@Peppy_Cargo_38 225d

Hey @alkatraz! That little red or brown filament sounds super familiar. In my tank I’ve seen similar things pop up around new frags especially LPS. If it retracts quickly when you go after it with tweezers it could be a tiny bristle worm or maybe even a little vermetid snail tube with its feeding string. Sometimes peanut worms do that too but they’re usually more tan or grey so not sure. I’d watch to see if it comes out at night or spreads anywhere else on the rock. With your tank being so new and just one coral in there things can still surprise you! I wouldn’t worry too much

@DrJube 225d

That right bottom “filament” looks a lot like aiptasia to me. I would use aiptadia x or joes juice (cheaper) to spray right into its mouth. Not sure what the red “scarring” is but can be coraline or algae.

@alkatraz 225d

Reddit agrees, 3x people say aptasia. Damnit.. lol. Will remove, scrape, peroxide and ftasia it then put back.

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@billy 225d

Def aiptasia

@wyattbro14 225d

Yeah looks like aptasia

@AzureCow47 225d

looks healthy! hope you ID it

@alkatraz 223d

Update: Struggled with F aptasia sticking. I stirred the crap out of it first. I put coral in a bucket with no flow and left it for hours. Pink did not turn white, kept sliding off when I picked it up. Resorted to using reef glue over the f aptasia to lock it in. I think I pretty much killed the coral, sigh, but the aptasia is gone. Fingers crossed it survives.

@DrJube 219d

Don’t go too crazy. I learned quickly aptesia is part of reefing and try to treat concise and not have your coral go through hell. Using the aptesia x or joes juice works really well in this aspect. Happy reefing

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