- Location
- Long Island
At least I believe it is Aptasia...I will post a picture. I know there are many answers to this general question but as I have an empty tank I was hoping it would be easier for me to COMPLETELY eradicate them since I can do whatever is necessary without harming any creatures (besides the Aptasia that is!). Many solutions I have read online suggest methods that can't be done because of that reason, so I am hopeful there is another way. Any feedback would
The background story of the tank in case it will help: I decided to cycle my tank with dry rock from one of the sites...maybe reefrocks? It was a little while ago. I did this to specifically avoid having anyyyy pests in the new system.
Well sometime during my cycling I got some live rock from someone and when I ran out of space in the tank I was putting it in I decided to temporarily store a piece or two in the new cycling tank. I quickly realized I was an idiot and ran to take it out, but by then it had probably been there for a little while.
The cycle was probably done in January, but the tank sat there until around mid-March when I began to get ready to use it. I threw another piece of shrimp in and have been testing the water. Today it was ready and I threw on the lights and there they were. I am thinking they are using the nutrients from the shrimp to grow. It also explains my weird cycle. I am very sad and hope you can help!
The background story of the tank in case it will help: I decided to cycle my tank with dry rock from one of the sites...maybe reefrocks? It was a little while ago. I did this to specifically avoid having anyyyy pests in the new system.
Well sometime during my cycling I got some live rock from someone and when I ran out of space in the tank I was putting it in I decided to temporarily store a piece or two in the new cycling tank. I quickly realized I was an idiot and ran to take it out, but by then it had probably been there for a little while.
The cycle was probably done in January, but the tank sat there until around mid-March when I began to get ready to use it. I threw another piece of shrimp in and have been testing the water. Today it was ready and I threw on the lights and there they were. I am thinking they are using the nutrients from the shrimp to grow. It also explains my weird cycle. I am very sad and hope you can help!
