How do you kill a corral?

[jjencek]

A number of members here mentioned they love or hate Blue Clove Polyps. I have a small rock island which is now covered with it. I like it and I thought being on a separate rock, I was safe from it overwhelming my tank.

You guessed it, it is starting to spread with a few polyps here and there. If I can keep removing these starting colonies, I would like to keep the central rock.

Now, the question: How do I safely remove/kill the few polyps starting in unwanted areas?

 

[mcgyvr]

Covering them with kalk paste can work sometimes..

 

[DivingTheWorld]

You can try using a syringe to inject them with kalk paste. I've used that successfully with zoas.

 

[jjencek]

Thank you. Just to make sure I know what kalk paste is ...

Pickling lime (calcium hydroxide) plus water - right?

 

[nereefpat]

Thank you. Just to make sure I know what kalk paste is ...

Pickling lime (calcium hydroxide) plus water - right?

yes.

Epoxy would be something else to try.

 

[DivingTheWorld]

Thank you. Just to make sure I know what kalk paste is ...

Pickling lime (calcium hydroxide) plus water - right?

I just bought a little can of Kalk powder from the LFS. I mix that with R/O to make the paste then suck it up into the syringe. I'm sure there are cheaper ways!

 

[jda]

Turn off all of the pumps, mix it up thick so that it will barely go into a syringe (one in a Salifert test kit will work), slowly apply it over the corals. Let it sit for 30-60 minutes before you turn the pumps back on. Keep the flow low for a few hours.

Mrs. Wages Picking Lime at most grocery stores is a great source of Kalk.

 

[heathlindner25]

You will never be able to control them ...You have been warned .:wavehand:

 

[jjencek]

You will never be able to control them ...You have been warned .:wavehand:

It took me another few weeks before admitting your warning was right. Yes, you were absolutely right. I noticed single polyps in numerous place now. The mother island is out of the tank and I am now hunting the runaways. Be this a lesson for others ....

 

[subbedout]

Resistance is futile

 

[homer1475]

I threw out the rock from my last tank thanks to blue star polyps. Will never make that mistake again.

 

[jjencek]

An update for interested parties ...

1. I tried lime (calcium hydroxide), but had a hard time getting it out of the syrange. Once out it was still too watery to stick to places. It did work in killing the polyps.

2. I tried AIPTASIA-X. It came with a better thicker needle. It was easy to apply and it stayed in one place. It worked very well in killing the polyps.

As a side benefit - both methods also killed unwanted hair algae where applied.

So my conclusion: Both methods work, but even though AIPTASIA-X is more expensive, it is much easier.

 

[crawlerman]

Now you need to hunt down all of the strays that went behind, into and under rocks. I've been eradicating blue mushrooms for a year and they keep popping up.

 

[Mark9]

A corral is a pen for livestock, can that be killed?

 

[sde1500]

Fenbedazole, there are some threads about dosing that to kill them.

 

[reef cuber]

You can buy syringes and different size/lengths of needles at farm stores like Tractor Supply and Family Farm and Home. Much cheaper this way!

 

[hkgar]

They will win and slowly take over. If you don't want your tank over run get them ALL out.