Does it have to be during a water change?
Brown polyps out of control
- Thread starter cubandan
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I ordered the Racoon from Liveaquaria. Hope he's a hungry sucker. I gues I can buy a fish trap later on.
Coelli
New member
Because of the potential for the palys to release toxin yes, you'd be better off doing a water change afterward.
Coelli
New member
Good luck! Please come back and let us know if it worked. You have a beautiful tank, it would be awesome to see it clear of the polyps of doom.
homer1475
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Exactly why I do it at this time. Also because of my tank being a biocube, it lowers the water enough so I don't have to get real wet. When I squeeze them, I can actually see them releasing palytoxin.
organism
code monkey
If you can actually see them releasing a microscopic molecule then we need to get you some kind of superhero job
MichaelDavid
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Nice, he'll get the job done. He's also good for majanos. Keep us updated on your progress.
donut0079
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If you are not looking to go the fish route you may want to look into some corals that can hold their own. Something like torches hammers and frogspawn pack a nasty sting that should be able to maintain its own space. I would think that would make for a good looking tank with some movement.
MichaelDavid
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Nice, glad the raccoon is working out for you.
ClownFishGuy6
Member
Be thankful they grow like that.... I can barley keep mine alive. The past 2 I've had have died I have one right now that I think is healthy. But I have still never had a frag spread. I wish mine did.
i had a similiar problem as they were growing like weeds up towards my hammer and i was getting concerned. My hammer is placed higher and the polyps stopped spreading right up to the shade line that the hammer blocks out. So try something like that or sell the rocks and buy new dry rock.
Bpb
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Glad the fish is working. Those are a plague spread frequently from intermediate to very new hobbyists. If not the fish route... You were at a point that I would say is worthy of a full on do over. Sell what livestock you can, and nuke the tank. But hopefully the fish will finish what it started
I too am having this problem with these button polyps in my 300 Little buggers are popping up everywhere and on some very large rock. I have to wait for my QT to be ready and I might try the racoon route. I have had these kill both a hammer coral and do some serious damage to a hydnaphora, two coral I thought would keep these in check. Please keep us updated on this. I have had a raccoon before a previous tank crash and always wanted another so this is just a great excuse.
