Fluke Tabs Solved My Blue Clove Polyp Problem!

[nycpassat]

Keep an eye out for a red cyano bloom. That is what I had after I killed the Blue Cloves. You still have a lot of decaying tissue on the rocks. I did a ChemiClean treatmnent about two weeks after the Fluke Tab treatment and it worked like a charm. I hated doing ChemiClean right after the Fluke Tabs, but what can I say, it works!!!!

Now that you mentioned it, I had a little bit of red cyano after the treatment. Keep up with your water changes and test your levels.

 

[wdt2000]

Anyone have issues with the fluke tabs and anemones?

 

[AcroporAddict]

Anyone have issues with the fluke tabs and anemones?

I had a few majanos that seemed to come through just fine.

 

[wdt2000]

I had a few majanos that seemed to come through just fine.

Got to love that:headwalls:

I have one rose and one carpet that look irritated. It could be that all the anthelia around the anemones has wilted and allowed more light to reach the anemones.

At any rate the anthelia is dying fast!!

 

[brannock_16]

Does anyone experience with a mag anemone or with clams?

 

[wdt2000]

My clams seem fine so far, but it has only been 24 hours.

 

[nycpassat]

I have three clams in the tank that survived the treatment w/o any issues.

 

[Tomoko Schum]

I treated a few of my rocks last weekend (15th) and I am happy to report that most of my xenia are almost all gone and the remainders appear to be struggling. A small patch of GSP has shrunk to almost nothing as well. This is a modified method, but it seems to work fine.

I cannot thank you enough, AcroporAddict, for starting this thread.

Here's what I did:

I removed as much xenia I could before treating the rocks to prevent any ammonia spike. There were still quite a few xenia on big rocks and the back wall where I could not reach.

I used one old Fluke Tab (4 to 5 years old tablet) in a gallon of water and dipped several rocks (with tiny bits of xenia tissue hanging on it) in the solution. I started rising a few of the rocks with fresh salt water, but then decided to put a few rocks back without rinsing it, hoping to kill the xenia left in the tank with a Fluke Tab residue.

In a few days, remaining xenias in my tank looked very tired and droopy while none of the tank inhabitant were affected. All my SPS's and LPS's came through just fine including encrusting Goniopora. My blue ricordia are doing fine as well.

I was hoping that the residual Fluke Tab will kill aiptasia but that did not happen. The ugly aiptasia are still thriving as far as I can tell. This is funny cause I used to use Fluke Tabs to kill hydra (fresh water aiptasia counterpart) in my fry tank.

In any event, Fluke Tab treatment seems to have worked out in my tank. I am going to do a water change this weekend and add a bag of GAC, too. Hopefully, none of these pests will come back. If they do, I will treat the whole tank with AcroporAddict's formula.

 

[AcroporAddict]

I'm really glad they worked for you Tomoko. I hope this thread helps others suffering with these pests. Funny, some folks don't consider Xenia and blue clove polyps pests, but at least this is a resource for those that do.

It is unfortunate that nuisance anemones are not affected. Mojanos make it through the treatment quite nicely, I say from personal experience. Aiptasia eating filefish work quite well for those, however.

 

[Tomoko Schum]

Thanks, AcroporAddict.

I was hoping that a fluke tab could take care of aiptasia, too. I am back to nuking them with kalk paste again.

A few months ago, I actually borrowed Aiptasia eating filefish from a local reefer friend and it ate all my aiptasia.

However, it did not completely eradicate their feet which were hidden deep in the rocks. I returned the filefish back to my friend, and after a month or so, the aiptasia came back. I would like to borrow the fish again, but I am ambivalent since it ate an entire 4" x 2" colony of my Radioactive Green zoanthid overnight just before it went home (his reason for going home.)

 

[AcroporAddict]

Thanks, AcroporAddict.

I was hoping that a fluke tab could take care of aiptasia, too. I am back to nuking them with kalk paste again.

A few months ago, I actually borrowed Aiptasia eating filefish from a local reefer friend and it ate all my aiptasia.

