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11-15-2006, 03:22 PM
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Aptasia!!!
I was looking in my tank about 5 minutes ago and noticed two little thigs that resemble polyps, They arepretty small and clear. Are the aptasia???? What should I do???
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11-15-2006, 03:24 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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Can you get a pic? If they are Joe's juce works well, it worked for me.
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11-15-2006, 03:35 PM
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cant get a pic but can i just pull them off with some tweezers??
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11-15-2006, 03:36 PM
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o and i know they are bad but why, what do they do??
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11-15-2006, 03:38 PM
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They breed very fast, and will encroch on other corals, when they get next to the corals they will sting and kill them.
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11-15-2006, 03:54 PM
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so can I pull them off with tweezers????
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11-15-2006, 04:14 PM
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i used lemon juice and it seemed to work so far. shot it with a syringe right in the head!!
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11-15-2006, 04:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AB3
so can I pull them off with tweezers????
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you could, but i believe that you do not want to 
IIRC, every single little piece of it that's left has the capability to regenerate into a new one.
J.
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11-15-2006, 10:58 PM
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k, i guess ill inject it with some lemon juice and c if it works thx guys
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11-15-2006, 11:01 PM
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does any one have any pics of aptasia. All of the ones Ive seen on yahoo dont really look like what I have. Mine is see through and its smaller than a pencil eraser. is there a possibility it could be anything else???
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11-15-2006, 11:09 PM
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http://www.marinedepotlive.com/tree-...---polyps.html
here ya go...marine depot sells them....lol
must be a hot seller ..they're out of stock.....
they can be whitish or greyish or tannish.....they get darker and lighter with different light and how well fed they are
i could be wrong..these might actually be a different coral but they surely look like well fed aiptasia to me
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Last edited by Fly Guy; 11-15-2006 at 11:17 PM.
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11-16-2006, 01:47 AM
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They kinda do, but those tenticals are a bit long,....
Here is an article with a good pic.
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/in...a/aiptasia.htm
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11-16-2006, 07:27 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fly Guy
http://www.marinedepotlive.com/tree-...---polyps.html
here ya go...marine depot sells them....lol
must be a hot seller ..they're out of stock.....
they can be whitish or greyish or tannish.....they get darker and lighter with different light and how well fed they are
i could be wrong..these might actually be a different coral but they surely look like well fed aiptasia to me
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Ummm yeah that does look like aiptasia... shucks I should be charging extra for corals that occasionally get those, instead I try to eradicate the little boogers...
I've never seen "polyps" like those.... unless it's something freaky and rare that I've never heard of, that is aiptasia...
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11-16-2006, 04:11 PM
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do you think a scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp would eat it, what about a fw dip??/
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11-16-2006, 04:18 PM
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No a cleaner shrimp won't eat it but a Peppermint shrimp will. Be careful not to get a Camel shrimp by mistake - they are sometimes misidentified at LFS. Camel shrimp have a distinct hump on their back (hence the name). Peppermint shrimp are red and transluscent/clear white. They usually do a good job at cleaning aitpasia right up.
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