how to get rid of zoanthids?

Andrew7823

Everything that can be overgrown is overgrown, and it's not the brightest color: because of them, one anemone has run away somewhere, rubbing with a brush, it starts to fly around and stink, I think I might poison the aquarium, or not?

Jeremy

soon they will start cleaning the acropolises with brushes

Patrick4439

Jokes aside, when this colony reaches the spore, guess who will be left alive?

Brian7092

Off-topic The pike is in the sea so that the crucian carp does not doze off. V.M.A. (marine aquarium) a lot of this and that, up to some people...

Tasha

I didn't quite understand what you meant, but... I believe that things like zoanthids, clavularia, briarium, etc. should be kept under control in the aquarium. Unless, of course, they are the main exhibit. Maybe try carefully using calcium hydroxide on them? Just not all at once!

Luis3725

This is what I meant... That is, all the mentioned pests, which tend to proliferate, must be under control: separated, transplanted, added to substrates, etc., but by no means should they be destroyed, except for those that are parasites, such as aiptasia, black sponges, or unwanted algae. If desired, some species of macroalgae are better to remove from the aquarium altogether, like the variety of Caulerpa racemosa, which smothers everything at an enormous speed. As for Clavularia, Briareum, Palythoa, Zoanthus, and Parazoanthus, I couldn't bring myself to scrub them with a brush, no matter how much they proliferate.

Joseph2576

Isn't it better to sell this stone with umbrellas? And the actinia didn't leave because of the umbrellas, that's 100%.

Sharon

Don't anger the gods by complaining about the rapid growth of sponges and umbrellas))) Seriously, feed someone's zankla, any aquarist will thank you!

Johnny

Today I attacked them with tweezers, tore a couple of dozen at the point of contact with the SPS, the room is so stuffy you could hang an axe, just in case I changed the coal, the slime spread out from them... Zankla has been with me since November, lucky me, it seems it's not meant to be...

Scott8536

Then buy Novarkhus, oh how he loves umbrellas.

Karen1649

Off-topic. And even better, a larger Rinekant Picasso. It will definitely clear out the umbrellas... In general, the master is the lord...

Angel628

and also from all the other living things))) pull a stone out of the aquarium and send it to me by train. I'll send you beer in return)))

Tricia7885

Not necessarily. I have no problems with umbrellas. As long as he's well-fed, he's nice, but when he gets hungry, he'll clear out more than just the umbrellas.

Monique1236

I have two beers.

Daniel4967

Yes, I would have long ago taken the rock to the bath and done my thing there... but there are still 2 huge corals + an anemone... actually, I'm not the only one doing this, I'm sure all mixed reef owners are stressed about controlling mushrooms... and then suddenly they switch to SPS... Off-topic, and I already forgot what beer smells like until April 24, no way... willpower is a great strength.

Christopher1774

Tsk! Problem... We’ll post an ad for "weeders" and they will come every week to weed.

Jeremy8404

I am most afraid that my actions only contribute to the reproduction of zoanthids. I read that sellers put them in a blender and then sprinkle them into the sump, and from each piece, a new mushroom grows... whether this is true is unknown, but the slime doesn't completely go away...

Lauren

The trick with the paleander only worked for me with discoactinies. It didn't work with umbrellas. I did it that way about four times.

Nicole263

Interesting! What "dust" did the blender process the discoactinia into? It's hard to believe that something can grow into a full-fledged organism from a piece of 1 mm.

Laura9093

Well... There's no need to make a cocktail. One or two pokes and it's ready. In fact, the info about the blender and mushrooms has been around abroad for a long time. They actually grind them almost to dust. Personally, I chopped the blue discoactinia into 10 pieces - most of it grew into a new mushroom. In this case, you can put "blender" in quotes, meaning finely chopped.

Rick

Happy Archaeologist Day! I have a similar problem. I want to free a large stone (about 4 kg, probably) from zoanthids. It's difficult to remove and brush it off since it's in the middle of the reef. I've taken off everything I could along with the small stones, but there are many umbrellas sitting on the stone itself. What to do...

Larry9400

I faced the same problem, struggling for half a year, but so far the umbrellas are winning. I want to warn against using tweezers directly in the aquarium; I did this procedure in the evening, and by morning a couple of SPS had fallen off. I replaced the water, and the rest recovered. So far, I see only one way to carefully scrape them off the rock with a scalpel from the base without damaging the polyp, but it's a long and meticulous task (they grow faster).

Brandon4517

Yeah... it's easier to change the stones. I even tried using boiling water from a syringe. They come off, those bastards!

Katherine

Why destroy what you don't like? Sell it with the stone and buy a new one. Or separate and sell it, even though it's a hassle, but it will be profitable.

John3165

They are on the rock that is closer to the base of the reef and weighs about 8 kg.

Veronica

In that case, just a lesson for the future, never plant zoanthids on a large rock.