Category Archives: Anenome

Solving your Aiptasia Problems

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Aiptasia is a nuisance anemone that sometimes comes as a hitchhiker on our saltwater aquariums live rock. This type of anemone quickly becomes a problem and if not dealt with may over take your tank. They are extremely resilient and very persistent. They may sting nearby corals and eat small fish and pods. This picture was taken from wetwebmedia.com, Check out the link for some more information regarding the anemone.  Some quick ways to get rid of them are:

1. Joes Juice.  A commercial product that you inject into a syringe and then shoot it onto the nuisance anemone.  When used per manufactures directions it is reef safe.

2.  Kalk Paste. You may need to remove the rock that your nuisance anemone is on to use this method.  Whip up a batch using your favorite recipe and smear it on or shoot it into the anemone.

3. Butane Torch.  Seriously, this clever reefer had bought a butane torch and cooked the rock his Aiptasa was on. You have got to check this out!

  Don’t let your saltwater reef aquarium get inundated with these pests. Take care of the problem before it gets out of hand.  Since Aiptasia more then likly comes in on live rock or a new coral frag, inspect every new addition.

Clownfish hosting in a Gigantea anemone

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  Here are a few pictures of my percula clownfish hosting in my gigantea anemone.  I have had my female clownfish for almost five years now and she has been hosting in this anemone for about four and a half years.  She used to have a male counterpart (bottom picture) but my reef tank suffered a case of Ich a couple of years back and unfortunately he did not make it.

  Here’s a quick tip to determine if your clownfish is a percula or an ocellaris (false) clownfish.  The percula will have ten spines in the first dorsal fin and the ocellaris will have eleven spines.