Majanos- Keep or KILL

If you have alot of other corals I would say kill them just to be safe... You wouldnt want them to take out one of your most loved or expensive corals...


They do look nice though dont they...lol
 
I kept some in my pico but i did not have anything else in there hardly. And these things move a lot so they can get on a coral and kill it. I would just kill them they will be become a enemy in the tank.
 
Kill. Without a doubt. Ask Angela. ;) She ended up taking down her entire tank because of mojanos.

Brandon
 
What controls these things in the wild? Seems like they would take over the seas. Another words, is there a reef safe fish or somthing that takes care of em?
 
Has anyone got the down low on Aiptasia X (sp?)??? I was told it would work. I would do the kalkwasser but I don't have any and with an 8 gal biocube I didn't see the need to purchase any until I get a bigger aquarium.
 
Ha H a H a! As Brandon said....If only you could have seen my 270 after the hostile takeover! I started with 2 I actually "PAID FOR" ....Back then.... (as my daughter likes to refer to my past as it Sooo long ago!!) folks were selling the tulip anemonies for $5 each I think not knowing they could be so nasty. I was so disapointed when my CBB ate them I had to get some more after the powder blue I added took out the butterfly. Long story short I added just 2 in a very easy to acess spot (reports had been floating of there invasive tendencies by now) in my 270 thinking they are "so pretty" I will just keep them in check and man was I wrong.
Granted high nutrients and having a baby to pre-ocupy me that summer was just the mix they needed to go crazy. It was like a nice little patch that went bazerko in a matter of no time till they had destroyed everything they came in touch with. They were on the glass getting mag floated off and even hitchin rides on turbo snails! It was like they spawned instead of split they multiplied so fast. They also took out many corals in my freinds 29 and she did stay on top of them but they were unstoppable.

One way I found they are easy to kill and get the whole thing is ice. If you can get the rock out hold a peice of ice right on them for a few mins. and they totally let go of the rock, foot intact. Joes juice stuff mealted them but never killed the foot and they would just grow back. I wonder if that is how they went so crazy in my tank is I disolved them and they floated off to just grow back from the mush all over the tank. Yes it was that bad. :(.
The ice trick doesn't work on aptasias I have found it just gooes them and they can retract far enouph in the rock to survive it seemed but the tulips have a more definit foot that ussually is not buried deep in the rock and can be peeled off very easy with a ice bath. You could try it underwater if the rock is not able to be gotten out and the ice cube doesn't melt too fast. It will shock it and You can get a fingernail or small knife under the foot and peel it off that way maybe. Hope this helps!

I agree they are real pretty though!
 
This shot still doesn't do the multitudes of them justice but you can get a idea and notice all the nice dead SPS colonies all around them? Sad Sad days :lol: I am actually embarased to post this pic they had gotten so bad! I should not be allowed to call myself a reefer.... more like a coral killer!

Can you find the by color blenny in this pic hiding?

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They even attatched tothe sand!

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Mine are just on one piece of live rock (of course who knows where they might be lurking). I will try the ice thing. They are somewhat easy to get to where they are located and extend up to an inch from the foot when they are happy. Thus far they have only split a couple of times- I started with 5 not knowing they are a pest and I know have 9 at last count this morning. Thus far they haven't attacked anything but they have not been allowed to get that close to anyone else. As I am VERY new at this, I have been giving lots of space around everything to keep stinging to a minimum. I guess I got that part right at least.

Well watch out tonight...ice baths for everyone!!!! I'll let ya'll know how it worked out on Monday.
 
I'm on the work computer so photobucket pictures are unaccessable. Thus I have no idea where the blenny is!! Is this a new game, hide the fish?



Oh yeah!! Does anyone want a "tulip anemone"? I have some...LOL. Won't even charge the $5.
 
Angela Short said:
This shot still doesn't do the multitudes of them justice
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Yeah, I witnessed the 270 right before it came down and I can attest that this is definitely true (no offense of course Angela). The problem is clearly that there's not a real easy way to do away with them. Luckily, I've never had one of these.

On the topic of anemones more broadly though... it would seem that various types of small anemones are a constant concern among reefers who buy/sell/trade corals on any sort of regular basis. They are hard to pick up in quarantine, can occupy small enough spaces that even if you find them you might not be able to eradicate them, and they will survive most if not all sorts of dips you might give to your corals before they go into the main tank. I've had anemones seemingly pop up out of nowhere in tanks I thought had none even without having added anything for months.

My long-term control solution has been keeping a group of peppermint shrimp (beware of camel shrimp, you do not want those) in all of my tanks. They are generally even one of the first things that go into my tanks. As long as anemones are not allowed to reach a "critical mass" where they are able to reproduce faster than their predators can eat them, they won't generally become a problem. I think a lot of people wait too long to start trying to fight them and are just starting a battle they've already lost.
 
Brian,
I have heard that peppermint shrimp won't eat majanos. If you think they will, I will pick one up this weekend. I have no shrimp thus far and it would be entertaining to watch even if it didn't eat them.
 
One thing to note regarding the peppermint shrimp, there has been discussion that there are two different species(?) that are REALLY similar in appearance, but only one will really go for aiptasia. Perhaps the right ones will go for majanos as well?
 
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