is this aiptasia

Not sure if this is aiptasia. I have a green clove polyp growing nearby that is growing like mad. Which leads me to believe it might be another colony sprouting. I really hope its the latter of the two.


_DSC3770 by rhoads238, on Flickr

 

aiptasia

 

should i get a peppermint shrimp? I hear a lot of people complain about them nipping corals

 

Actually, the word is decimate.

FWIW, the vast majority of corals that they've attacked (that I've heard of) were fleshy or long-tentacled LPS. I've kept them with a variety of leathers, polyps, and mushrooms with no issue; the only thing they killed were my smaller species of anemones. I've not heard of them bothering SPS corals, either.

To answer your question- In hind-sight (having been given bad advice myself at the time by the LFS), I'd say no, you should not get a peppermint shrimp. Adding a predator to eradicate a pest is always a gamble and should only be used as a last resort. There are a variety of methods to eliminate one or two aiptasia manually... aiptasia x, kalk paste, fire, or super glue gel are the most common that seem to work well.

 

Moved to ----- ID This.

 

So I picked up some aptasia x at my lfs and dosed the two aiptasia i had. I only have two so lets see what happens.

 

What you have there is an amazing photo of Aiptasia.

 

Thanks! I do photography on the side. Check out my photo page, its in my signature.

 

Some nice stuff there! I'm not a completely inexperienced photographer, but most of my tank shots still dont look much better than my avatar (which my son shot with his phone). Heh.

 

Awesome art!