Originally Posted by fishfry
as the title states. I mean they look cool enough...none of my corals are around them...I think it is Aiptasias that i have...they have tenacles with white bands up and down the tentacles. Why are these guys so bad...is it a problem if I keep them?
Does it look like the Aiptasia in the hitchhiker forum? They will spread through out your tank pretty fast and WILL sting your other corals or other inhabitants like fish. They're more like a pest then anything else. You keep them if you want, the guy I got some corals from before had it all over his tank and some traveled with the corals I got from him into my tank. I've been eliminating them ever since. So far I don't see any left in my tank. I even got a Peppermint Shrimp to eat'em, but the shrimp won't even touch it so I had to rid them with Joe's Juice, it kills'em within a couple of min. The guy that had'em all over his tank didn't mind it, but I don't like'em. They can grow pretty big too!!! Would you rather see a bunch of pretty corals around or a bunch of aiptasias trying to sting everyone? :happyfish