Possible aptasia ID and a water parameter question

[LeJeune981]

I just found this Lil bugger growing in my DT..
I know I have a few aptasia growing in my fuge.. but i haven't seen one in the display ever. Then I spotted this guy.. it looks way different than the aptasia growing in my fuge.. the last picture is one of my fuge aptasia...so that's why I came here to ask the professionals :-)

My alk is a bit high maybe?
My water parameters are
Ammonia and Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
Ph 8.4
Cal 480
Alk 12
Phos. .50 (slowly bringing this down after switching from tap to rodi)

My alk doesn't change... last week I did a 40 gallon plus water change to remove alot of the tap water..and switching over to iorc salt... and the alk was 12 before. And 12 24 hours after the big water change.. I am ordering a mag. Test kit this week to moniter that as well...

Everything seems happy...expecially my frogspawn..


And a big thank you to everyone who has helped me and my many questions thus far... you deff have saved my mini reef dozens of times

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[mcgyvr]

Yes it is basically a type of aiptasia anemone... some look like that some don't...

Your alk is a bit over the recommended range (7-11) but typically not an issue..

Reef crystals is higher in alk than some others and it typically used for those with quite a few corals so that its higher alk level is used to maintain consistent alk levels due to coral,etc.. consumption..
As you add more corals your alk will be consumed more and having RC "may" be ok..

Seems quite a few people though are attempting to maintain lower alk levels though..
I keep mine around 8 and have recently switched from RC to regular IO (and may still switch to another with a lower alk level in the future)

[ReefNomad]

Aiptasia can photosynthesize, and they'll adapt their population of photosynthetic algae to the light conditions they're under. The one from your sump exhibits the typical coloration of a sunlight-spectrum aiptasia... the one in the display is exhibiting secondary traits in response to what I'm assuming is a tweaked lighting spectrum.
If you look closely at the pic of the sump aiptasia, you'll see the same markings are there, they're just not prominent. Those secondary markings act like shades, and can be used to reduce or increase the amount of photosynthesis the aiptasia experiences depending on the light conditions.

[LeJeune981]

No ****.... I never knew that... cool little creatures in my opinion...well hopefully one of the peppermint shrimp find it soon. I don't need those pooping up in my display

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[LeJeune981]

Originally Posted by mcgyvr

Yes it is basically a type of aiptasia anemone... some look like that some don't...

Your alk is a bit over the recommended range (7-11) but typically not an issue..

Reef crystals is higher in alk than some others and it typically used for those with quite a few corals so that its higher alk level is used to maintain consistent alk levels due to coral,etc.. consumption..
As you add more corals your alk will be consumed more and having RC "may" be ok..

Seems quite a few people though are attempting to maintain lower alk levels though..
I keep mine around 8 and have recently switched from RC to regular IO (and may still switch to another with a lower alk level in the future)

I've noticed that about people keeping there alk around 8.. so that's why I was concerned when I seen that... I don't do anything to intentionally raise my alk.. and everything seems happy.. so I suppose I should try worry too much if there isn't any problems with my tank due to it being at 12

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[JUNBUG361]

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