Tube or not a Tube....that's the question

[mr_X]

last night i was at a store for the first time, and i bought a bunch of assorted macroalgae, and after it was in the fuge for a while, i decided to have a closer look. i believe i have a Tube Anemone hitchhiker!
he's less than an inch tall right now, but seems healthy and accepted food. cool huh.
anyways...is that what this is?

 

[Anonymous]

Looks like a pest anemone to me. More like an aptasia.

 

[mr_X]

ok..elaborate on that alittle. pest anemone= get rid of him?

 

[Anonymous]

I would. Here is the hitchhiker FAQ on this

http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/main_p ... _rock1.htm

 

[mr_X]

yikes. yeap..and as you were searching here, i was googling them. awwe!
what a let-down!
i thought i lucked out with a free tank-mate.

 

[Len]

Joe's Juice works very well But yes, get rid of him right away before he becomes an army of anemones.