Blue clove polyp issue. Fenbendazole.

[Miami Reef]

Hi.

It appears I’m having a blue clove polyp issue.






They are growing over an acro, smothering its base. I tried the kalk paste several months ago. It grew back 10x its original size and infected the main rocks

I have 2 options: take apart the aquascape and start from scratch


Or dose Fenbendazole.

The aqua scape is pretty minimal, so I can put in the work on Sunday and get a whole new rock structure.

If I went the Fenbendazole route, would it harm my maxima clams? I have 16.


Here’s a tank photo. The circled part is where it’s located, but I think it already spread to the main rock behind it, and that structure is bonded. My corals are still frags, so I really don’t think it would be the end of the world to make a whole new scape.

My clams and acros are my highest priority.


I have snails, peppermint shrimp, LPS, one zoa, acros, and clams.

 

[Miami Reef]

@Randy Holmes-Farley

How skimmable is Fenbendazole? Can carbon remove it?

 

[Uncle99]

I’d evaluate that very carefully.

You have a beautiful tank and that stuff may take out more than you want.

Absolutely a last resort for me.

I was lucky to be able to remove 95% by removing the rock.

I got the remainder by pasting expoxy gum over them, then removing the following week.

With that many clams and a obviously thriving tank, gotta be 100% certain.

 

[Miami Reef]

I’d evaluate that very carefully.

You have a beautiful tank and that stuff may take out more than you want.

Absolutely a last resort for me.

I was lucky to be able to remove 95% by removing the rock.

I got the remainder by pasting expoxy gum over them, then removing the following week.

With that many clams and an obviously thriving tank, gotta be 100% certain.

Thank you.

I’m going to take your advice and rip apart any rock that was infected by it. It won’t be easy, but I don’t think there’s a better option.

I did some forum searching, and despite some people heavily adding Fenbendazole, they still returned.

I read positive results with feeding Fenbendazole foods, but the original source is out of stock, and I’d rather just fix the problem on a Sunday afternoon instead of constantly worrying about this for months or years or risk harming my inhabitants.

 

[KrisReef]

Rock is cheap!
GL tomorrow.

 

[Miami Reef]

Rock is cheap!
GL tomorrow.

Yes. Very true.

My main issue was having to detach the acros from the rocks, potentially ruining the main structure that’s bonded, and having to reglue them.


Howver, this might give me an opportunity to add more rocks and build a higher rock structure. I will choose to look at the positives.