talkalot82 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I've had a tank running for 4 months. The tank had two pieces of dry tongue go in it. No sand. And always fresh salt water. The only thing that's been put in the tank are baby clownfish. Clowns I hatched. Nothing else. It gets regular water changes three times a week. With fresh water. And I only feed it tdo food. So how did I find three glass and enemies today in that tank? I remove the rock instantly and put it in a bucket to kill them. It won't go back into any of my tanks. I don't have glass anemomes in any of my tanks. So how the heck did I get a glass anemone. Much less three. I put a new piece of dry Tonga Rock in that tank. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InLikeFlynn Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I have no information, but I'd be curious to know about this as well.🤔 I had something similar a few years ago. I cycled a tank from dry rock and was fish-only and only fresh-mixed salt went in--never took water from any other system. Then randomly, like 6 months in, a single aptasia just popped out from a crevice in the rock as if immaculately conceived. Hitchhiking in the frozen food mix was my only theory at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 I hope not my food. I use premium tdo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorW Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Where did the rock come from and how long was it dry for? Those things are tough maybe they actually we're on the rock but somehow survived? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumby Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Weird. I have found they like dandelions. Even with a new lawn they seem to work their way in. Could be from your pipes, substrate, aquarium corners, rock, pumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The tank has no pipes. No sump. New aqua clear, new heater, no substrate. 2 new pcv elbos. Rocks dry for at least year. Maybe there were eggs on dry rock. That's the only thing I can think of. It's a plain glassbtank. With nothing in it. Really. Just 100 clowns. No other items. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorW Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 The tank has no pipes. No sump. New aqua clear, new heater, no substrate. 2 new pcv elbos. Rocks dry for at least year. Maybe there were eggs on dry rock. That's the only thing I can think of. It's a plain glassbtank. With nothing in it. Really. Just 100 clowns. No other items. I was curious about this and googled it and apparently you're not alone, it only takes one aptasia cell to start and says they can lay dormant on even dry live rock!? Can be carried in by fish, sand, water etc. Yikes. It's hard to say where yours came from for sure but wow that really makes you wonder where it could have came fromSent from my moto g(7) using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I feed aptasia on new live rock with this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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