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button polyp getting ready to spawn?
At first I thought it was a sponge, but upon inspection, it is part of the colony. I already have enough of these green polyps and wonder if I should remove this? Pretty cool see pic.
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I highly doubt that is a part of the polyps. I'd get rid of it and possibly the clump of polyps it's attached to if you already have a bunch of those.
It looks like there might be some aiptasia at 6 and 9 o'clock. I suggest getting rid of those as well.
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Get a berghia nudibranch
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File fish are interesting in their unique way.
Berghia are excellent predators of aiptasia, that's all they eat, but one isn't going to cut it by a long shot. One needs to establish a breeding population of them, which can take a couple months, so patience is key. Twice I have used berghia to irradicate whole tank infestations of aiptasia. Two or three more times I have tried to get the breeding population going and failed. Starting with many adults was the key for me. Last time I introduced more than 30 in my 100g. The times I failed I only added 6-8.
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Take the rock out, use a syringe with hot water to kill the aipt. Then rinse the area using tap water from the syringe.
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If cost is an issue years ago several of us use to buy one each and have one person breed them like I mentioned above then split the pop later After aiptasia is gone sell them to other hobbyist to recoup the initial cost Hth |
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I have had many zoanthids with sponges connected to them. That is what it looks like to me. In the past I have had yellow sponges take over an entire colony. It took about a year, so I would cut or rip it away if I was you.
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