Blue Star polyps
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davocean
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I was going to give a fair warning about this.
I too scrubbed them once, a large area, and yes they do come off fairly easy but I have never seen my euphyllia and other corals react so negatively, frog and hammer completely retracted after a scrubbing, so I'm sure they release toxins when aggravated.
Maybe in a large tank not such a big deal, and I would definitely use carbon.
Fluke tabs do wipe them out if you can find them, yes they are hard to come by, but I think they can still be found.
I think it was prazipro that also has the same basic chems that could treat, but that I'm not positive.
davocean
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I think fluke tabs are perfectly safe from all of my reading, in fact the main thread about them just resurfaced.
That was going to be my solution, that or I actually had found a bottle of prazipro I had stored which I'm pretty certain will do the same.
In my case a recent move and needed downsize made me sell everything and I'm just starting over w/ new rock.
Blue cloves IMO are probably the number one worst thing you can place in your tank.
I was warned they may become invasive, those words have haunted me, as I took it like invasive like zenia or GSP or something that could be pulled or culled back.
At the time I had no idea the polyps float and travel so far and easy.
You have no idea what I went through to remove them, pulled all rock, devised scrubbing tools on drill motors, torched what I could not reach, completely stripped all rock short of doing the acid wash, which was next on my list after THEY HAD COME BACK AFTER ALL MY SCRUBBING AND TORCHING!!
Ugh, talk about feeling owned...
That was going to be my solution, that or I actually had found a bottle of prazipro I had stored which I'm pretty certain will do the same.
In my case a recent move and needed downsize made me sell everything and I'm just starting over w/ new rock.
Blue cloves IMO are probably the number one worst thing you can place in your tank.
I was warned they may become invasive, those words have haunted me, as I took it like invasive like zenia or GSP or something that could be pulled or culled back.
At the time I had no idea the polyps float and travel so far and easy.
You have no idea what I went through to remove them, pulled all rock, devised scrubbing tools on drill motors, torched what I could not reach, completely stripped all rock short of doing the acid wash, which was next on my list after THEY HAD COME BACK AFTER ALL MY SCRUBBING AND TORCHING!!
Ugh, talk about feeling owned...
davocean
Active member
Oh and a sidenote I feel I need to state that while I admit hitting some rock w/ a torch, I don't advise or recommend anyone doing this, it can be harmful to breathe steam or fumes.
I had a respirator on, set up w/ wind blowing away, glasses on, and I'm aware that did not eliminate all risk, especially after reading more on others that have suffered seriously by breathing vapors.
It's not worth it and I'd never do it agian.
I had a respirator on, set up w/ wind blowing away, glasses on, and I'm aware that did not eliminate all risk, especially after reading more on others that have suffered seriously by breathing vapors.
It's not worth it and I'd never do it agian.
Osama
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Thanks davacon: Found this on internet Fluke Tabs for Pond usage. are they what U are talking about. They seem plentiful?? www.gotkoi.com/koi_medication/fluke.html
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