help me kill!!! (yellow polyps)

[becon776]

ok these damn yellow paly's that I once thought were cool so long ago now are bordering on plague proportions they are all interspersed through my zoanthid colonies. what'do?!?!

 

[J. Montgomery]

Inject 'em with kalk a few at a time to prevent massive die-off from polluting the water. Or pull out the zoa rocks and treat them outside of the main tank.

 

[saltycreefer]

Joes Juice works good

 

[ros_sco]

If the zoanthids were there first, you can probably gently pull on the mat of the yellow polyps with tweezers and pull them off. If not, a combo of a pick and and the tweezers would do it.

 

[KafudaFish]

Just spend lots of money on them by buying a bunch of equipment you don't need. The TLC should have them dead in no time.

 

[BrentN]

Too funny, Kafudafish! I took the easy route and just yanked mine out with hemostats. Was this a bad thing to do? I didn't notice any harmful effects. Pulled out about 15-20.

 

[becon776]

the problem with pulling them out is that it doesn't seem like they are forming a "mat" and that it seems like the more I physically screw with them the more they proliferate! I will try the kalk.. I am about ready to pull out the rock and hit it with the damn propane torch!

 

[Mrdillpickle]

If you can, scrape underneath them removing a thin layer of rock. Then you can glue them on a new rock. The new yellow polyp rock could be traded to a LFS for store credit. They are fast growers, but IMO manageable. I have done the above. I have also done kalk paste and have covered them with super glue gel. I try to always save them when possible. It takes a little work, but I can usually find a home for almost all my unwanted frags and even make a few $ sometimes.

 

[reeferNo99]

man,... thats funny..
and i cannot keep Yellow polys alive...
All the other Zoo are doing fine...

 

[Ryanqk]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8700794#post8700794 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mrdillpickle
If you can, scrape underneath them removing a thin layer of rock. Then you can glue them on a new rock. The new yellow polyp rock could be traded to a LFS for store credit. They are fast growers, but IMO manageable. I have done the above. I have also done kalk paste and have covered them with super glue gel. I try to always save them when possible. It takes a little work, but I can usually find a home for almost all my unwanted frags and even make a few $ sometimes.

Yeah i reccomend gently removing the offending polyps by tweezers/scissors/razor blade and glueing them to a new rock together, in no time you have a piece to trade or sell for more corals.... dont just zap them with joe's juice.

 

[silkione]

LOL too funny. All i wanted to do was keep my yellow polyps alive. Finally i figured out what was killing them. My Camel Back shrimp was feasting on them. Needless to say he got harpooned. Now they live on!

 

[becon776]

can't do the scrape thing as they are interspersed with my fire and ice zoa's and I'll be damned if i'll mess with them for the 5 $ credit on yellow polyps... got to a lot of them with tweezers.

 

[albie611]

send them to me
ill pay shipping 07732

 

[kiknchikn]

If you're interested I'd be glad to take some off your hands as well. I'll pay for the shipping of course

 

[ros_sco]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8682611#post8682611 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ros_sco
If the zoanthids were there first, you can probably gently pull on the mat of the yellow polyps with tweezers and pull them off. If not, a combo of a pick and and the tweezers would do it.

Before and after shots

 

[dhost]

very nice recovery! I think I would have been sick too!

 

[acrylic_300]

Good job!!