daveonbass
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Have you thought about super glueing the holes? It may keep the pods in/out and they might find a new home. Maybe just try it on one hole and see if that area heals up before moving on to the rest.
pods munching on my acro
- Thread starter reefnrod
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I have experienced similar things with my sps though not quite as severe. Some pods in my tank build little mucus tubes to hide in and cover them with detritus. These occasionally occur in corallites in the middle of sps. They do the same thing and chew at the edge of healthy tissue preventing their holes from being covered up. The pods I have seen do this are smaller, white, and cigar shaped for living inside a linear tube. The will also grab bits of detritus like chaeto strands to adhere to their tubes which further inhibits growth. IME interceptor does not knock back their population much. I imagine they are somewhat shielded by living inside the tubes. Wrasses are not a great solution again due to their concealment in the tubes. I havent tried mandarins yet, they might scrutinize the rockwork more and do a better job of control.
Good luck. Let me know if you find a solution. I would definitely address that Acro asap, with vinegar, superglue, or boiling water injections.
Good luck. Let me know if you find a solution. I would definitely address that Acro asap, with vinegar, superglue, or boiling water injections.
reefnrod
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that for the advise. im going to break the dead tips off and super glue the areas in the middle. i will leave the remains in the bowl of water and see what i find. thoughts?
p stegmaier
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All I can say is one colony isn't worth wiping out 24 others, get it out of your tank!
reefnrod
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wow wow wow!!! well for starters i just took the coral out and let it sit in just plain tank water. first is seen a bunch of little pods coming out and swiming around then going back to the coral. while i was waiting i was checking out the tank and seen a green and white zoa eating nudi or flat worm moving very fast all over my zoas. i went back to the sps and blew it off with a turkey baster and these small RED flat worms that do not look like planaria. the would move around and then swim in a circle or 2 then land back on the bottom of them bowl and then start moving around agian. here some pics they were all very small so i hope you guys can see them.
shred5
Premium Member
First of all pods are a generic name for allot of different things running around in our tanks. Some could very well be bad or eat acros. Allot of different things make it into our tank we have not seen yet. I would remove the coral if they are only on this coral. You can try dipping it but make sure you get them all before placing it back. I would hate to see them spread to your other corals.. They may be eating the dead parts of the coral but they also could be just eating or bitting the living coral to keep it back from those holes.. I wouldnt risk keeping that coral in my tank.
