tastydog
01/02/2011, 02:39 AM
Over the past few months I have noticed some small things in my tank growing.
They look very similar to aiptasia except they don't grow past 3/4" in diameter and they ONLY come out at night and are extremely sensitive to light. They have what appears to be an oral disk with many tentacles surrounding it. They are not completely clear and not completely colored. They have a few bands around the tentacles and the disks are pattern colored with brown, white and clear. As soon as you shine a flashlight on them, or within 5-10 seconds, they pop into their holes as fast as a tube worm, or nearly as fast. They reappear withing a few minutes after the light is gone. I can count 7 in my 90 gallon now. They do seem to be spreading, but very slowly. Tonight I just found what appears to be a true aiptasia growing on the backside of a rock (it is much larger and brown). I am going to nuke it tomorrow. I did have an issue with aiptasia for many months. I was able to nuke most of them and I had 6 peppermints that worked for the rest. However, about 3 months ago, I took the peppermints out except one because they would eat the dendro and candy cane I tried to put in. I will continue to try to photograph these buggers, but it is extremely difficult because they are so small and so sensitive to light.
If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them. I am rather stumped on this one.
Brandon
They look very similar to aiptasia except they don't grow past 3/4" in diameter and they ONLY come out at night and are extremely sensitive to light. They have what appears to be an oral disk with many tentacles surrounding it. They are not completely clear and not completely colored. They have a few bands around the tentacles and the disks are pattern colored with brown, white and clear. As soon as you shine a flashlight on them, or within 5-10 seconds, they pop into their holes as fast as a tube worm, or nearly as fast. They reappear withing a few minutes after the light is gone. I can count 7 in my 90 gallon now. They do seem to be spreading, but very slowly. Tonight I just found what appears to be a true aiptasia growing on the backside of a rock (it is much larger and brown). I am going to nuke it tomorrow. I did have an issue with aiptasia for many months. I was able to nuke most of them and I had 6 peppermints that worked for the rest. However, about 3 months ago, I took the peppermints out except one because they would eat the dendro and candy cane I tried to put in. I will continue to try to photograph these buggers, but it is extremely difficult because they are so small and so sensitive to light.
If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them. I am rather stumped on this one.
Brandon