Can someone ID this??

trukgirl

Hello....

I just set up my tank 2 days ago. This morning, I woke up to what I think is some kind of polyp??

There are 2 .... I have arrows on them in the 1st pic. I only have a filter on the tank right now, my protein skimmer is coming UPS (should b here tomorrow) and I am going to get a powerhead at noon when the LFS opens. Tank is 10g. Live rock & live sand are the only things in there!!

Sorry I didn't get any pics from the side. They do stick out a little from the rock, like they have a stem that is skinnier than the "head"

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wake49

Looks like aiptasia or mojave anenome. They are both considered a pest and have a tendency to take over aquariums if left unattended. You might want to get a syringe with 1-2 ml of pure lemon juice and squirt it straight into the mouth of the anenome.

I'm not 100% on this, can you get a closer pic?

trukgirl

Thanks Wake. I am going to take the pics to the LFS too in a few mins and see what they say.

They are super tiny, I took those pics on macro. Bout as close up as I can get.

Darn and I thought I might have had more free hitchhikers! LOL

trukgirl

Yeah, you were completely right. I took my blackberry and showed them the pics I posted and told them what you said, and you were right on!! Then they proceeded to try to sell me the $15 aiptasia "medicine"... I told 'em you suggested lemon juice, they said they never heard of that... but I'm going to give the lemon juice a twirl first!

DCR

That's neat -- I'd never heard of lemon juice. I always used either Kalkwasser or sodium hydroxide.

But, wake is definitely right about one thing -- if you don't get rid of pest anemones quick, your work will be cut out for you. Heh. I've seen tanks become swaying masses of tentacles before you could say aiptasia.

teddyzaper

i did lemon juice on them and they are all gone, just take em out with tweezers once they come out of thier little hole.

onefish2fish

if you use tweezers and dont get all of the foot out of the rock then a new one will re-grow in its place. there almost always is a small piece of foot left behind that you cant even see that will re-grow a new one so i suggest the lemon juice method.

looks like aiptasia to me but it also reminds me of a brown flower/rock anemone.

trukgirl

Thanks everyone!

& Super thanks Wake!

I turned off all my circulating stuff, & did just like you said, took a syringe & touched em with it, squirted it right in the mouth. The lemon juice made those lil things suck themselves right up and turned into a tiny brown raisin LOL! I didn't think the dead ones could multiply... I'll get them outta there with some tweezers this morning.

bettalover2033

clerks in stores always try to squeeze all the money they can outta you

NC Frank

That is what I thought it was when I saw the picture. I defer to Wake though. :)