However, it did not completely eradicate their feet which were hidden deep in the rocks. I returned the filefish back to my friend, and after a month or so, the aiptasia came back. I would like to borrow the fish again, but I am ambivalent since it ate an entire 4" x 2" colony of my Radioactive Green zoanthid overnight just before it went home (his reason for going home.)

Yup.......filefish are basically a control measure and not an elimination measure. There are places even they cannot reach.

Funny you said that about your eating some Zoas. My 465 gallon reef is all SPS, and in the last couple days I've noticed small chunks here and there taken out of a couple of my SPS. These are not bite marks, but actual little chunks being gone, like the way a trigger would bite a coral. I have nothing in the tank that could do that except two of these filefish. So they may be exiting my tanks soon as well.

Nice thing about aiptasia eating filefish is they are extremely easy to remove from a reef tank if they start that bad behavior.

 

[TampaSnooker]

Does anyone know of a predator that eats these demons? I have large sinularia, nephthea and sympodium colonies that I don't want to lose. Also, I'd like to return them to the display once the treatment is done. Does anyone have info on how long it takes to remove residual medication and put corals back?

 

[merkywater]

Anyone know how cleaner shrimp, christmas tree worms, and gorgonians do with this treatment?

 

[Tomoko Schum]

I have large sinularia, nephthea and sympodium colonies that I don't want to lose.

Isn't the blue polyp a type of sympodium?

 

[TampaSnooker]

Isn't the blue polyp a type of sympodium?

Not this one, however my dealer sells it at "blue polyp" Sympodium is more like a short xenia in growth form - mine are about 1 1/2" tall dark blue stalk and green tips. My type of "blue clove polyp" is 1/8" polyp that stands out up to 1/4" and has a weblike net of connective runners. Sympodium leaves a trail like xenia as it spreads where new polyps sprout from. I think we are all fighting a few similar species and it seems clear that Fluke Tabs can kill all that are mentioned here. I've encountered 2 species of this "blue clove" myself and neither looks exactly like the pics I've seen of others. I've seen 2 distint size and patterns in grey - blue. Most of the other pics seem to show solid color that is blue-purple.

 

[kar2oons]

Just received a couple fluke tabs and am anxiously awaiting to treat my 100g tank that has been overrun by the BSP, I have a Zoa dominated tank and the BSP I think is contributing to losing some. I do have a substantial amount of GSP two different kinds that I like but know will perish when I treat so I'm going to get in there and remove as much as possible. Does anyone know if it's possible some GSP will survive? I plan on taking before and after pics and posting as well, I first need to see what I have in my tank that could suffer i'm a little nervous about my RBTA.

 

[sunilp]

I have a bad blue clove problem in my tank. They're even growing on the sand. I have a few tangs in my tank with a mandrin goby. I doubt I will be able to remove them. Would these fish be affected? I can remove corals and add them back later.

 

[TampaSnooker]

I was debating about adding sand to smother the ones that are nestled in coralline algae on the bare bottom. Perhaps not...

 

[sunilp]

I am a little concerned that I can't add any coral for a few years until the chemical is completely gone as stated on page one of this thread. Since I don't have a lot of live rock, is it possible to remove all my rock into a large drum, treat the drum and then rinse and put the rock back? I also have some blue cloves on the sand bed that I can vacuum up. If I proceeded with the above, would there be any blue clove reminants left behind which could possibly reproduce?

 

[Tomoko Schum]

As I mentioned earlier, I dipped a few large rocks in Fluke tab solution outside of my 180 and put them back in the tank unrinsed about two weeks ago.

No fish was affected including my powder blue tang and wrasses.

I saw a few struggler blue xenia are starting to come back and so are a small patch of GSP although the majority of xenia are completely gone now. Obviously, a trace amount of the five or so years old Fluke tab is not strong enough to keep out these corals for a few years.

This morning I dissolved a 1/4 tablet in salt water and added it to the tank. This is definitely more than a trace amount. I will report back in a little while on the progress.