Oenone Fulgida

[JP Reef]

I posted this in the hitchhiker forum, but thought I may get more exposure here.

I have verified I have at least a few of these in the tank. I built a trap similar to what I found online, but my attempts last night proved feeble.

This got me thinking. Would Metro or General Cure kill them. My thinking was to bind it to the trap food with focus and make it fairly easy for them to eat it. The medication wouldn't be in the water that long, and at such a low dose compared to my 130g of water volume shouldn't be noticeable to the rest of the inhabitants plus only the worms would get to the food. At a minimum I was hoping that it would slow them down enough for me to snare them.

Thoughts??

 

[Flippers4pups]

I posted this in the hitchhiker forum, but thought I may get more exposure here.

I have verified I have at least a few of these in the tank. I built a trap similar to what I found online, but my attempts last night proved feeble.

This got me thinking. Would Metro or General Cure kill them. My thinking was to bind it to the trap food with focus and make it fairly easy for them to eat it. The medication wouldn't be in the water that long, and at such a low dose compared to my 130g of water volume shouldn't be noticeable to the rest of the inhabitants plus only the worms would get to the food. At a minimum I was hoping that it would slow them down enough for me to snare them.

Thoughts??

A trap should work with frozen food in it. Redight with lights off should give you the ability to see them.

Removing rocks to get them out maybe needed.

Metro or GC may not work.

 

[Turtlesteve]

I think trapping it is the right answer. I had one of these many years back and it took quite some time to catch it. I'm not aware of any other practical method.

Steve