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jeez... i yuss say you they colonial hydroids...
https://www.google.com/search?q=hyd...ChMIq9WYgpi0xwIVBSyICh3SsgHB&biw=1366&bih=705
https://www.google.com/search?q=hyd...ChMIq9WYgpi0xwIVBSyICh3SsgHB&biw=1366&bih=705
i have no idea how to get rid of them... and they're spreading on my tank... i don't want to risk getting peppermint shrimps because i have nice LPS now... i don't know what will eat them... or kill them.. i started with 2 and now i have about 60 of them... although, they look nice under LED... lol...
haha yea they kind of do look nice under LED. I had 3 to start and now I think i may have about 20. they don't seem like a huge deal, but they spread kind of quickly. i just want to make sure i'm not making the wrong call. some ppl are taking their rock out, burning them with fire, boiling the rock, etc. my rock is glued down so that makes it a little hard.
depends on what hydroid you have... i doubt these colonial hydroid are the one that go away... the ones that go away start off as an egg, then a worm... then i turns into hydroids... then each hydroid turns into like 10 mini jelly fish and they die... i doubt these are the jellyfish kind... but who knows...?
i saw some sites claiming that different types of nudibranch eat them... even sea hare... but i'm not sure about it.. or urchins too... i dunno...
i saw some sites claiming that different types of nudibranch eat them... even sea hare... but i'm not sure about it.. or urchins too... i dunno...
so i tried the boiling water approach last night, i think they're pretty resilient. i noticed them shrinking back to their tubes and still have not come out this morning. i think i'll try plucking them with some tweasers and sucking them out at the same time next.
any luck with the kalk paste? I haven't researched how to make that stuff yet or how to use it. i don't have any at the current time.
any luck with the kalk paste? I haven't researched how to make that stuff yet or how to use it. i don't have any at the current time.
boiling rodi water killed some of them. others i just tried plucking them off while using a siphon to take them out as soon as i plucked them. i still see stuff left, but hopefully it slowed them down for now.
I may just try the boiling water method several times until they're dead. i think my water wasn't so hot by the time i got to the other ones.
I may just try the boiling water method several times until they're dead. i think my water wasn't so hot by the time i got to the other ones.
sorry to be more specific, i boiled rodi water in a glass cup. sucked some out with a coral feeder (thin turkey baster) and blasted it very slowly directly onto the hydroids while still in the tank. i squirted it like 1mm away, practically touching and sometimes touching. this way not too much hot water is spewing everywhere and very concentrated. the ones that died (or seemed to have died so far) are completely white. i didn't kill off anything else either it seems. i'll try it again, but i think i killed off 1/3 of them.
i made sure nothing else was within 8-10 inches from it. i really only have a jawfish and he stays away pretty far in his burrow. my hydroids are close to the top of the tank. snails i just moved out of the way.
i made sure nothing else was within 8-10 inches from it. i really only have a jawfish and he stays away pretty far in his burrow. my hydroids are close to the top of the tank. snails i just moved out of the way.
