Need help identifying these...

[joedokes28]

Looks like a worm and moves like a worm
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Some type of anenome. I've been trying to kill these with Jone's Juice but it dosen't work so well and they come back after a week or so. I probably have about 10 right now. Should I keep killing them?
http://members.cox.net/joedokes28/tank/IMG_0671.JPG

As always, thanks for the help.

[FishinInTheDark]

The first is a bristleworm, which is by and large a harmless detritivore. I believe the second is a miserable aiptasia. Hit it again with Joe's.

[Condiman]

I would also have to agree with conni.

[Sugar Magnolia]

Make sure when you inject the aiptasia, you do it quickly before they have a chance to retract. Aim directly into the center - the mouth.

[joedokes28]

Those aiptasia sure are hard to kill. They'll shrivel up for a few days and then com back bigger than ever.

What would happen if I was to stop killing them? They'd obviously reproduce and there would be a 100 of them by march. What harm do they cause?

[icereefer]

Aiptasia, reproduce quickly and have a very nasty stinging ability. they can kill corals and small fish.

[joedokes28]

Do I have to worry about being stung while moving rock around?

[icereefer]

Buy rights, you should always use glove when handling anything in your tank. then you shouldn't have to worry about getting stung.

[arockkid]

PUT PUTTY ON IT!!! :) Whoohoo!

[icereefer]

:lol: :lol: there you go entomb it. :lol: :lol:

[MoonSoft]

Aptasia in the reef do actually play a beneficial role!!!!!!!

there are a few articles about these creatures, woods hope reaserchers find that they actually capture and eat Ick cysts!!!!!!! i have kept a large amount of these in my sump filter to separate them from the system they gobble up all kinds of matter basically anything they can get their hands on.. i say hammer chisel and move em.... i never like killing anything in my system even if a pest....
UNLESS I SEE THEM EATING MY CORAL!!!!!!!!!!

[icereefer]

I would have to agree with Moonsoft. Anthony Calfo: has a good article on that too. but that's if you have a place like a sump or a refuge to add them other wise in the main tank it don't take long for them to take it over.

[BoldAsBrass]

I don't allow bristol worms in my reef tank. I found one about six inches long and it was removed it right quick.

[MoonSoft]

Lets play a game it's called breathing. when you stop you turn blue, and passout and eventually die if you dont get air. Then your body starts to decompose! EWW!

Bristle worms are probably one of the most beneficial creatures if you are running a asnd bed anywhere near 1/2 deep. They add oxygen to the sand by sifting through it and breaking up dead matter and eating it before it turns into a nast algae bloom, then dig the gunk out of the live rock, and yes they can actually start attating corals.. but only some corals. In effect you remove the bristle worms then you remove the oxygen from your sand bed, and kill the bacteria living in it after the O2 levels drop. Then you have a rotting sand bed, an even worse problem than bristle worms. I say leave em in the system, they do more good than harm, when they get big sell em. There are plenty of people out there wanting these things

[BoldAsBrass]

Point well taken, and true. I remove them because I concentrate on corals, cleaning crew and few fish. Just don't like 'em, is all.

[Condiman]

I actually have about 5 larger ones growing on the inside of my overflow box.

[MoonSoft]

I love em, i run a 3.5" bed of oolite which is sugar sized very fine.. some people say you cant do that without a plenum, but i say you cant do it without worms! they add oxygen to my deep bed where it would normally produce hydrogen sulfide, and start killing everything in my tank. I dont like anything that has the potential for disturbing my corals, but a healthy system wont really suffer too much from them, i do however get rid of the large ones, as they are kinda evil looking LOL

[MoonSoft]

then again once you see a brown sea cucumber running around people wonder why you have a terd in your tank!!! go figure!

[MadMike_HC]

All these people sound like they work at a LFS Buy this chemical,or this solution.
Do it natures way,Buy a Peppermint shrimp and be done with aptasia once and for all
no more constant injecting Poisons into your tank
But thats just my opinion,But I like my tank to be as low maintenance as possible,I would go nuts if I had to inject all those things all the time,

[MarineScientist19]

OH come on people your not trying hard enough..... the best way is to fill a syringe with about 4ml of bleach and about 1ml of kalkwasser mix that up good and inject into the aptasia. of course you might lose alot of fish and prolly every bit of rock and invert life but hey the real goal here is to eleminate those friggin freeloaders hehehehe

im kiddin

nah i like to have bristles in my tank, i think i only got about 4 of them roaming around( used to have alot more but the banded coral shrimp mows them down)

as far as aptasia they dont really propigate unless you let them, my copperband usually eats any of them, along with some zoo's on the side (arg)

my sump and fuge have a good colony of them and it works really good like that. usually the sump is better, the fuge is getting taken care of by 2 peppermint shrimp ( they seem to file down on them quick)

Ive had too much caffine today! plz forgive hehe