Aiptasia or not

[saltwaterbeginner]

Have a 29 gallon biocube in it's 3rd week of cycling. Got home today and while looking around the tank ran into these guys. Hoping it's not aiptasia, but I'm not very confident. If it is, what's the best way to get rid of them. I heard aiptasia x, lemon juice, joe's juice, etc are hit or miss. Thanks in advance.

 

[BobNY]

It looks like aptasia to me.
Years ago I had a bad aptasia outbreak. I used a product called Joe's Juice and it worked well, but I had so many it was quite a chore to inject them all. I finally bought a few Peppermint shrimp. They wiped them out very quickly. Some haven't had the luck I did with the Shrimp. They seem to be hit or miss. I put 3 in the tank,

 

[electricman]

What causes that I am starting to have a problem,is that a sign that live rock is dying?

 

[saltwaterbeginner]

It looks like aptasia to me.
Years ago I had a bad aptasia outbreak. I used a product called Joe's Juice and it worked well, but I had so many it was quite a chore to inject them all. I finally bought a few Peppermint shrimp. They wiped them out very quickly. Some haven't had the luck I did with the Shrimp. They seem to be hit or miss. I put 3 in the tank,[/QUOTE


Thanks for replying.
Can I put in the peppermint shrimp during cycle, or should I wait til the cycle is complete? Don't want to expose the shrimp to a noxious environment and have it die before it finishes it's mission.

 

[BILBO913]

wait for cycle to finish before putting anything in the tank.
like bobny said those shrimp are hit or miss. ive used aiptasia x in the past and it worked for the ones i could reach, then i said screw it and got a raccoon butterfly and cleaned them up. but then it ate my nem's. unfortunately your tank will be to small to house a butterfly.

 

[Belwell]

+1 aptasia

 

[saltwaterbeginner]

Used Aiptasia X. Hope it's the last time I see them. Thanks for your help.

 

[duke62]

your tank is just starting to cycle dude..boil those rocks dont get something that may or may not work..TRUST ME i have them and i wish my tank was cycling so i couild boil my rock work

 

[saltwaterbeginner]

Do I boil all my live rock or just the one with the hitchhikers?

 

[fcamargo6thave]

sometimes aptaisa get on the sand bed, inside the tubing and pipeing so boiling the rock will kill everything on the rocks itself but they may come back if a few stragglers are left behind.