majanoes out of control....help

[mystery_reef]

unfortunatley i have several....hundred of these little fellas some actually getting larger.(maybe not a hundred but definitley around 50 or so) ive tryed the jj, lime juice, (no lemon yet) hot lime juice, and have direct injected with syringe. i plan on doing a small reset to the tank soon and taking out the rocks possible with these guys on em, should i soak em in kalk water or any other suggestions/experiences that may help me would be much appreciated. i cant soak all the rocks as there is coral growth mixed in with some of them, so those i will really have to be on top of with maybe the lemon juice or hot water?, to finally rid myself of these pests. thx for any replies.

 

[Mytir_Binsdirty]

you can also try "cooking" the rock look it up in the newbie threads under bare bottom it has a blurb with instructions. basically you rinse your rock and put in the dark for a while it remains alive just cleans out all the extra nutrients and stuff

 

[Lowredranger]

I am not sure the cooking of the rocks would work in this instance b/c they seem pretty tuff and not as dependent on light. I am not sure I read on one post that some of the butterflys will eat them but that can be a totally different problem later on.

 

[mystery_reef]

thx for the replies guys, ill have to do some more searching before i make up my final game plan.

 

[phender]

If you are taking the rock out anyway, you might consider setting up a small tank with a klein's butterfly fish or two. I am not sure they will eat the aptasias down so that they won't grow back, but I have a 20 gal tank that had several hundred aptasia. It was basically wall to wall. One klein's butterfly ate every single one in a matter of a couple weeks and (unlike some copperbands) eats prepared food with gusto as well. I am not positive that they are reef safe, but they would work great for a clean-up tank.

 

[seaduck]

I injected my mojanos with red wine vinegar and no more majanoes

 

[Arati]

Jade filefish eat majano, also eats sea hares

 

[ClassyReefer]

I have some and I tried boiling hot water didnt even affect em so I switched to lemon juice it is doing the trick but they are on a rock that is on the back bottom of the tank so what I ve been doing is if I see them anywhere near my corals they get an injection and I purchase a diabetic needle from walmart and I use that to stick it directly in the majano.

 

[cwegescheide]

I make up a kalk PASTE. I just put enough water in a cup of powder so that the kalk is a little bit more wet than tooth paste. I then fill up a syringe and squirt them till they are covered. I have not had any come back after that.

 

[taylor t]

I had a 55 that I got rock from someone, and in about a month it was peppered (really peppered) with those. I got 4 pepermint shrimps and they mowed every one down, in about 2 weeks (I think I got a good 1 or 2), and my tank was aptasia free for months, and, I've since spread that rock through out other tanks, aptasia free, and, still is today. I think the cheapest route is a natural predator, and, not every pepermint will do the job, so you need a few, but they will work (with the right one, and, it may take a few). If you cook the rock, you loose all other life on or in it. You may as well have bought dry rock. If you buy a non-reef safe fish, what will you do with it when you're done? Good luck.

I never had luck with a needle and anything injected, but I know some have.

 

[jbob]

aptasia and majano's are different. peppermint shrimp won't touch the majano's.

 

[taylor t]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13973091#post13973091 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jbob
aptasia and majano's are different. peppermint shrimp won't touch the majano's.

Opps...sorry guys - I read it and skimmed too fast. you're right.

 

[mystery_reef]

thanks for all the advice and stories. i think ill attempt the kalk paste and vinegar injection. ill let you know how it goes....hopefully more succesful than the lime juice

 

[chrisstie]

+1 to jade filefish here's mine, I bought under the name of bristletail filefish

 

[mystery_reef]

how are those jades on coral tho?? my tank is packed pretty tight. and one of those will for sure eat majanoes? before or after it eats all my coral? i wonder if it would be easy to trap later on. thx for the pic and input.

 

[mystery_reef]

btw im liking your blog...and clown chrisstie

 

[Arati]

Mine is a model citizen expet he ate my sea hare. Just a word of caution do not use a net with jade filefish.

 

[mystery_reef]

<b> I injected my mojanos with red wine vinegar and no more majanoes



ive done one dosing with the red wine vinegar and the ones i got good are gone! ill keep repeating the process and think i will win the battle but if i ever see a jade filefish ill be tempted to get it. thx for all the help guys/gals

 

[Mytir_Binsdirty]

glad to see your getting somewhere congrats

 

[Lowredranger]

Where do you find those jade filefish?