identify pest

tim l flowers

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i have brown dandelion like weeds?can anyone identify this species. seems that a chocolate chip is the only thing that eats it.but the chip will also eat all my zoo's.If anyone knows of anything

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else that will take care of this pest i would appreciate it.
 
Very hard to tell from the photo, need something a bit more detailed or a better description. Does this pest actually react to movement in the tank - say if you get near it or if water moves it? If so, it may be hydroids. There are a few brown algaes potentially too.

>Sarah
 
Those are most likely hydroids. There was just a thread in this forum where a member took some drastic steps to beat it, and it seemed like everything worked out for him.
 
yep, those look like those same ones in the other post. these are a major terror for those of us that have dwarf seahorses. Everyone here on RC likes to treat with panacur(a dog dewormer) which will not harm your bio cycle however, it will stay locked in the sand for many years even with regular water changes and carbon. and will also harm most inverts, but not all. Short of doing that your only option is to break the tank down and start all new. if reusing anything out of the infected tank it needs to go through freshwater and formalin dips and be isolated and redipped after six weeks before going into the new setup, or they will be back. Normally worse than they were the first time. They normally come into our tanks in the rock and may stay dormant for many years before coming out. Some go as far as scrubbing everything down with a toothbrush while being isolated to help ensure no nasties are attached. it only takes one, yes one drop of seawater with these things to infect your tank. I haven't heard of them really hurting anything in the tank other than Dwarf Seahorses because of their size, so I guess thats good news.
 
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