Is this Aiptasia?

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I've quite a few of them on this piece of liverock. Diameter is abt 12-15mm and length of body is 5mm. Pls help to ID.

1st Pic.

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2nd Pic.

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looks very similar to a Protopalythoa. (Reference)

[decentkid]

yup...those are Aiptasia

[SBS_Transit]

yup it is, try to kill it if u can

[ajeb]

If cannot solve manually try using pappermint shimp or copperband fish. I myself after fighting it manually for a couple of month have try copperband fish and within a week ... wallaaaaaaaaaaaa aiptasia gone with the wind

[RAV-65]

u can also mix abit of kalk with water and make a kalk paste den squirt it at tha aitapsia with a syringe... it should die the next day... or even on the spot.... but dun get overzealous and squirt too much, if not the kalk would form a snow storm in ur tank...

[untouchables]

use salifert aiptasia exit

[jsoon]

If cannot solve manually try using pappermint shimp or copperband fish. I myself after fighting it manually for a couple of month have try copperband fish and within a week ... wallaaaaaaaaaaaa aiptasia gone with the wind

Will cooperband fish eat other corals too ? like mushroom etc ?

[RAV-65]

use salifert aiptasia exit

IMO, the kalk paste works very well, dun need to waste $$$ lah, unless ur tank filled with aitapsias, like some fish farms' tanks...

[SharkBait]

Those are not aiptasia.

[RAV-65]

Those are not aiptasia.

On 2nd look, they do look a little different, aitapsias have longish and thin tentacles...

[ryz]

yep... those are not aiptasia... palythoa or maybe parazooanthus

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some pic from this website

1st pic of Anemone Aiptaisa.

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2nd pic of Anemone Aiptaisa.

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Zoanthid pic 1

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Zoanthid pic 2

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Zoanthid pic 3

[ajeb]

Will cooperband fish eat other corals too ? like mushroom etc ?

I have the fish for 1 month now and the fish does not touch any other coral except aiptasia. But if u got feather duster worm then it will gone as well. From my reseach in the net the fish is reef safe but the problem will be on the food. Luckly mine after 2 week start eating frozen brine or mysis shimp. If your aiptasia is only a few try solving it manually such as using kalw or lime juice but if the numbers quite a lot then this copperband fish will do the job well.

[boxfish]

This is what I have... seems like they are the zoo

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another

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Is this the aiptasia? ... in my sump

the LFS with many in their tank should be located "near the woods"...