Is this sea mat?

[reefbroke]

How do I kill it?

 

[thamnasteroid]

Looks like Palythoa toxica or heliodiscus, not P. tuberculosa/caribaeorum. I would probably kill it using kalk paste or something similar.

 

[wattson]

nope, better known as Texas Trash, pest palys, Im really dating myself now.

 

[AydenLincoln]

Whatever you decide…be very careful of palytoxin and wear protective gear/do it underwater the entire time.

 

[Fishfreak2009]

nope, better known as Texas Trash, pest palys, Im really dating myself now.

I had a bunch, threw them in my FOWLR and the angels ate them all.

I tried it again tonight with a frag of 30+ captain jerk palythoa. The maculosus angel, cream angel, and stars and stripes puffer ate them all within minutes. Not the best pics, but first pic was just added (under blues) and second pics was about 5 minutes later, when I realized the fish were picking at them and turned the lights on to see how bad... the pic of the fish is the maculosus angel (main culprit)

 

[reefbroke]

How do I kill it?

Thanks for the response

 

[reefbroke]

How do I kill it?

Thanks

 

[reefbroke]

Whatever you decide…be very careful of palytoxin and wear protective gear/do it underwater the entire time.

Thanks

 

[reefbroke]

I had a bunch, threw them in my FOWLR and the angels ate them all.

I tried it again tonight with a frag of 30+ captain jerk palythoa. The maculosus angel, cream angel, and stars and stripes puffer ate them all within minutes. Not the best pics, but first pic was just added (under blues) and second pics was about 5 minutes later, when I realized the fish were picking at them and turned the lights on to see how bad... the pic of the fish is the maculosus angel (main culprit)

Thanks for the response

 

[blecki]

Picture under white light? Telling heliodiscus and mutuki apart under blues is hard and one of them will kill you.