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[chris348]

Found this growing on the side of some newly delivered Live Coral. Any ideas as to what it is and if there is anything elese I should be doing to help it along.

 

[TylerFerretLord]

I'm not very good at identifying cnidarians, but that looks like an aiptasia to me. They spread quickly and are generally considered a pest.

 

[SkiFletch]

Aiptasia, break out the joes juice or the blowtorch

 

[Lynden]

Unless that is... you happen to be among those that consider them attractive and as part of the reef tank as anything else.

 

[chris348]

Thanks guys

my only reason to as is, trying to have some aneome/clown fish, soft coral and polaps etc, just trying to create the living thing. Just looking form some advice as usual

 

[chris348]

Have decided to try and let nature take its course by adding another cleaner shrimp - peppermint. If nothing else happens then its going to have to a dose of Joes Juice. Is it really as simple to use as it sounds? - Joes Juice that is.

 

[SkiFletch]

it is that simple

 

[Colin_T]

The purple and yellow thing is a bicolor dottyback. You got lucky getting one of those with the rock

a peppermint shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni) should do the job. I had a tank of Aiptasia and introduced 4 peppermints. Within a month it was free of the nasty anemones.