Help! Need to eradicate colonial anenomes/polyps!

Rockym · #1 08/30/2007, 07:36 AM

A year or so ago I bought some live rock from a fellow reefer taking down a tank. There were a few (tan with green fringes) polyps on some of the rock. I left them on the rock. Now the tank that they are in is over run with them. I can't get a good enough grip on them to pull them off. Joes Juice, Stop Aptaisia, ect. doesn't work. There are many good corals attached to the rock that I don't want to lose. Any ideas will be greatly apreciated.
Thanks.

Jamokie01 · #2 08/30/2007, 11:51 AM

Turkey baster and boiling hot rodi water

dragonforce · #3 08/30/2007, 01:29 PM

I had a few dozen aptasia anemones in my mantis tank. I caught the mantis, put in 3 peppermint shrimp. They ate all the aptasia over night. I then set a bottle trap and caught the 3 peppermint shrimp and I put them in my reef and moved the mantis back home.

True peppermint shrimp kick *** as long as you dont get the type with the darker tail.

I don't know what to say about your polyps however.

ScarabRa · #4 08/30/2007, 05:53 PM

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Originally posted by Rockym
A year or so ago I bought some live rock from a fellow reefer taking down a tank. There were a few (tan with green fringes) polyps on some of the rock. I left them on the rock. Now the tank that they are in is over run with them. I can't get a good enough grip on them to pull them off. Joes Juice, Stop Aptaisia, ect. doesn't work. There are many good corals attached to the rock that I don't want to lose. Any ideas will be greatly apreciated.
Thanks.

Well, why not Frag them?

Get a razorblade/sharp chisel, and cut them off.
It will take them a bit to grow back to full strength again.
Plus if done nicely, you can get credit at the lfs for them

walmart · #5 08/30/2007, 09:17 PM

lol I dont think my lfs will give me store credit on aptasia.

ScarabRa · #6 08/30/2007, 10:12 PM

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Originally posted by walmart
lol I dont think my lfs will give me store credit on aptasia.

who said it was aptasia???

"....There were a few (tan with green fringes) polyps on some of the rock...."

Rockym · #7 08/31/2007, 06:03 AM

No, it's not aptasia. Though they may be related to majano (spelling?),although I do have some red tulip anenomes that have to go too! I'll try to post a pic this evening.

coralnut99 · #8 08/31/2007, 09:53 AM

If the rock is easy to remove, I would agree with ScarabRa. You'll find that Fiji amd Marshalls rock is relatively soft, and a sharp wood chisel will scrape them off easier than you think. You just have to dig into the rock just beneath the polyps. If they are on the glass too, a razor blade is all you need. Depending on what the other type of corals are, you should do this in a separate container filled with tank water.