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09-29-2007, 07:52 PM
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 Aptasia? and ? Is the first one aptasia? and what is the other one?  
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09-29-2007, 11:07 PM
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| Re: Aptasia? and ? Yes on the first one and Im not exactly sure on the second one. I have the liitle star fish looking thing in my tank also though.
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09-30-2007, 12:02 AM
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| Re: Aptasia? and ? first one is definately aptasia, and the second one is a starfish. ive been looking on google, and this is what ive found. it may be a Asterina star. even thouhg yours has 6 legs, most stars only have 5, and sometimes they mutate. so, im not sure if it is it, but it is better than nothing!
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09-30-2007, 12:18 PM
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| Re: Aptasia? and ? e_baer is right. It's asterina. I notice I have about 1 per tank and mine have 6 legs. |
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10-13-2007, 01:09 PM
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| Re: Aptasia? and ? I have seen the tiny stars in the LFS in Gainesville- and in a book my friend has. (forgot the name of the star) They grow to about 1/2" and "could" be harnful to corals- but in the book it states there are different kinds, the LFS also said the same thing, they actually let you have them from the tank if you want them, as they are good cleaners.
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10-13-2007, 02:59 PM
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| Re: Aptasia? and ? They are great for keeping you sump clean if you dont want them in your main tank. |
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10-13-2007, 05:42 PM
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| Re: Aptasia? and ? Ok- found an article on them- reefkeeping.com "a spineless column" they are asterinids. Question to TONZ: they wouldn't get in the hosing and 'clog' the system if there were more than one? Not sure what you can put in the sump> are snails ok too?
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10-14-2007, 09:06 PM
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| Re: Aptasia? and ? So what's the consensus on how to get rid of aptasia??? |
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10-15-2007, 07:15 AM
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| Re: Aptasia? and ? Natural method - get yourself a peppermint shrimp or copperband butterfly. Chemical - Inject with Joe's Juice, lemon juice or boiling water.
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10-15-2007, 09:35 PM
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| Re: Aptasia? and ? Hey Glampka...what about an arrow crab? Would they do the trick?
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10-15-2007, 09:54 PM
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10-19-2007, 06:48 PM
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| Re: Aptasia? and ? Love the quote under your name! Cool, will watch - just wasn't sure if they would get into the hosing or tubing. Thanks.
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