are these majanos?

[Doglover_50]

My pepp shrimp don't touch them, so I assume not aptaisia. These things grow like mad in my tank!

Is there anything that is a predator to these? Some type of butterflyfish, perhaps?

 

[NaClH20NMYVEIN]

Yep majanos, Some butterflies will pick at them but I think its hit or miss.

 

[hermanx7]

Yeah forsure. I havent had any luck with the copperband with removal of them. He picked at them but never killed any. That poor clam. I would try joes juice. If possible put them in small tank or bowl with enough light to have them open. Not sure if majano's spread like the other bad ones. But better safe than sorry. I think they sold at the auction. Maybe someone will buy them from ya

Thomas

 

[ffjpayne]

those majano spread like crazy, i started with one or two and i thought they looked cool, but soon i had about 50 and ive had a hard time killing them.

 

[Doglover_50]

Yeh, it's all about controlling them--that's the best I can do. It's the worst when it got on the clam shells, even on my brain shell. Just had to, as carefully as possible, scrape them off with my fingernail. They are prolific--still hoping to hear from someone that some type of reef safe butterfly, any kind, eats these things! Long nose yellow, perhaps?

 

[vanmle]

Yep. I have tons of those. I hate those guys.

Longnose won't help you. I had one.

 

[Doglover_50]

ratsssssssssssssssssssss!

 

[vanmle]

Well, I am thinking of blow torch, except when they are attached to the clams and corals. In those cases, it will be scraping with a sharp blade.

The blow torch might be a bit much but i am thinking of a fresh water high pressure washer for the live rock. I am sure I will lose some life but it will be way worth it to kill the manjanos.

 

[Doglover_50]

well, speaking of flames, van, that is in all serious what I use. For all rocks that can be lifted out of the tank, I pull them out and use one of those long-nose bic lighters. ~10-15 seconds per majano seems to do the trick. I've probably fried at least 100 of these things in this fashion over the months, with no noticeable side effect. I hate to do it, but it's easier than kalking them, for me.

 

[azrednex]

I have the same ones and Joe's Juice works for me. I can ever get rid of them but I do control them

 

[fishaholic911]

I had them along time ago and the only way I found to get rid of them was to cook 1 rock @ a time. You have to keep the rock seperate because the move fast.

 

[fishaholic911]

I bought my first reef tank 4 years ago and it had about 200 pounds of live rock covered with majano.I thought they where the coolest thing they did not seem to sting any corals I put in and seem to grow fast so I decided to spread the wealth. I gave some to my buddy and sold them like mad on ebay OOPS!!!!!

 

[jamesnmandy]

they are very very close to aiptasia in appearance though, i can see the reason for not being 100% sure on the ID, matter of fact, the only difference between those and the one single aiptasia that the pep shrimp wont touch is the end of the tentacles are white instead of pinkish