Blue clove polyps
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I'm willing to bet a file fish might find those tasty.
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I had an aptasia eating file fish and he eradicated all my Xenia and anthelia.
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OP had mentioned the thread on r2r about treating with fenbendazole. I've posted there several times about my experience.
It works. Double tap with a second treatment after 4-5 weeks and be done with this stuff forever.
The problem with removing rock is that you'll never get all of it. Manual removal, like fighting bubble algae, is a losing cause, you just spread more of it around.
I have a mixed reef heavy on zoas with some sps, chalices, and a good number of shrooms. I lost my blue ridge coral I couldn't remove, all my kenya tree, chili corals and snails went into a holding tank. A single dose didn't get the job done on two separate occasions so that's why I went hard with the double tap. Its really truly gone. That being said, this stuff is dying in your tank and you're not running the skimmer for a few days. Your levels will get a little outta whack so for best results your tank needs to be completely dialed in before beginning. Also, you'll be without your snails for awhile so that's a factor- peppermint, cleaner shimp, sally light foots, blue and red leg hermit crabs were all unaffected.
If you have any questions feel free to PM.
It works. Double tap with a second treatment after 4-5 weeks and be done with this stuff forever.
The problem with removing rock is that you'll never get all of it. Manual removal, like fighting bubble algae, is a losing cause, you just spread more of it around.
I have a mixed reef heavy on zoas with some sps, chalices, and a good number of shrooms. I lost my blue ridge coral I couldn't remove, all my kenya tree, chili corals and snails went into a holding tank. A single dose didn't get the job done on two separate occasions so that's why I went hard with the double tap. Its really truly gone. That being said, this stuff is dying in your tank and you're not running the skimmer for a few days. Your levels will get a little outta whack so for best results your tank needs to be completely dialed in before beginning. Also, you'll be without your snails for awhile so that's a factor- peppermint, cleaner shimp, sally light foots, blue and red leg hermit crabs were all unaffected.
If you have any questions feel free to PM.
littlebigreef
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You don’t have to move the zoas unless it’s out of an abundance of caution. I treated with sensitive strains like Mohicans, as-kraks and wolverines palys with no losses nor ill effects.
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Jason Miller
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Did you have any acons in your tank? I’m gearing up to do the same thing but I have a lot of higher end acons that I can’t remove .?
How are your SPS looking.?
How much did you dose for the size of your tank .
thanks man for the great thread.
Cristy17
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Thank you for this post. Although dated to 2019, still very helpful. I am thinking of doing the treatment before the blue clove polyps get more out of control. Any advise by anyone that has done this? Other than remove snails?
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