"Don Geddis" wrote in message
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So I've got a standard reef tank, LR/LS & skimmer. Partitioned off a
section
and put some seahorses in there. Everything seems fine.

But of course, like most reef tanks, I've got constant low-level trouble
with
bubble algae (valonia), aiptasia anemones, etc.

Feeding my seahorses last night, I just noticed that a tiny baby aiptasia
anemone had attached itself -- to the _belly_ of one my my seahorses! The
seahorse was swimming around, and these tentacles were drifting behind
him,
coming out of his stomach. Bizarre.

Anyone have experience with this? Might the seahorse get hurt, or is it
armored enough to withstand the aiptasia stings? How can I remove it? I
guess I could try to catch the seahorse, hold it down, and then inject the
aiptasia with something like Joe's Juice. But that sounds like a lot of
stress for the poor seahorse, and I'd hate for it to breathe/swallow
concentrated Joe's Juice as I try to kill the aiptasia. I have a
reasonable
fear that the cures might be worse than the disease.

Advice? Suggestions?

-- Don
This picture would be worth a million words.

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