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JDigital 06-21-2008 03:01 AM

ID Please... form of Apitasia?
 
Found this tonight after moving my LR to my new tank.. Is this apitasia? I have never seen apitasia with such bulky stalks... Thanks!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ital/IDpls.jpg

dabandit 06-21-2008 03:08 AM

I have hundreds of those,even in my skimmer. I'd like to know my self

Palster 06-21-2008 03:09 AM

I am pretty sure that it is not Aiptasia. I have had more than my share of Aiptasia since I started in this hoppy and none of it looked like that.

Monti-Man 06-21-2008 03:17 AM

It is a sponge:)

Here is what melevs site says about it:

This is a harmless Scypha sponge. They are very small, and usually found in our overflow boxes and down in the sump. Attached to rock, glass or acrylic or even your plumbing, they may be about the size of a grain of rice or perhaps larger, like Debi's above. These little filter-feeders are reef-safe.

Here is the link:http://www.melevsreef.com/id/sponge.html

JDigital 06-21-2008 03:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monti-Man (Post 331199)
It is a sponge:)

Here is what melevs site says about it:

This is a harmless Scypha sponge. They are very small, and usually found in our overflow boxes and down in the sump. Attached to rock, glass or acrylic or even your plumbing, they may be about the size of a grain of rice or perhaps larger, like Debi's above. These little filter-feeders are reef-safe.

Here is the link:http://www.melevsreef.com/id/sponge.html

Nice! Thanks for the link... will save me from making some thread in the future. :biggrin:

hillbillyreefer 06-21-2008 05:18 AM

Harmless, which is a good thing I've got hundreds of them in my sump.

matix 06-21-2008 02:28 PM

getting rid of aiptesia
 
Wondering if you soak you live rock in fresh water if that would kill all the aiptesia. I just bought some rock and have a little bugger on it new tank so i think I will get rid of this problem first

Midknight 06-21-2008 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matix (Post 331246)
Wondering if you soak you live rock in fresh water if that would kill all the aiptesia. I just bought some rock and have a little bugger on it new tank so i think I will get rid of this problem first

An atomic blast can't kill these things. :wink:


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