Aiptasia in bag of live sand

[fishysteve]

I bought a couple bags of Nature's Ocean Bio-Activ Live Aragonite Samoa Pink Reef Sand last week and there was an aiptasia in it. I didn't realize it was that live. Has anyone else have this happen to them?

[SnRFishies]

That's crazy! Did you notice it before you poured it into the tank? or was it too late?

[fishysteve]

No, I saw it two days after I setup my tank. It was a brand new tank with just the three bags of sand, and 15 lbs. of BRS dry Pukani rock. The aiptasia was about a quarter inch tall right in the middle of the sandbed. It couldn't have come from the rock.

[AquaReeferMan]

Its possible. Aiptasia can survive pretty much anything lol. Just scoop it out and discard it.

[fishysteve]

I took it out as soon as I saw it.

[Frantz]

well at least you are sure they didn't just sell you wet sand and all it live (-= but that's still pretty amazing. I should just raise them instead since they require no maintenance.

[ocmikep]

Lucky you saw it now before putting in coral

[fishysteve]

There isn't going to be any coral, just my peacock mantis. She needs a bigger tank.