White Ball anemone - How to naturally kill? :)

[Subw00er]

I have some white ball that are starting to take over and sting sps. Is there a way to naturally kill them? Do they have a natural predator (fish/shrimp)?

I could do it manually but they are really good hiders and only visible in dead of night.

 

[LeLutinBanni]

Aiptasia X or Joe Juice will do the job.

 

[Subw00er]

I've tried the aptasia X with bad results. sorta kills them but they just come back. I know how to use the stuff..

 

[iamborg]

Last weekend, I took my LR out, and use a BBQ hand-held torch lighter
and burn each of them (the white ball anem).

It works quite well, but the rocks will get char and you have to remember
to remove the soot from the rocks else they will float in your tank.

 

[Rippinfrags]

Last weekend, I took my LR out, and use a BBQ hand-held torch lighter
and burn each of them (the white ball anem).

It works quite well, but the rocks will get char and you have to remember
to remove the soot from the rocks else they will float in your tank.

I would be careful using this method. Live Rock can become toxic/poisonous when heat is applied.

 

[dunc101]

Kalk works well too. I just use a salifert test kit syringe and put some kalk paste in it.

 

[iamborg]

I would be careful using this method. Live Rock can become toxic/poisonous when heat is applied.

Why? Please advise.
My corals + clownfish + hermit + rbta seems to be doing well still.
I miss a few spot, and thought of burning a few spot again.
thanks

 

[Greg 45]

aptasia eating file fish will wipe them out

 

[ct_vol]

Kalk works well too. I just use a salifert test kit syringe and put some kalk paste in it.

I use Kalk too. I use a syringe for injection directly into the anemone.

 

[bues0022]

I've had those plenty of times in my tanks - but they never werea problem for me, even touching other corals. They seemed to enjoy the dark areas of the tank, while my SPS were obviously in the the light. Can you absolutely positively correlate SPS death to these? Are there any other factors that may instead be causing your SPS demise? Alk levels? low Alk will cause whitening from the bottom-up and make it look like these little guys might be stinging it.

 

[Rippinfrags]

Why? Please advise.
My corals + clownfish + hermit + rbta seems to be doing well still.
I miss a few spot, and thought of burning a few spot again.
thanks

I did not mean it would be harmful to your fish tank. I was more worried about potential palytoxins being released into the air from the torch.