Aiptasia Pest Or Long Tentacle Anenome?

[stueyh]

Hello everyone

I had a question... some of my friends are telling me that this is a pest Aiptasia and to get rid of it before it spreads. doing some research i have my doubts. the tenticles are about 1-over 2 inches long, and the base stem is over an inch diametre. I have also heard so many people say about Aiptasia is if you have 1 you will have a hundred of them. it has been in my tank for about a month that I have noticed it (just at a part of my tank I was not able to get to), I dont see any others and has been growing fairly fast.

what are peoples thoughts about it..

thanks
Stu

 

[Pistol]

Looks like an aiptasia to me.

 

[heath]

I agree, looks like aitpasia to me. I ha

 

[theyangman]

Aiptaisa for sure. bigger ones have longer tentacles. lol.

 

[TORX]

Kill it with fire!!!!

 

[TORX]

They can get huge. This one could have eaten my thumb...not my tank

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Do aips normally have tentacles coming out of the oral disc??

 

[reeferkeeper420]

I know looking at mine they dont have any coming out of the oral disc or that kind of design going on, on it either lol.

 

[Cliff]

It's ugly brown kill it anyways lol

 

[saltyair]

Not so fast on the asp - could be a flower or lta - can you post side photos? The tentacles are not whip like where did u get that rock?

 

[pulpfiction1]

kill it,remove that rock if possible
make your own choice but heres some examples

https://www.google.ca/search?q=aipt...STyQTzo4KoAw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1019&bih=486

 

[stueyh]

thanks everyone for all of your help. I was able to remove the rock without damaging it so I hope that solves the problem. only see this one right

 

[scubasteve]

kill it

 

[Tiredguy]

Peppermint shrimp love to eat aiptasia


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[Kman]

It is aiptasia, you can get two kinds. The first one has tentacles all over the body and near the oral disk. The second only has the tentacles around the outside and sparely in the top. It also has those splashes of white. Like in the second picture by torx.

 

[averhoog]

Remove rock and use blow torch def apt