Hydroid pest help!

[toor.attar]

Hey everybody I dreaded this day but I got my first couple of reef tank pests. One of them is Vermetid snails which I am getting bumblebee snails to eat them up. But I also believe to have hydroids. What fish or livestock eat hydroids. What are other treatments for hydroids. Here some pics for reference, it’s my very first reef tank been running for 9 months now! Let me know if there are any livestock that eat hydroids or whatever pest that is

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hey everybody I dreaded this day but I got my first couple of reef tank pests. One of them is Vermetid snails which I am getting bumblebee snails to eat them up. But I also believe to have hydroids. What fish or livestock eat hydroids. What are other treatments for hydroids. Here some pics for reference, it’s my very first reef tank been running for 9 months now! Let me know if there are any livestock that eat hydroids or whatever pest that is

Often you can simply direct water flow towards them - not at them and they will be unable to get food and soon starve.
Other methods are applying kalkwasser paste over them (but too much can alter alk and ph), Gel super glue (small area at a time) or remove rock and scrub off in a container of tank water

 

[toor.attar]

Often you can simply direct water flow towards them - not at them and they will be unable to get food and soon starve.
Other methods are applying kalkwasser paste over them (but too much can alter alk and ph), Gel super glue (small area at a time) or remove rock and scrub off in a container of tank water

I’m trying too avoid taking the rocks out, what should I do with the super glue? Are there not any fish or livestock that eat hydroids

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I've heard smothering the hydroids with kalk paste may work, and here are some other threads with suggestions that might be helpful:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/hydroids-a-reference-to-some-strategies.819522/https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/hydroids-how-do-i-eliminate-they-have-taken-over-my-tank.329188/

 

[vetteguy53081]

Often you can simply direct water flow towards them - not at them and they will be unable to get food and soon starve.
Other methods are applying kalkwasser paste over them (but too much can alter alk and ph), Gel super glue (small area at a time) or remove rock and scrub off in a container of tank water

No fish eat them and with gel glue- must be gel, you can apply at small sections at a time. Peppermint shrimp will eat zoa before they focus, IF they focus on hydroids at all

 

[toor.attar]

No fish eat them and with gel glue- must be gel, you can apply at small sections at a time. Peppermint shrimp will eat zoa before they focus, IF they focus on hydroids at all

okay so just apply some gel glue all over the hydroids? Sand that should take care of it for the time being?

 

[vetteguy53081]

okay so just apply some gel glue all over the hydroids? Sand that should take care of it for the time being?

Yes. Go in small amounts - Dont try all at one tine. I used a paint brush to apply over them but the brush was a mess once used.