Hey All,
I really need some help...
9gallon nano. Mixed reef tank. Mostly zoas and lps. Everything is doing very well! Even my sps sticks.
I have a major case of hydroid colonies growing everywhere in my tank... I started to see them within the 1st 9 months of my tank's life. I used to scrape them away, but they will always grow back in the same area I scraped. I even used putty to cover them up and they would always end up growing around the putty after a week or so... After a while, I just let it be. I read they will usually just die away esp. in young tanks.
It's been 2 years now... And they have not gone away..in fact... They have grown everywhere in my tank! They seem to be photosynthetic as they only grow around areas where there is light. I've been reefing since 2005 and I have never... NEVER DEALT WITH A PEsT LIKE THIS!! It's driving me crazy. I'm so close to selling everything off and just shutting down.
I finally decided to try glue and my live rock looks like crap right now... One week later... I see these little jerk offs growing around the area that I glued...
Need help. I'm about to give up. I've dealt with all sorts of pests over the years and there was always a remedy for them... But this time... Im out of options. Again... I've already tried putty, glue, aptesianX (doesn't work at all), scraping them off... Nothing works.
I heard from my lfs that trying bumblebee cowries, file fish, or boxer shrimp may work.
Unfortunately, I have a indigo dottyback as my only fish... so not sure about using fish or a shrimp will work out... But at this point I may just try that. . dewormer medication was even suggested per.... But I want to avoid using chemicals ...
any thoughts? Please help... I'm about to give up...
attached a pic of what I got. I smothered all of them so taking pics on my own will not be useful. I only see one or two already growing around the glued areas..
I really need some help...
9gallon nano. Mixed reef tank. Mostly zoas and lps. Everything is doing very well! Even my sps sticks.
I have a major case of hydroid colonies growing everywhere in my tank... I started to see them within the 1st 9 months of my tank's life. I used to scrape them away, but they will always grow back in the same area I scraped. I even used putty to cover them up and they would always end up growing around the putty after a week or so... After a while, I just let it be. I read they will usually just die away esp. in young tanks.
It's been 2 years now... And they have not gone away..in fact... They have grown everywhere in my tank! They seem to be photosynthetic as they only grow around areas where there is light. I've been reefing since 2005 and I have never... NEVER DEALT WITH A PEsT LIKE THIS!! It's driving me crazy. I'm so close to selling everything off and just shutting down.
I finally decided to try glue and my live rock looks like crap right now... One week later... I see these little jerk offs growing around the area that I glued...
Need help. I'm about to give up. I've dealt with all sorts of pests over the years and there was always a remedy for them... But this time... Im out of options. Again... I've already tried putty, glue, aptesianX (doesn't work at all), scraping them off... Nothing works.
I heard from my lfs that trying bumblebee cowries, file fish, or boxer shrimp may work.
Unfortunately, I have a indigo dottyback as my only fish... so not sure about using fish or a shrimp will work out... But at this point I may just try that. . dewormer medication was even suggested per.... But I want to avoid using chemicals ...
any thoughts? Please help... I'm about to give up...
attached a pic of what I got. I smothered all of them so taking pics on my own will not be useful. I only see one or two already growing around the glued areas..