ID THIS!! is this Aiptasia???

Discussion in 'ID This!' started by elweshomayor, Oct 5, 2009.

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  1. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    what is the thing right next to the coral ( to which i also need ID)


    **on the last pic, my scarlet shrimp jumped to my hand when i was pointing to the coral** lol
     

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  3. Aqualung

    Aqualung Stylophora

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    Congrats on your new aiptasia.. nukey time
     
  4. irr0001

    irr0001 Purple Tang

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    Kind of hard to tell..but from the first picture i believe it is..I'd go ahead and nuke it!
     
  5. TahoeMtn

    TahoeMtn Flamingo Tongue

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    Yes it is aiptasia I see three in the first picture. One at the base of the top coral and two where you are pointing.

    The coral looks like xenia
     
  6. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    can you guys tell me how to nuke it?? never had this problem before.
     
  7. jzenob

    jzenob Coral Banded Shrimp

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    inject with boiling h20, lemon juice....
     
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  9. irr0001

    irr0001 Purple Tang

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    peppermint shrimp

    or

    a syringe with either boiling water, lemon juice, or joes juice

    edit: put the syringe INTO the aiptasia
     
  10. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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