Only urgent because it involves apstasia, a leather coral and an unknown worm.
I just brought home a new leather coral that has a good chunk of rock attached. While in the bag I noticed what I'm pretty darn sure was apstasia. It was only 1 head, I attempted to take it off with tweezers, plus a little by of paper towels.
Then, as I was putting it back, I saw the crawling (more like slithering) of an unknown bristle worm. After researching hikers, I'm concerned it's NOT a bristle, but in fact a eunicid worm. I say that given the coloration seems to match the orange color a little more.
I immediately dipped the leather in CoralRx, but haven't confirmed the worm is dead or gone.
I put the coral back in the bag with some water from my tank, but the leather is not yet in the tank. How long can I keep it in the bag, and should I try to setup a quarantine tank until I know for sure?
I just brought home a new leather coral that has a good chunk of rock attached. While in the bag I noticed what I'm pretty darn sure was apstasia. It was only 1 head, I attempted to take it off with tweezers, plus a little by of paper towels.
Then, as I was putting it back, I saw the crawling (more like slithering) of an unknown bristle worm. After researching hikers, I'm concerned it's NOT a bristle, but in fact a eunicid worm. I say that given the coloration seems to match the orange color a little more.
I immediately dipped the leather in CoralRx, but haven't confirmed the worm is dead or gone.
I put the coral back in the bag with some water from my tank, but the leather is not yet in the tank. How long can I keep it in the bag, and should I try to setup a quarantine tank until I know for sure?