Removing Aiptasia with bare hands?

[ner'T']

Hi,

I have Aiptasia, (I think!) on my new liverock. I don't have gloves at the moment... Will it sting me, or cause problems if I pull it off with my fingers?
Thanks!

[i have crabs]

it wont do anything to you except make you mad when you realize thier is no way you will be able go grab one with your fingers

[ner'T']

Some are quite large, over 1". Is that what you mean? Or that they are too tough, or slippery?

[marie]

They're slippery and have a tendency to disappear into a hole in the rock when threatened, not to mention even if you do manage to pull it off the rock any bits left behind will form multiple, new babies

[kdpuffer]

From my understanding with aptasia, any little peice left behind will result in lots of replacements. I had what I suspected of being aptasia and upon closer examination there was also a large bristle worm about three inches long in the same small fragment of rock. So, to make life easy I just got rid of the rock, but from the posts iI have read, peppermint shrimp are the most readily available form of anti-aptasia there are. Not all will eat it though, so see if someone will lend you a specimen to treat the aptasia.

[brizzo]

Google Joe's Juice, it works like a charm every time. Pretty much kills on contact.