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05/11/2006, 08:45 PM | #1 |
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help id - anemone or not?
Please help me ID these little monsters. They look and act like a tiny anemone. They are reproducing at insane speed and are constantly moving around the tank. The clown fish are hosting them but they are stinging other corals. I cant kill them or remove them in any way. help!!!
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05/11/2006, 08:49 PM | #2 |
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Need pics. It sounds like maybe Aiptasia sp. or Anemonia cf. "majano."
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05/11/2006, 08:56 PM | #3 |
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sounds like aiptasia but need pic
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05/11/2006, 09:11 PM | #4 |
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http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/...PICT0098_3.JPG
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/54097138.jpg sorry it took me a while to resize the pics |
05/11/2006, 09:18 PM | #5 |
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Majanos..... Big ones too!
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05/11/2006, 09:24 PM | #6 |
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nuke 'em
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05/11/2006, 09:27 PM | #7 |
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how?
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05/11/2006, 09:36 PM | #8 |
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You can inject them with kalk paste, but I would turn off all your pumps and power heads while you are doing it.
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05/11/2006, 09:37 PM | #9 |
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Definitely anemones in the cf. "majano" group. Methods used to kill them include injection with hot water, kalkwasser, or "Joe's Juice" (which is a commercial product specifically for this purpose). Lemon juice is another alternative.
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05/11/2006, 09:39 PM | #10 |
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bah ,, just take some of your calcium and inject it with that,, will kill them for sure.
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05/11/2006, 10:06 PM | #11 |
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Mejanos. Pull them out ASAP!
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