Aiptasia...Should I care?

dfbiggs

I'm not trying to have a reef tank here..I have some pretty aiptasia that came in on my live rock and I think its beautiful. Other than stinging corals and taking over should I have any concerns when it comes to fish? Can they hurt my fish? This is in my puffer & eel tank...I do have some Eagle Eye Zoanthids in here also. I know, can it be, puffers and zoanthids can coexist? :) If it can sting my puffers then that's probably why I caught them making weird facial expressions the other day..cracked me up..but I don't want them to get hurt.

Reefing Madness

Wouldn't worry about the fish. The Zoos on the other hand may be stung in the future. No reason to get rid of them if you don't want to, some of them have great coloring, like Mojano.

dfbiggs

Good...I'll keep an eye out to see if they start to grow near my zoos. And the other eye out for the puffers eating the zoos..:)

jbonez

Fish will be fine any coral the aiptasia will sting

dfbiggs

Okay thanks...will it sting me? I am wondering now if my hands and arms sting from the SW or I may have stinging cells on me.

jbonez

yes it will sting you be careful im a memeber of reef central also i seen a picture of a guy who was stung it wasnt pretty

dfbiggs

It's that bad?!!...I figured it would be just like a jellyfish sting...and I have been stung pretty bad and it doesn't' bother me...you could see every tentacle line burnt in my skin. Now I am curious to touch one.:) Is this one of those creatures that gives you other side effects besides the sting?..like a Man 0'war?

Reefing Madness

Unless your alergic to the sting, your not even going to feel it.

dfbiggs

Yeah I figured with how many times I have grabbed my rock without looking for them I would have touched them. I probably passed it off as the stinging saltwater. Thanks.

Reefing Madness