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andresont 02-27-2007 09:33 AM

Do aptesia glow under actinics?
 
Hey guys i have my new 60 Gal tank up and running and i see some small polyps popping out from live rocks and they glow green under actinics only. They do like aptesia but I don't remember if in my previous tanks if they used to glow green under actinics.
Anyone care to check theirs? Because two of mine is too tiny to positevly identify. If they are, then i need to buy some shrimps to get rid of it.
Thx.

Beverly 02-27-2007 01:41 PM

IME, aiptasia will grow under almost no light :twised:

Der_Iron_Chef 02-27-2007 01:52 PM

Grow or glow?!

Beermaster 02-27-2007 02:13 PM

I dont belive he is asking about them growing, they glow green, i have never seen them glow green before

Matt 02-27-2007 03:01 PM

I can confirm that they don't glow under actinics in my tank.

Murminator 02-27-2007 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt (Post 237813)
I can confirm that they don't glow under actinics in my tank.

Mine do not glow either

Skimmer Juice 02-27-2007 04:14 PM

I put a bunch in bucket with just water and they were still living 4 days later, they will live under anything.:twised:

Midknight 02-27-2007 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andresont (Post 237793)
Hey guys i have my new 60 Gal tank up and running and i see some small polyps popping out from live rocks and they glow green under actinics only. They do like aptesia but I don't remember if in my previous tanks if they used to glow green under actinics.
Anyone care to check theirs? Because two of mine is too tiny to positevly identify. If they are, then i need to buy some shrimps to get rid of it.
Thx.

I think his Q is do they GLOW? If not what do we think they are that would glow like this?

saltwatermaniac 02-27-2007 06:11 PM

By the sounds of it they seem like button polyps to me.

andsoitgoes 02-27-2007 07:03 PM

I mistook a white star polyp for apistasia some months back, glad I didn't douse it TOO much with Joe's Juice, although it probably wouldn't have done anything...

but anyway, pictures! Mine grow very nicely green under actinics.

Murray - they're the cockroaches of saltwater, I tell ya! I've ripped them off, stuck 'em in a bucket with water (I was doing a clean) came back a week later and they were still alive. COLD WATER... ugh. Needless to say there stuffed in soil outside now, so TAKE THAT evil thing!!


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