HELP!!! Master Scoly being overrun by Clove Polyps.

[Goonsack Steve]

I am needing suggestions on how to save this Master Warpaint Scoly.

It has always had Clove Polyps on it, even when it was at the LFS (see above photo for what it originally looked like).

A couple months ago, I had a mini tank crash caused by a large Alk swing which killed all my SPS, some other Scolys and a Torch I had.

This Warpaint however, despite taking a good bit of damage, still feels salvageable as it still has a healthy mouth with a feeding response each day.

However, a major hurdle is as the skeleton has been exposed, the Clove Polyps have taken over a majority of the realetate, preventing the Scoly from healing and I imagine irritating it to no end (see below).

Since the above photo was taken, I have tried to pull them off with tweezers, cut them off with a razor blade, brush them off with a stiff toothbrush, but they just shrink and hide inside the Scoly's skeleton.

Has anyone got any suggestions on how to remove or kill the Clove Polyps while not killing or damaging the remaining flesh on the scoly?

Any help would be amazing.

 

[Goonsack Steve]

Bump

 

[Shirak]

Research fenbendazole for blue clove polyps. Maybe can dip instead of tank treatment since it kills inverts like snails too.

 

[Goonsack Steve]

Research fenbendazole for blue clove polyps. Maybe can dip instead of tank treatment since it kills inverts like snails too.

Will it hurt the scoly this dip?

 

[Shirak]

not that I am aware of. Many SPS reefers have used it to kill coral boring spionid worms in tank. It will hit other polyp types like mushrooms zoas etc. plus snails and things. As far as I know it's ok for stony corals.

 

[Goonsack Steve]

not that I am aware of. Many SPS reefers have used it to kill coral boring spionid worms in tank. It will hit other polyp types like mushrooms zoas etc. plus snails and things. As far as I know it's ok for stony corals.

Interesting. Any idea how long to dip it for? Of what I can find online it will need to be done in its own QT tank

 

[Shirak]

Interesting. Any idea how long to dip it for? Of what I can find online it will need to be done in its own QT tank

Don't know. I have never used it. You will have to look around for vet sources as it is a dewormer for animals. You could always try covering the skeleton where the cloves are with epoxy or gel glue first.

 

[gkprevite]

In the future take care of something like this right away, before the scolly is so stressed and while there were fewer cloves. Hopefully it can recover. Another concern is the cloves popping up elsewhere in the tank. Never buy a coral with such pest already attached to it, even though that scolly is pretty insane

 

[SaltyWalty]

I’ve used kalk paste on them before. You need to be pretty accurate and I usually siphon it out after a little while so i don’t have an alk swing.

 

[Goonsack Steve]

Cheers for the help guys.

Yesterday I coated the relevant parts in some fragging clue.

This is it now. Hoping none pop up, but we'll see in a few days as it typically takes a couple days for them to come back out post annoyance.

 

[gkprevite]

Nicely done. I’m rooting for you and that sweet scoly. Hopefully on the road to recovery

 

[Smithaw15]

Was wondering if you had an update on how this turned out? I am facing the exact same issue with mine at the moment. Here is my scoly.

 

[Baldyreef]

Research fenbendazole for blue clove polyps. Maybe can dip instead of tank treatment since it kills inverts like snails too.

yeah and other softies

 

[Goonsack Steve]

Was wondering if you had an update on how this turned out? I am facing the exact same issue with mine at the moment. Here is my scoly.

I ended up using glue as the others suggested.

This did end up stopping the clove polyps (i had to do it a couple times as they would pop out of new holes), but unfortunately the scoly passed away due to recession.

Honestly have had awful luck keeping Scolys in my tank. All have died, bar one, which is receeding currently.

I have massively turned the flow down to try help and it does look a lot puffier now, but we will see in due time if it survives

 

[Baldyreef]

So sorry to hear that it’s always tough losing coral especially beautiful piece like that

 

[Baldyreef]

I ended up using glue as the others suggested.

This did end up stopping the clove polyps (i had to do it a couple times as they would pop out of new holes), but unfortunately the scoly passed away due to recession.

Honestly have had awful luck keeping Scolys in my tank. All have died, bar one, which is receeding currently.

I have massively turned the flow down to try help and it does look a lot puffier now, but we will see in due time if it survives

How often do you feed your scolys?

 

[Goonsack Steve]

I ended up using glue as the others suggested.

This did end up stopping the clove polyps (i had to do it a couple times as they would pop out of new holes), but unfortunately the scoly passed away due to recession.

Honestly have had awful luck keeping Scolys in my tank. All have died, bar one, which is receeding currently.

I have massively turned the flow down to try help and it does look a lot puffier now, but we will see in due time if it survives

How often do you feed your scolys?

I used to broadcast feed my tank and then stopped after being told it wasnt necessary.

I then started to spot feed twice a week with some coral pellets (a german company ive forgotten the name of) but that didnt stop them from all dying.

I now broadcast feed twice a week and spot feed 1-2 times a fortnight for the one Scoly i have left

 

[Baldyreef]

I used to broadcast feed my tank and then stopped after being told it wasnt necessary.

I then started to spot feed twice a week with some coral pellets (a german company ive forgotten the name of) but that didnt stop them from all dying.

I now broadcast feed twice a week and spot feed 1-2 times a fortnight for the one Scoly i have left

I’ve found mine seems to like mysis it’s always puffy and happy do you think it could be what they’re eating? I also keep my warpaint in the same very low par as my mushrooms

 

[Goonsack Steve]

I used to broadcast feed my tank and then stopped after being told it wasnt necessary.

I then started to spot feed twice a week with some coral pellets (a german company ive forgotten the name of) but that didnt stop them from all dying.

I now broadcast feed twice a week and spot feed 1-2 times a fortnight for the one Scoly i have left

I’ve found mine seems to like mysis it’s always puffy and happy do you think it could be what they’re eating? I also keep my warpaint in the same very low par as my mushrooms

My par is a little high (about 100) for the scoly and mushrooms, but shouldnt be the cause.

I do wonder if i need to spot feed more often?

 

[Shirak]

My par is a little high (about 100) for the scoly and mushrooms, but shouldnt be the cause.

I do wonder if i need to spot feed more often?

100 should be ok I think. Maybe nutrition. I would feed mine 4 or 5 times a week sometimes every night. Chopped frozen mysis and some lps pellets. My system had no fish and nutrients were typically low in the water. My LPS needed feeding daily...