Do I Have.....AIPTASIA!?!?!?

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  1. Linda

    Linda Feather Duster

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    I knew I shouldn't have started bragging, cuz look, isn't this Aiptasia? In fact I think there's 2 of them. Thought they were cute when I first saw it a couple of weeks ago. Looking through a book on Inverts and ran across a picture and realized, it ain't cute, it's a menace. Can I yank 'em out with some tweezers?


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  2. Jason McKenzie

    Jason McKenzie Super Moderator

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    Those are feather dusters. little tiny ones

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  3. Linda

    Linda Feather Duster

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    yeah!!!!!! ;d;d;d;d;d;d;d;d;d;d;d;d;d;d
     
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  4. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Feather dusters, they are good for your tank.
     
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  5. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Cute little guys...

    Hope for more.

    Glad not other!



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  6. bmshehan

    bmshehan Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    glad for ya!!! from sadness to joy!!
     
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  7. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Unlike an anemone the feather duster has a calcerous tube. Aptasia looks like an anemone. Usually white to brown. It's too bad aptasia is such a menace cause, I think that they are cool looking.
     
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  8. Linda

    Linda Feather Duster

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    They look so similar. How can you tell them apart? While taking pictures, at one point, it had disappeared. I sat and stared at watched it slowly come out of it's little tiny tube. It was really beautiful.
     
    Linda, Feb 15, 2008
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  9. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Linda,

    Here is everything you wanted to know about aptasia (and probably much more - ;) )




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    BY Steven Pro

    Aptasia Impressions

    By Morgan Lidster

    Inland Aquatics Guide to Controlling Aiptasia Anemones - Inland Aquatics

    By Bob Fenner

    Aiptasia, My Least Favorite Anemones in Captive Systems

    Terry Siegel

    Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Editorial: April 2007


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  10. Linda

    Linda Feather Duster

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    Thanks, Omard. Karma.
     
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