myronemia hydroids

steve&mari · Oct 26, 2016

As title says we got em and I'm going crazy trying to fight them any help is appreciated. Not my pic but from web I'll get one when lights are on today. #reefsquad @twilliard

dbl · Oct 26, 2016

No personal experience Steve, but I'd like to follow along to hopefully learn something about their removal.

steve&mari · Oct 26, 2016

I've tried pulling them scrubbing with a brush kalk paste works so so. Worse things I've gotten from a frag by far. Wished I'd known beforehand what they where n I'd tossed the frag out but they're taking over and killed off lots of corals already sadly. I've been so frustrated I've considered getting out because I don't want a tank of just the black plague of reefing. I Bayer dip and tried h2o2 dip before it spread. Also limited lights to few hours a day done multiple blackouts for up to a full 8 days. I'm about to pull a Elvis and shoot the dang tank instead of a tv lol.

steve&mari · Oct 26, 2016

Sorry phone double posted

Lionfish Lair · Oct 26, 2016

When you disturb them, do they withdraw into little flexible tubes?

steve&mari · Oct 26, 2016

Not really kind like a polyp similar to cloves they open n close but don't really retract.

Lionfish Lair · Oct 26, 2016

Sorry, I missed where you said that it wasn't your pic. The hydroids in the picture have stalks that look a little big to be Myrionema amboinense, which are often called Pom Pom hydroids because of there small stalks and bushy round heads.

steve&mari · Oct 26, 2016

Here's a pic from ours

Lionfish Lair said:
Sorry, I missed where you said that it wasn't your pic. The hydroids in the picture have stalks that look a little big to be Myrionema amboinense, which are often called Pom Pom hydroids because of there small stalks and bushy round heads.

Lionfish Lair · Oct 26, 2016

Ohhhhh yaaaaaaa! THOSE are myrionema! They are different from what's in the first picture. Yours are a pain in the booty because they are photosynthetic.

steve&mari · Oct 26, 2016

Lionfish Lair said:
Ohhhhh yaaaaaaa! THOSE are myrionema! They are different from what's in the first picture. Yours are a pain in the booty because they are photosynthetic.

Well did good with the id at least just wish I could win the battle lol.

Lionfish Lair · Oct 26, 2016

I honestly don't know about treatments and perhaps Twil can get you going with suggestions. These are different and they are a total pain, because even if you restrict the diet 100% they can live with the light in your tank. I don't typically treat hydroids with medications, but this variety demands a little different approach.

steve&mari · Oct 26, 2016

Lionfish Lair · Oct 26, 2016

Does anyone know if these guys handle being .... mauled? A lot of varieties don't actually handle being messed with all the time. It's how I got rid of a colony. I took the end of a ruler and kind of combed through it/batted at it every couple of days. Structurally they can be a little niche. They are not like aiptasia, in that when you mess with them they get everywhere.

steve&mari · Oct 26, 2016

Lionfish Lair said:
I honestly don't know about treatments and perhaps Twil can get you going with suggestions. These are different and they are a total pain, because even if you restrict the diet 100% they can live with the light in your tank. I don't typically treat hydroids with medications, but this variety demands a little different approach.

Added another picture if you want to use it feel free too.