What eats this weed coral?

[morbid0000]

This has overgrown my tank, is there anything that eats it?
I have some simple soft corals, no sps, and I can deal with anything being nibbled right now if it helps eat this stuff.

With and without flash:

Thanks,
Mike

 

[sedor]

Those are majano anemones.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1609552

This thread might help you a bit it gives a couple ways to deal with these things. I have also heard a Raccoon Butterfly fish will gobble them up pretty good.

 

[erbio]

I think they're pretty.

 

[Reefaddict79]

those things are the devil.....good luck with them. I'm breaking down my tank because of them

 

[T-Ville Tom]

Aptasia-X, dose them a few at at time, and tey will not return. Or if you prefer, a copperbanded butterfly will eat them, but when you run out of majano, they srat in on other corals. Good luck.

 

[morbid0000]

Got lots of suggestions PMed to me... here's one that is working quick: boiling water!

I filled a stainless 5 gal pot with freshly mised salt water and brought it to a boil.

I connected a small pump to a hose with a ball valve for flow control.

I set the pot on a board next to the tank, dropped the pump in and turned it on. I set the flow very low, would fill a 8oz cup in 4 seconds, and placed the hose directly over a cluster of these devil anenomies.

After 1-2 seconds, the evil little thing would shrivel. Move to the next and next..... Took maybe 5 minutes total to hit half the tank and drain the whole pot.

30 min later, the tank temp is only up 5F over when I started and the little devils are falling off the glass and rocks where I sprayed bioling water. Other soft corals only an inch away are fine.

Boiling salt water. Just make sure you use a stout hose, the vinyl ones soften fast!

Thank you all for your help!

 

[mickeyray]

Falcula butterfly... I was told that in 6 weeks it wiped those out of a 150 g. hope that helps... they are supposedly reef safe.