ID help please: Do I really have aiptasia?

[Shinchan]

Found this little bugger poking out of my substrate. There is no stem or foot exposed, only the disc and tentacles. If I pester it, it completely disappears below the surface of the substrate.

 

I found another one on one of my rocks but couldn't get a good picture of it.

 

Can someone confirm it's aiptasia or is it just the head of a cool worm or something?

Edited December 16, 2012 by Shinchan

[surf&turf]

Aiptasia

[Shinchan]

Great, lucky me...

[surf&turf]

Inject them with vinegar or lemon juice, should take care of them.

[Coral Hind]

It should be easy to remove, just scoop out the sand and remove it. The one on the rock can be killed with aiptasia-x or kalk paste.

[Shinchan]

Already scooped the one in the substrate out, turns out there was a piece of skeleton under there that it was attached to.

 

Will the injection harm any other nems in the tank? I have a Borneman's and a rock nem within a couple of inches of the aiptasia.

[zygote2k]

Kill the Borneman now while you only have one.

Tribbles, anyone?

[Shinchan]

The Borneman is very fat and happy, so it hasn't reproduced after 6 months. I wouldn't mind if it did though, this one is gorgeous...

[Steve175]

Inject the aptasia with a kalk slurry or Aiptaisia-X ASAP. If you are moderately careful, nothing even in the vicinity will be harmed.

[treesprite]

I found one the other day I have no idea how I got it, unless it has been hiding in the rock for a few years. I put epoxy over it, over that part of the rock.