What kind of soft coral is this?? Please Help!!

[cocklobster]

I'm not sure what the name is so I can make sure I feed them correctly...

thanks.

Mick G.

[twisted]

im not a coral genius so i wont guess. if you go to coralpedia.com or xtalreef you can find it...the second site is a pic/list of good and bad things for your tank. coralpedia just has lots of info and pics

[ChicagoReef]

Looks like some sort of pest anenome but i'm not 100% sure.

[Parrothead]

Looks like some sort of pest anenome but i'm not 100% sure.

That was my first thought when I blew up the pic enough to see it

[zhenya]

Looks like your average Aiptasia sp. anemone. I wouldn't feed it at all, if anything I would feed them some very hot kalkwasser paste.

;)

[Zach]

Yeah, looks like aiptasia. When I had my Aiptasia problem I injected them with vinegar...seemed to work well.

[mpwolken]

Kalk paste is the BEST solution. In case you don't know, Kalk is just pickling lime (same stuff). If you can find Mrs. Wages pickling lime at Wal-Mart, buy it.

Then, find a syringe (if you can get a large gauge syringe from a vet or doctor, that would be good).

Mix some water from your tank with the kalk until it becomes a thick paste. Suck it up into your syringe and inject the individual aptasia.

[returnofsid]

A slight correction...

Don't mix the Pickling lime with tank water. SW and Pickling lime don't mix. Use RO/DI water. Tap water would also be okay, since it's such a small amount. You want a "toothpaste" consistency. Then, with a syringe, inject this mixture into the pest anemone, and cover the entire thing. If it's in a high flow area, you may need to re-direct flow, or turn off a powerhead, to keep the mixture from getting blown off of the anemone.