What is this?

[hiddenicon]

what are those brown anemone lookin things that are in some pieces of live rock? They have alot of tentacles w/ alittle bit of white in the tentacles

 

[slednecks]

They might be brisle worms they look like a cenapede.If not idk what it is.

 

[hiddenicon]

no they look more like a plant or anemone

 

[bigarn]

If they pull back into the rock really fast when something gets near them it could be aiptasia. Hard to say without pic.

 

[hiddenicon]

hold on i'll get a pic. and yes they do pull back into the rock

 

[hiddenicon]

and are they harmful to ANYTHING in the tank:notsure:

 

[bigarn]

If they're allowed to spread they can take over and go after corals.

 

[hiddenicon]

so they can hurt corals. Do they do anything to anemones?
heres a picture

 

[bang guy]

From the picture I can't tell if they are Aiptasia or it's cousin the Curly-Cue.

 

[hiddenicon]

do the aiptasia hurt anemones?

 

[bang guy]

Aiptasia are Anemone. When Anemone Battle they often call a truce and go seperate ways. When they decide to fight it depends on the species to predict who will win.
Aiptasia ALWAYS win the war against SPS Coral.

 

[hiddenicon]

best way to get rid of them?

 

[armlocker]

I just saw a few of those on my LR for the first time and thought they were pretty cool.

 

[bang guy]

Originally posted by Hiddenicon
best way to get rid of them?
Yep.

 

[jnc]

I've been able to sucessfully get rid of them by using Joe's Juice. Pretty cheap stuff and it works great!
I first used it in March or April of this year and have only had a few pop up again. One shot stuff...

 

[hiddenicon]

Originally posted by Bang Guy
Yep.
no i was asking what the best way to get rid of them is

 

[denny80688]

I have live rock on the way with my luck I am sure its full of aptasia. Since I dont plan to keep corals do I need to care that it is in there? I woudl like to keep a BTA however... will aptasia bother the bta?

 

[cowpoke]

Denny
Do a search here on them and you will find tons of threads on them.
Every single one I have read the folks were getting rid of them.
They seem to reproduce very well and fast.
So they can become a problem just from sheer numbers stand point.
But if you search you find tons of info!

 

[denny80688]

thanks cowpoke!