Brown polyps out of control
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edinphilly
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Brown polyps out of control
Following. Same problem in a 29g standard.
Mine will grow over or around zoas, acans and chalice. The RBTAs are winning when they try to go their way.
Following. Same problem in a 29g standard.
Mine will grow over or around zoas, acans and chalice. The RBTAs are winning when they try to go their way.
inthedeep2
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if its a smaller rock turn it over and bury it in your sand bed. larger rock either chip them off (using your protective equipment ) or dry it.
edinphilly
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My rock is toward the bottom and not easily assessable. But it may end up being necessary to pull it. In a 29g I'd be worried about the die off if I turned the rock over. Maybe not as much an issue in a 150g.
Bogue Chitto
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Boy, they are growing...All mine are still little frags, I hope they will grow like that.
MichaelDavid
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Get a racoon butterfly to eat those suckers
edinphilly
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The problem is that the stuff that grows best in new tanks is not the stuff you want growing everywhere. I wish people wouldn't give it to noobs thinking it's good when really you're just creating a headache down the road. First I dealt with waving hand coral overtaking everything and now I'm dealing with these polyps. I don't have that much real estate to spare and finally (about 2 and a half years in) I'm getting good growth on cool nice pieces.
Looks like those are the protopalyanthoas ? That is crazy! how did you let it get so out of control?
See if a LFS would trade out for some regular LR, Im sure they could take a hammer to afew of those rocks and make some nice "beginner" coral colonies they could sell for $30 a pop.
See if a LFS would trade out for some regular LR, Im sure they could take a hammer to afew of those rocks and make some nice "beginner" coral colonies they could sell for $30 a pop.
jraker
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MichaelDavid
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Lmfao
Coelli
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That was my reaction too.
I have two beautiful colonies of mind-blowing palys, a really nice baby blue with green centers, they've gone from 5 polyps to at ~80 in the past year... But I keep them isolated to a piece of tonga and a rock on the sandbed.OP, I am so sorry. I suspect you're going to need to sacrifice that rock.
Just be VERY careful if you decide to try to remove the polyps themselves, there are some pretty scary palytoxin stories on these forums.
homer1475
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I keep my nuclear green paly's in check by simply pulling them off the rocks with a pair of long tweezers when I do weekly water changes. I just have to make sure I leave nothing behind, or what is left behind will spout a new polyp.
Again a "beginner" coral that started as a small two head frag, which has blown up to well over 90 polyps within a few short months. If I knew how these "beginner" corals would spread like wildfire, I would have chosen something different.
I do keep them in check(Xenia, nuclear green palys, GSP, BSP), but its a huge PITA having to scrape them off the rocks almost weekly. On side note, and a small bonus to these nuisance "beginner" corals, I have a HUGE credit at my LFS from all the frags I take him. lol
Again a "beginner" coral that started as a small two head frag, which has blown up to well over 90 polyps within a few short months. If I knew how these "beginner" corals would spread like wildfire, I would have chosen something different.
I do keep them in check(Xenia, nuclear green palys, GSP, BSP), but its a huge PITA having to scrape them off the rocks almost weekly. On side note, and a small bonus to these nuisance "beginner" corals, I have a HUGE credit at my LFS from all the frags I take him. lol
organism
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If you don't have other zoas in the tank then add a rock of zoas infested with zoanthid eating nudis. It's pretty much a guarantee that a LFS near you has some on a rock or two and they'll eat every one of those palys leaving some nice clean rock behind. Here's a pic of what they look like, you have to look really close to spot them, but if you see an older rock with a lot of closed up polyps you've probably found some.
jraker
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OP, I am so sorry. I suspect you're going to need to sacrifice that rock.
with that many polyps, you can pretty much nuke the tank
