Aiptasias did survive in the sump
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, 12-09-2013 at 03:18 PM (5282 Views)
Back in Jan 6th I posted a blog about how Aiptasias had apparently been eradicated from my tank, since I hadn't had peppermint shrimp for 2 months and no Aiptasias were found neither in my sump nor in my DT.
Well, up until Oct 9th, when I added peppermint shrimp to the tank again no Aiptasias had appeared in the DT nor in the sump.
But, on Nov 24th I spotted this in my sump:
Yep, Aiptasia. So, either that one was hiding in there all the time and didn't reproduce (talk about die hard and stealth), or, it is the daughter of a hitchhiker on the LR I added on Oct 9th.
Anyway, I'm not going to bother trying to get it out for now. With the peppermint shrimp pair in the DT I doubt I'll see any Aiptasia soon in the DT.