Majanos from Hell !!
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chris4869
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I'm so glad that some of you are successful in killing these pests.
Everytime I kill one, I get about four little ones more. I've tried pretty much everything you guys mention too including pulling them out with a tweezer. I haven't tried blow torching it yet. hehehe. The hot water injection is by far the least affective one. I have a hard time removing the dead flesh, and always ended up getting more than before. I had a copperband, and I guess I must have gotten one that is on a diet. It died a few months afterward of starvation.
The last thing that I recall using was the Blue Life Aiptasia Control. I was surprised that it worked better than Joe's Juice, but I did get some re-growth.
I kinda gave up after my last Blue Life Aiptasia Controll session. I don't know what happen, but I have fewer aiptasia now than I did before. I guess my little pepermint shrimps (x2) are finally eating the little guys. They don't like touching the big guys for some reason. I've discovered that 3 have migrated to my refugium, but I don't mind.
Good luck you guys!
Everytime I kill one, I get about four little ones more. I've tried pretty much everything you guys mention too including pulling them out with a tweezer. I haven't tried blow torching it yet. hehehe. The hot water injection is by far the least affective one. I have a hard time removing the dead flesh, and always ended up getting more than before. I had a copperband, and I guess I must have gotten one that is on a diet. It died a few months afterward of starvation.
The last thing that I recall using was the Blue Life Aiptasia Control. I was surprised that it worked better than Joe's Juice, but I did get some re-growth.
I kinda gave up after my last Blue Life Aiptasia Controll session. I don't know what happen, but I have fewer aiptasia now than I did before. I guess my little pepermint shrimps (x2) are finally eating the little guys. They don't like touching the big guys for some reason. I've discovered that 3 have migrated to my refugium, but I don't mind.
Good luck you guys!
montrealreef
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I just wanted to give you an update on the damage caused by a 2 inch raccoon that I had tried as a predator for majanos 3 weeks ago. It targeted a few of my SPS colonies to the point that the corals started to brown out and the the polyps retracted completely. It was removed after one week. Today before going to work, I noticed that one of those colonies started to RTN (a small 2-3 mm area at the base). By the time I got back, the volleyball sized colony had completely peeled of its skeleton. Time will show whether the rest of the colonies that he picked on will have the same fate. I just finished a whole battery of tests and all the water parameters are in check. I really think this was induced by the butterfly.
I would not recommend this fish unless you are willing to loose some of your prized specimens.
I would not recommend this fish unless you are willing to loose some of your prized specimens.
matt the fiddler
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I have had some recent luck wiht kalk paste [not saturated, the paste that didn't dissolve from the bottom of the mix]
i turned off all pumps and filled the cracks in the rock completly trying to stab and inject them in the process them.. then let it sit for 30 min.
if they are on a vertical surface, it is much harder....
you do have to be careful when you turn your pumps on... as that is powerfull stuff
i turned off all pumps and filled the cracks in the rock completly trying to stab and inject them in the process them.. then let it sit for 30 min.
if they are on a vertical surface, it is much harder....
you do have to be careful when you turn your pumps on... as that is powerfull stuff
Klownfish
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OK, so remove any and all LPS and SPS or as much as possible.
What about clams and NICE anemones? Like RBTA's and Purple LTA's?
Would this fish go after them too? My clams are mostly easy to get out of the tank. The anemones are much more difficult. The nems do have a pair of hosting T-Percs. The Clowns might keep a Butterfly or Angel away?
My friend said she could house most of my coral and clams, but she couldn't promise she would be able to pull my anemones back out of her tank... she has too much rock.
I'm trying to consider ALL options, but I will soak some of the majano covered rock in the Tropic Marin this weekend.
JetCat USA
In Memoriam
Now that is a true friend. i admire anyone who will offer to hold a coral in their system knowing it came from a majano infested system. it only takes one to infest their system and the likelihood of that is pretty high. kudos to the friend.
j.prostrata
In Memoriam
Has anyone tried a banded butterfly? I wanna know did your butterflies eat your snails and or your RBTA's at all? I have no problem removing corals right now to fight these mojanoes. I got mine from one hiden in a zoo rock and now I have 200-300 in my 240. I can remove the clams also and put them in my prop system but just wanted to make sure of my snails and RBTA before I purchase a butterfly.
aznepydna
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My tank consists of RBTA's and SPS. The Bi-Color Angel did no damage to any of my corals. The only thing I noticed was that the sps did not open until after the lights went off. The angel only nipped when polyps were extended. Cannot say what it would do to clams. It never bothered the rbta's. The fish died when a maxi-jet did a meltdown in my tank. I no longer have any mojanoes or aptasia in my tank and I had hundreds before I added the bi-color. On the plus side the bicolor is beautiful and cheap.
Andy
Andy
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
This thread deals with Majano anemones. Majano anemones aren't Aiptasia anemones and a lot of critters that will eat Majano won't touch Aiptasia.
Klownfish
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I tried the Tropic Marin Elimi-apitisia on the majono's. So far, its about a 70 percent kill rate. I "fed" the majanos the stuff. It comes with a 'feeder type of tube' not a true syringe. Today, I'm going to inject those puppies with a hypodermic needle, 18g or so, right into the base.
I'll post how well it works...
I haven't had a chance to pull all of my rock out and try soaking it in the Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure.
I've been busy cleaning, and I had 2 pumps go ka-putt. I'm still thinking about a Copper Banded Butterfly, though.
I'll post how well it works...
I haven't had a chance to pull all of my rock out and try soaking it in the Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure.
I've been busy cleaning, and I had 2 pumps go ka-putt. I'm still thinking about a Copper Banded Butterfly, though.
KurtsReef
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Found a neat little trick, the rock I placed in the fuge that was covered in majano's is completely (well possibly) free of majano's now.
Put the rock (if your able to) in the sump and then cover it with cheato. The majano's want to get to the light and crawl up into the cheato...easy removal from there.
Was pulling them out by the 10's and 20's for weeks everytime I visited the cellar. Its a good feeling to toss the little buggers into the trash.
waterfaller1
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And what would these critters that "eat mojano" be? I am about giving up the battle.
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