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Corals need water but they can stay out of water for a few minutes, I personally wouldn’t risk more than 5 mins. Zoas and paly’s can stay out a little longer.Thank you all, I understand I must remove it.
It has currently spread onto 3 frags and none on my rock, being isolated should help. I don't have a dental pick so I'll find something similar.
So I can clean it, how long can a frag stay out of the water?
So it doesn't come back, should I cover the surface where it was growing from with epoxy, glue or something else?
So I can understand, how did this come about in my tank?
That’d be awesome! Others also recommend covering the hydroids in paste to kinda suffocate them. But removing them entirely is a much easier and secure route in my eyes as it means these buggers won’t make a return. Unfortunately, I haven’t heard of much evidence where Coral Rx or other dips have the capability to kill these things.That was some valuable information AmaleeC, thanks for sharing and thanks for your time.
I got new frag plugs I can switch the frags to, which sounds way better than trying to clean them as far as avoiding a come back, but since it's also on the frags themselves I'll have to clean them anyway. I'll keep them on the rack so I can monitor to make sure its gone before I put it on the rock, removing any of my rock without my rock work crumbling down would be impossible. I have a nano 13.5 and only one main rock structure thats all connected with epoxy, only a couple of tiny loose rocks.
I dip my corals in CoralRX, it's not meant to kill these kinds of pests?
Just to give you guys a conclusion for this.That’d be awesome! Others also recommend covering the hydroids in paste to kinda suffocate them. But removing them entirely is a much easier and secure route in my eyes as it means these buggers won’t make a return. Unfortunately, I haven’t heard of much evidence where Coral Rx or other dips have the capability to kill these things.
Dangit! Not the Rastas...I agree! I just found out one of my Rasta zoa frags is COVERED in hydroids. Then I looked over and my Rock Flower Anemone Island is also covered in it. As a result, I’m still unsure about what to do... Right now the plan is to wait them out, I was planning on not feeding my corals anymore anyways, so let’s see.