Aptasia on trumpet coral

I noticed an aptasia when i was looking at my trumpet coral then when i looked closer i saw there are about 15 tiny aptasia on the branches and right under the heads. What's the best way to remove these without harming the coral? I examined the rest of my tank and saw just 3 more but they were on rocks so there not a problem to remove.

 

Many in our local club have been using this product with great success in eliminating Aptasia. I use it as well on all invaders I can see on my rocks. it does work. I go thru on a monthly basis and get the ones I can see and get to. sadly there are many I cannot get to so I have to keep up on it as a regular maintenance.

the product has a very good applicator and you should be able to pinpoint the ones you see.


aquarium and pond products, Crystal Clear Aquatics Zap-tasia

 

Are you sure they are aptasia and not hydroids?

 

Pictures would certainly help. I've never heard of Aptasia growing on corals.

 

i had some aips growing on my frogspawn, i would say try some peppermint shrimp. then try aiptasia x, then try an aiptasia zapper.

 

oh yea they spawn and the little killers will lite on coral and then start to grow they will kill the coral in most cases if not removed, sometimes the coral wil die before they are noticed the best defence is to get glass nem killers like peppermint shrimp,copperband butterfly fish and there is a type of nudi that will eat them

 

+1 on above

they grow or settle on the calcium skeleton of many corals of the SPS
(on any areas previoulsy affected by STN for example or LPS varieties which have large areas of calcium structure to affix to

when they are tiny they are not noticable and do not do much if any harm
but as they grow and stretch, their tentacles make contact with the live areas of the corals which often leads to the demise of any coral with smallish heads such as juvenile torches or Duncans etc, or individual heads of colonies such as Acans etc

 

Here's a picture, if you look at the head to the right there right underneath.
I put in a peppermint shrimp last week but he doesn't seem interested in it. Maybe i'll get a couple more? its a 40 gallon tank. If that doesn't work is it ok to apply aptasia x on the coral branch? There way too small to inject with anything.

 

If that was my coral, I would be tempted to waft coral closed with my hand, over it

using a plastic pan with handle, transfer coral underwater into the pan and lift out

then with the head of the corals retracted the Aiptasia should be easier to get at

you could try Aiptasia X under those conditions as it would be easier than trying to do it in the tank IME

also you could try manually removing them using tweezers, and then rinsing the coral in another pan of tank water before placing it back in your aquarium
this should reduce the risk of the nem releasing spores and thus increasing the problem in your DT

Steve

 

Those look like Hydroids to me.
Hard to tell by the picture though.