Need help with an eviction.

[Stylo328]

I have a love/hate relationship with encrusting montipora and now I need some advice on getting a few of them out.

These in particular are well encrusted. I have to somehow cut the rock they are on to extract them.

I own a tile wetsaw, but the angles here are odd and the resulting flat rock would be ugly. Any thoughts on how to get them off without making a thousand frags?

Thanks.

 

[nivram]

What about using a chisel or pick? Or cover them up in epoxy

 

[Stylo328]

What about using a chisel or pick? Or cover them up in epoxy

Thanks. I thought about aa chisel or a pic but I'm afraid of breaking all the other corals on the individual rocks. Think it can be done?

I guess I could just cover them with epoxy and attach other corals on top of them. That's a great idea.

 

[mrx66699]

Can you take the rock out. ..if so i can remove it for you

 

[Aquatic Reef Creations]

If you have frags left over, let me know. I would be interested in some of them.

 

[AquamanE]

Ive done the epoxy trick, and it works. Issue is depending o growth rate of encrouching coral. For me it has been Idaho Grape. Its back with in a few months. But epoxy makes it managable,.

 

[dadummy]

take a firm tooth brush and scrub it, I have killed some that way in the tank. takes a while they don't go down easy lol

 

[Diesel3443]

That monti in the second pic is the worst. Kills almost everything in its path.

 

[Stylo328]

That monti in the second pic is the worst. Kills almost everything in its path.

You are absolutely correct. It just grows over everything. That is the mystic sunset and I REGRET ever adding it to the tank.

 

[Stylo328]

If you have frags left over, let me know. I would be interested in some of them.

I'm going to try to get the entire colonies off.

 

[Stylo328]

May try the epoxy or tooth brush tricks. Thanks!

 

[BigJohnny]

Could also use kalk paste to stop them from growing in that direction if you'd prefer

 

[knukles55]

expose the half the rock to air lol

 

[Stylo328]

expose the half the rock to air lol

I'll try that, if pouring bleach in the tank doesn't work. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[FLYING BONES]

You are absolutely correct. It just grows over everything. That is the mystic sunset and I REGRET ever adding it to the tank.

And I thought that was an awesome Monti... Lol can you get it to grow on the back wall?

 

[rovster]

Oh boy, I got encrusting monti's everywhere. I hope they are far enough from my acros so that the acros get a chance to set up!

 

[bmanzie]

try rat poison lol

 

[Stylo328]

try rat poison lol

Or I could just put them in your tank - guaranteed eradication.

 

[bmanzie]

This is true.