Monkeytank
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Could you post a link to the ones you got?
I hate veremetid snails!
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srad750c
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I have very few of them, I only use coral foods maybe once a week. My corals gets all their nutrition from amino acids, vitamins and trace element supplements. I had one that was a huge pain in my tank, over time my red montipora grow over it, haven’t seen it since.
chefjpaul
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Ya know I was wondering the same thing, then part of me wonders if it was a joke? as in you can put avocado on anything, like the snails? It was from chefjpaul so maybe? I'm glad I wasnt the only one scratching my head on that
chefjpaul
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Not sure what happened there. Sorry. Ill try to find it again.....
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Neo Jeo
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Update:
I got my 5w laser yesterday and got cookin! It's bright lol.... Also, it burned a whole in paper within 5 seconds. So it does something. I cooked about 15 veremetied snails. Now did it work? I don't know. I did not hear anything but they seemed to change color as if it was cooked.
One I found making a tube and he was alive in the morning again but my batteries might of been low when I was trying to cook him. I found out after a few minutes of run time the batteries get real low and it just turns into a light not a burning machine. So I keep extra batteries charged. Im going to blast him again with the newest batteries.
As of now, I recommend getting the 5W on eBay. Not the 3w!
Happy Cookin!
I got my 5w laser yesterday and got cookin! It's bright lol.... Also, it burned a whole in paper within 5 seconds. So it does something. I cooked about 15 veremetied snails. Now did it work? I don't know. I did not hear anything but they seemed to change color as if it was cooked.
One I found making a tube and he was alive in the morning again but my batteries might of been low when I was trying to cook him. I found out after a few minutes of run time the batteries get real low and it just turns into a light not a burning machine. So I keep extra batteries charged. Im going to blast him again with the newest batteries.
As of now, I recommend getting the 5W on eBay. Not the 3w!
Happy Cookin!
usmc2897
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It dosent do much with hair algae or cyano but I have used it with bubble algae before with success.
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Neo Jeo
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First thing I tried on was my green hair algae it did nothing . Surprising but maybe because the Algae is made out of 90% water ?
Rick.45cal
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I have a 5W one :D
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Neo Jeo
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I have a 5W one :D
That's a nice shaft!
Thales
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I put some of that info here. I have also had success with the laser, it seem sporadic
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-home-tank.296635/page-5#post-5659125
Steven Nelson
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I bought a blue laser after a resurgence of mojanos that I’d thought long gone thanks to my matted file fish. I’d been plagued with them for years, having to routinely dive into the tank with syringes full of hot kalc paste.
Immediately upon moving in, my little file fish got busy, wiping them out in the span of a few weeks. He grew fat and happy, but after several years of appearing to be contented, one night he committed suicide by carpet.
Not long after this tragedy, little mojanos started popping up on a rock they’d previously been known to frequent.
I have a health condition now, and I’m not fit for spending more than a minute of reaching into the reef. Another file fish was recruited, but showed zero interest in the mojano. A second was added, and began consorting with the first, both now being freeloaders and slackers.
I ordered the least sketchy-looking laser on Ebay, and waited as the pseudoanemonids continued breeding like vermin, threatening to overgrow everything in a widening swath.
The laser arrived without batteries yesterday, so it was today before I fired it up. The CR123a batteries caused sticker shock at Lowe’s, but a set of rechargeables are on the way.
It’s very bright and gave me the instant sense of holding a Jedi light saber.
The first thing I had to do was test it on myself, of course.
I aimed it at the palm of my hand and after the 3 second warmup immediately felt a sharp, focused heat that made me aware that it will in fact cause injury if misused.
So to the reef tank I went, and watched with a demonic glee as the laser struck the body of the first, nasty little polyp and torched it with a brilliant blaze of blue light.
I noted though, that after the initial reaction, it took some time for the polyp to be eradicated, and even then, some material remained. I found that this is a tedious process that requires a steady hand and extra batteries. The distortions of circulating water, and the thickness of the glass made precisely focusing on the targets challenging. Having tremors made it a *****.
