can Aptasia/ polyps fly?

StirCrazy · #1 09-21-2002, 12:16 PM

ok I saw this in my tank so i grabed a pic, first i am not sure if it is aptasia or another type of polyp i have that spreads good, buy i saw it swimming by pummping it tenticles. it swam to a high up place on the tank then anchored on the pipe. I know it was "swimming" as it was moving against the current!

if it is one of the Polyps that I have that seams to spread all over (in my main tank, the 25 gal tank , the sump and in the skimmer, this would explain how it is getting around to thase places.

here is a pic
"Flying Polyp"

Steve

StirCrazy · #2 09-21-2002, 12:31 PM

Here is a Pic of the polyps that have been spreading all over in my tank.. this is what I suspect it is.

polyp

Steve

Troy F · #3 09-21-2002, 01:47 PM

Doesn't look like aiptasia to me, though I've never had this little delight. Do a search on majano(sp?) anemones on either www.thereeftank.com or www.reefcentral.com . I don't think you'll want either more than the eyether [img]smile.gif[/img] .

StirCrazy · #4 09-21-2002, 02:04 PM

Well I posted on RC to Dr. Ron and this is what he had to say

" Hi Steve,

Your polyp may be an Anemonia majano, a very definite pest. However, the tentacle structure is not "quite" right (the pests generally have a small bulb at the tentacle tip). It may simply be a small benign anemone. If it was in my tank, I would watch and monitor it. IF it started to reproduce and show up all over the tank, I would probably try to eradicate it.

The "swimmer" does look like Aiptasia, sorry to say.

Cheers, Ron "

So it looks like I will be stopping at Canuck rubber to pic up some HCL and have a Polyp nuking party tonight.. everyone is invited but it is a BYON party (BYON = Bring your own needle :D )

just kidding but I know what I willbe doing over the next few nights...

Steve

Troy F · #5 09-21-2002, 05:15 PM

Yeah, I only looked at one picture, the other does look like aiptasia. Good luck with it Steve, they're nasty little buggers. Might try some peppermints.

StirCrazy · #6 09-21-2002, 05:34 PM

I have 3 pepermint shrimps in there now Troy, so I think I am going to concentrate on the "other" ones first and hope the pepermint shrimps will keep the Aptasia under control.. but.. if I am beside one while I am nukin it might get shot up also :D :D

Steve

sumpfinfishe · #7 09-21-2002, 09:38 PM

Hey Steve, my roomie had a major aptassia colony almost wipe out everything until the day when he mixed heated salt water and buffex togehter. Once he had a really hot mix of this high concentration he simply injected it into the aptassia and "boom" there were gone, a few that he missed came back but once he pierced the top half of the base these nasty things, that's when they started to really die off. I know this method works and is fairly safe as long as the buffex does not overdose the system.
Goodluck and be careful with the needle!,
my two bits-sff