View Full Version : anybody help me identify these live rock growing creatures.
volcan
10-15-2006, 4:54 PM
anybody help identify these creature. they are fast growing. pictures to follow
volcan
10-15-2006, 4:55 PM
any information about them would be appreciated. are they harmful, they are making the tank look more colorful
BadRoma1
10-15-2006, 5:16 PM
i hate those things. it's aiptasia and will sting other corals and spread fast
very fast I'd get some joes juice or shoot them full of lemon juice. They will take over your tank in no time flat.
oscar83
10-15-2006, 9:55 PM
agreed, aptasia is a real PITA. a copper banded butterfly or peppermint shrimp will also eat them.
BadRoma1
10-19-2006, 12:31 AM
actually, about the copperband butterfly, i put one of those in with my aiptasia and the aiptasia is loosing battle few months later, and i never thought that day would come. now i mostly have huge onse, all the small are gone, but my copperband is young and seems to avoid very big aiptasia
That's because it starts tasting worse and stinging more the bigger it gets. I'd give it a shot of lemmon juice or joes juice to get rid of it.