After a session that lasted about an hour, which is a half hour greater than my stamina, I left off. Most of the visible polyps had been killed - the smaller ones - or badly damaged. It’s evident that I will need to repeat this process, and for the larger, tougher mojanos I may still need to load up a spike of deadly white powder. From Jedi Knight to Dr. Death is a precipitous decline. Whatever it takes. Mojano are more tenacious than aiptasia. It’s hard to believe that any part of them can survive, given my Stupid Hand Experiment and the length of time the little jerks were irradiated, but within an hour, singed little tentacles had begun to emerge like little zomie hands, reaching from the grave.
It’s easier for me to sit or sometimes stand with a light saber, waging war by slow incineration, than to go diving in with arms gloved like Dr. Pol. I remain hopeful that my deadbeat file fish might come to like cooked mojano, and then go paleo. Either way these little motherfeckers are unlikely to be eradicated, and I anticipate the war grinding on into the future. I’m glad to have a new, high tech weapon in the arsenal. They are spineless (literally) guerrillas, sneaking around in tunnels and under rocks.
One day I will pass into the next dimension and I hope to train a new Jedi to channel the force. Until then, I’ll slog on in my lonely campaign against these insurgent clones. May the force (7v=3.5v CR123a x 2) be with me.
Immediately upon moving in, my little file fish got busy, wiping them out in the span of a few weeks. He grew fat and happy, but after several years of appearing to be contented, one night he committed suicide by carpet.
Not long after this tragedy, little mojanos started popping up on a rock they’d previously been known to frequent.
I have a health condition now, and I’m not fit for spending more than a minute of reaching into the reef. Another file fish was recruited, but showed zero interest in the mojano. A second was added, and began consorting with the first, both now being freeloaders and slackers.
I ordered the least sketchy-looking laser on Ebay, and waited as the pseudoanemonids continued breeding like vermin, threatening to overgrow everything in a widening swath.
The laser arrived without batteries yesterday, so it was today before I fired it up. The CR123a batteries caused sticker shock at Lowe’s, but a set of rechargeables are on the way.
It’s very bright and gave me the instant sense of holding a Jedi light saber.
The first thing I had to do was test it on myself, of course.
I aimed it at the palm of my hand and after the 3 second warmup immediately felt a sharp, focused heat that made me aware that it will in fact cause injury if misused.
So to the reef tank I went, and watched with a demonic glee as the laser struck the body of the first, nasty little polyp and torched it with a brilliant blaze of blue light.
I noted though, that after the initial reaction, it took some time for the polyp to be eradicated, and even then, some material remained. I found that this is a tedious process that requires a steady hand and extra batteries. The distortions of circulating water, and the thickness of the glass made precisely focusing on the targets challenging. Having tremors made it a *****.
After a session that lasted about an hour, which is a half hour greater than my stamina, I left off. Most of the visible polyps had been killed - the smaller ones - or badly damaged. It’s evident that I will need to repeat this process, and for the larger, tougher mojanos I may still need to load up a spike of deadly white powder. From Jedi Knight to Dr. Death is a precipitous decline. Whatever it takes. Mojano are more tenacious than aiptasia. It’s hard to believe that any part of them can survive, given my Stupid Hand Experiment and the length of time the little jerks were irradiated, but within an hour, singed little tentacles had begun to emerge like little zomie hands, reaching from the grave.
It’s easier for me to sit or sometimes stand with a light saber, waging war by slow incineration, than to go diving in with arms gloved like Dr. Pol. I remain hopeful that my deadbeat file fish might come to like cooked mojano, and then go paleo. Either way these little motherfeckers are unlikely to be eradicated, and I anticipate the war grinding on into the future. I’m glad to have a new, high tech weapon in the arsenal. They are spineless (literally) guerrillas, sneaking around in tunnels and under rocks.
One day I will pass into the next dimension and I hope to train a new Jedi to channel the force. Until then, I’ll slog on in my lonely campaign against these insurgent clones. May the force (7v=3.5v CR123a x 2) be with me.
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Neo Jeo
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The force is strong with you...
Nice write up! The laser works just yes takes time and dedication lol. I rather do that then be in my tank.
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