Is This Aiptasia Anemone

[loglew]

Just got my 150 gallon tank up and running. Got some live rock to help it cycle and this little buggers are coming up all over. Is this the dreaded aiptasia anemone or something else. Thanks for all the help.

 

[Lotus]

Yes, I'm sorry to say it is aiptasia.

 

[di0nysus]

a whole lot of it too :/

 

[loglew]

So am i better off to scrape all 150 lbs of rock or try and kill it off with lemon juice, or peppermint shirmp??????

 

[KahluaZzZ]

don't scrape ! They'll multiply! Use joe's juice, it's safe and easy

 

[loglew]

Ok, scrape was a typo. I meant scrap, since this is a newly set up tank, I'm only out the cost of the rock. Or should I try all the other various methods first?? Thanks again for all the help.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

Well...lemon juice is harder to use, you really need good aim. Shrimps ? 2 out of 3 don't care about aiptasias..but hey sometimes it works. When you have a good load of aiptasias, you can't really get rid of them all forever, but you can control the number. The magic of joe's juice is : It sticks around the victim, then it burns in seconds and in a day ( for 6$ a bottle ) you can see the difference.

 

[DarthPadre]

I have a peppermint shrimp that ate all of mine. Yes I know I'm lucky as it was the first and only shrimp I purchased and he performed his magic in a few days. I'm thinking about subcontracting him to others with aiptasias. Maybe $20 a week????

 

[quaddity]

Wow with that many I would boil the rocks! They won't be live anymore of course but they'll still be usable. After boiling you can put them back in the tank, put some new live rock in and the "dead" boiled rock will be become live again after a while.