes that is what it does if you mess with it...almost like a feather duster....then after a few seconds it will come back out when it feels safe again. If doesn't retract into the rock you have something else.
Originally Posted by Mus1cizmythang http:///forum/thread/386986/new-100g-tank-diary-will-need-help-along-the-way/60#post_3404577
No, they do not retract. Is that what aiptasia does?
Yes that is what it does if you mess with it...almost like a feather duster....then after a few seconds it will come back out when it feels safe again. If doesn't retract into the rock you have something else.
travelerjp98
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a pic would REALLY help!
travelerjp98
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even if it's blurry, it would still help a lot!
mus1cizmythang
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Ok, I am out of town in Colorado but I will Try to post pics of my tank and the little things on the rock. And I'm pretty sure the rock pictures will be blurry, haha. Theyre pretty small so it will be hard to get them.
travelerjp98
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no worries... fish photography is a hobby in it's own...
mus1cizmythang
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Finally back in town!
Just got home and I'm really stressed. On top of running this 100G tank and cycling it as you guys know, I am also taking care of an already established 30g tank that I am trying to sell, and that tank was real dirty, my lionfish had nips on it, salinity too low, yada yada yah.
Anyways, updates on the tank:
The "things" we are trying to figure out definitely grew more, I will post pics soon promise!
I put the rest of the established sand in it (even though the living things are probably dead)
the tank is REALLY cloudy right now, which is why I can't post pics.
I am going to my LFS tomorrow to test the water and see what all happened.. Should be interesting.
question: Should I take that chunk of silverside out I put in, or just leave it?
Just got home and I'm really stressed. On top of running this 100G tank and cycling it as you guys know, I am also taking care of an already established 30g tank that I am trying to sell, and that tank was real dirty, my lionfish had nips on it, salinity too low, yada yada yah.
Anyways, updates on the tank:
The "things" we are trying to figure out definitely grew more, I will post pics soon promise!
I put the rest of the established sand in it (even though the living things are probably dead)
the tank is REALLY cloudy right now, which is why I can't post pics.
I am going to my LFS tomorrow to test the water and see what all happened.. Should be interesting.
question: Should I take that chunk of silverside out I put in, or just leave it?
travelerjp98
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Just leave it in for now as long as it's not breaking apart too much...
mus1cizmythang
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mus1cizmythang
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mus1cizmythang
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Im almost POSITIVE the thing on the glass is aiptasia. It looks like it even to me. It just randomly appeared a couple of days ago and I thought that was definitely it 
As for the things on the rock.. I have no idea. I searched online and thought maybe it could be a sponge? What do you guys think
As for the things on the rock.. I have no idea. I searched online and thought maybe it could be a sponge? What do you guys think
mus1cizmythang
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So rip the aiptasia off the side of the tank and just throw it away?
And the sponges are fine?
And the sponges are fine?
meowzer
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SPonges ..yes they are fine
DO NOT RIP the aptasia off....you have to kill it....you can do this a few different ways,.....1...inject it with boiling water (didn't work for me) 2. inject it with lemon juice (didn't work for me) 3. Buy some Joe's Juice and inject it with that (WORKED FOR ME) or 4...buy pickling lime....make a paste, and inject the pest with it (WORKED FOR ME)
lol...hope that helps you
DO NOT RIP the aptasia off....you have to kill it....you can do this a few different ways,.....1...inject it with boiling water (didn't work for me) 2. inject it with lemon juice (didn't work for me) 3. Buy some Joe's Juice and inject it with that (WORKED FOR ME) or 4...buy pickling lime....make a paste, and inject the pest with it (WORKED FOR ME)
lol...hope that helps you
mus1cizmythang
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Haha, okay so when you say "works".. how exactly do you know if it works? will the aiptasia wilt up or turn a diff color or what?
And I have no needles around the house that I could inject it with. Is that the only thing that would work?
And I have no needles around the house that I could inject it with. Is that the only thing that would work?
travelerjp98
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Answers:
The sponges are fine.
No, don't rip it off the glass because in doing so you will release spores that will make them grow more in you tank. To get rid of them, either 1) siphon it out, or 2) get joe's juice and squirt it into the pest anemone
Questions: have the ammonia, nitrite, or nitrate levels spiked yet?
If so, take the silverside out!
The sponges are fine.
No, don't rip it off the glass because in doing so you will release spores that will make them grow more in you tank. To get rid of them, either 1) siphon it out, or 2) get joe's juice and squirt it into the pest anemone
Questions: have the ammonia, nitrite, or nitrate levels spiked yet?
If so, take the silverside out!
travelerjp98
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a turkey baster would also work....
meowzer
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Quote:
Originally Posted by travelerjp98 http:///forum/thread/386986/new-100g-tank-diary-will-need-help-along-the-way/60#post_3406485
a turkey baster would also work....
They are a little harder to control flow in though....
Originally Posted by travelerjp98 http:///forum/thread/386986/new-100g-tank-diary-will-need-help-along-the-way/60#post_3406485
a turkey baster would also work....
They are a little harder to control flow in though....