Aiptasia Ever Good?

It will be interesting to see what happens with your experiment reefer. I like that we're kind of all doing research whether we know it or not sometimes. I also was wondering what the big deal is on aiptasia as I have one -- well last night I thought while I'm digging in the tank I'll just pull it out.
Yeah --- not as easy as it looks because it didn't work. They just slink into nothing and are ungrabbable if thats a word. I have 5 peppermint shrimp coming in so maybe they'll take care of the one, although it doesnt bother me if it's just that one and stays put. Big if there.

 

I've had two aips of different species in my tank, one for a year, it's the kind that looks like a spider sitting in it's hole. The other I believe is referred to as a flower anemone and has little 'discs' down it's tentacles like an octopus, looks pretty cool IMO, and has chosen a spot away from anything else, it's been in the tank for at least 6mo. Neither has reproduced...yet, nor have the grown any bigger than a dime in diameter. I don't purposely keep them around but I'm not jumping up to kill them anytime soon.

 

Every piece that breaks off will become a new pest! You can cut pull or yank them you have to kill them on the spot.

 

If you have a light bioload, you really dont need a skimmer, and if you do weekly water changes, you really dont need one.


Ive seen where people had aiptasia in there overflows and sumps, the trick is to have a good UV sterilizer to prevent them from getting back into the tank.