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10/22/2013, 04:27 PM
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Usually confused...
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 1,091
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Can aptasia stay dormant?
I have a 29 gallon reef tank I keep in our living room that, except for a yellow watchman goby I added 2 months ago (and I do not let water from another tank get in the tank) I have added absolutely nothing to in over a year.
Imagine my surprise when I was headed to bed and I saw a nice, big aptasia blooming from the stalk of a candy cane. Got up this morning just to make sure I wasn't dreaming, and, sure enough: [IMG]  [/IMG]I injected the stalk with lemon juice, and will move on to kalk paste if that didn't work, but I just wonder where it has been hiding all this time... Can they stay dormant for long periods of time? Did I really miss an aptasia sitting on one of my corals for months?
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John Current Tank Info: Currently a 29 gallon all-in-one frag tank and a 210 gallon tank slowly becoming my dream system! |
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10/22/2013, 04:36 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Florida
Posts: 2,312
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I've had the same experience and I have not added any coral or live rock in years. Thankfully it happened it a QT. And I don't know what I did but one morning the aiptasia had left the rock and attached to the thermometer...haha...sucker
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80 gal frag with 30 gal refugium, Orphek Atlantik LED, Red Sea RSK300 skimmer, predominately SPS and LPS Current Tank Info: 80 gallon reef tank with 30 gal refugium |
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