that's what I used...hammer, but lost most of that rock since it was infested with aiptasia, and it looked exactly like your photo above, but was all different sizes....I wouldn't panic with just one little one though, but good idea to get rid of it, it apparently spreads quickly
Try the Lemon juice. I have had success with this on single aiptasia. I had an outbreak though. I would've destroyed my alkalinity trying to squirt lemon juice into one hundred or so aiptasia. I bought peppermint shrimp, and haven't seen a single aiptasia since. It took buying quite a few shrimp (I have at least half a dozen in there), but after a few months, the aiptasia is gone.
I read an article in Coral Magazine recently that said there are 2 different species of shrimp sold as Peppermint Shrimp. The pictures looked nearly identical. One eats aiptasia and the other does not, which is why you are best to purchase a small group of these shrimp to ensure you actually get some of the aiptasia eating species in your purchase.
Only one? Suck the whole thing up with hypodermic syringe. No additives/chemical. Simple physical removal.
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