Please help me identify

[nicoli627]

Don't know the technical name. I use to call them feather dusters. But these are huge biggest I've ever seen. And they seem to be growing? Are the good or bad? If bad how to reduce population? Sorry for the bad pic. They are brown in color.

 

[nicoli627]

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[dball711]

Look like apistasia and a lot of them. Very bad and need to get rid of them, they will take over. Google, many ways to get rid of, manually remove, cover with kalk paste, inject with joes juice,or get a predator that eat them like peppermint shrimp.

 

[nicoli627]

What's the recommended way to get rid of them?

 

[jimmystephens]

Yep. Aiptasia

 

[jimmystephens]

Aiptasia x. Boiling hot water or lemon juice injected with a needle or you could get a fish that eats them.

 

[nicoli627]

Thanks for the help. They will die this weekend !!!

 

[rdnelson]

Nicoli627;1027854 wrote: What's the recommended way to get rid of them?

5 megaton atom bomb. Might need to go with 10 ton.

 

[jennm]

Yep those are some beefy Aiptasia. You likely won't get rid of them all at once. If you do manually remove as many as you can, even a piece of leftover tissue will regenerate, and when they are stressed with chemical removal, they can release their gametes which will cause a whole new crop.

If you don't have any fish that are prone to eating invertebrates like shrimp, I'd consider getting a bunch of Peppermint Shrimp - they will help keep them in check if/when they grow back.

They're a nasty nuisance.

Jenn

 

[nicoli627]

Thanks to all.

 

[nickg]

Uuuuummmmmmm..... Yeah, definitely NOT feather dusters..... That would bad the spawn of satan you have there.....

 

[snowmansnow]

Yea those gotsa go


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[bcavalli]

JennM;1027907 wrote: Yep those are some beefy Aiptasia. You likely won't get rid of them all at once. If you do manually remove as many as you can, even a piece of leftover tissue will regenerate, and when they are stressed with chemical removal, they can release their gametes which will cause a whole new crop.

If you don't have any fish that are prone to eating invertebrates like shrimp, I'd consider getting a bunch of Peppermint Shrimp - they will help keep them in check if/when they grow back.

They're a nasty nuisance.

Jenn

+1 Throw 10 peppermints in and they generally will do the job. Only issue is they will kill each other off until there's only one pair left. at least mine did.

 

[declanisadog]

I am about to whip up a batch to get rid of some mushrooms and GSP.

 

[nicoli627]

Thank you all again treated the tank yesterday and already see a big improvement.

 

[cnichols967]

I found superglue works great