Pest clove conundrum...

[Homewrecker]

I'm helping a friend with their tank and he is LOADED with pest cloves. Seems like a simple problem right? NOPE. The last time we tried a in tank treatment(fenben via panacur liquid suspension) for pest cloves all his xenia and GSP died or was severely affected for months. We're looking to try something new and need to get rid of them but not at the expense of the corals(most that survived are making a comeback now). Any suggestions?
Should I use fenben in a different form?

 

[kevgib67]

I’m curious, sticking around for an answer.

 

[Homewrecker]

I’m curious, sticking around for an answer.

Hopefully we both get an answer

 

[kevgib67]

Hopefully we both get an answer

I remember reading of something that was used over the past few years but can’t for the life of me remember. I do remember it affecting the gsp so maybe the same thing but under a different name. Let me check my saved list, it will take a while.

 

[kevgib67]

Ya, the same I think.

 

[Homewrecker]

bump

 

[Uncle99]

I'm helping a friend with their tank and he is LOADED with pest cloves. Seems like a simple problem right? NOPE. The last time we tried a in tank treatment(fenben via panacur liquid suspension) for pest cloves all his xenia and GSP died or was severely affected for months. We're looking to try something new and need to get rid of them but not at the expense of the corals(most that survived are making a comeback now). Any suggestions?
Should I use fenben in a different form?

Remove the rocks with cloves.
Replace.
Or they just return.

 

[Mr_Knightley]

Not a cure, but a management option I have heard in the past: Urchins. Specifically tuxedos, though I'm sure that others might work. There was a reef featured in an old Coral magazine that used urchins to keep up with a blue clove pandemic. The urchins would restrict the cloves to the crevices of the rocks while the rest of the coral grew in and smothered them. It was a cycle, and as soon as the urchins died he would have a new bloom of cloves, but it is certainly a sustainable system.

 

[Homewrecker]

Remove the rocks with cloves.
Replace.
Or they just return.

It’s a 400+ gallon tank, I should have clarified earlier. And the cloves are on structural components of the rock

 

[Homewrecker]

Not a cure, but a management option I have heard in the past: Urchins. Specifically tuxedos, though I'm sure that others might work. There was a reef featured in an old Coral magazine that used urchins to keep up with a blue clove pandemic. The urchins would restrict the cloves to the crevices of the rocks while the rest of the coral grew in and smothered them. It was a cycle, and as soon as the urchins died he would have a new bloom of cloves, but it is certainly a sustainable system.

Thank you! I’ll be trying this out

 

[Uncle99]

It’s a 400+ gallon tank, I should have clarified earlier. And the cloves are on structural components of the rock

Sorry, kinda kills that thought.

I’ve manually removed what I can and used F-Aptasia which encapsulates them for removal.

But it sounds like you have to many to make that practical.

 

[Homewrecker]

Sorry, kinda kills that thought.

I’ve manually removed what I can and used F-Aptasia which encapsulates them for removal.

But it sounds like you have to many to make that practical.

It’s been tried but it’s getting frustrating to keep that up. The main issue is that the tank is 3 feet front to back so it’s challenging to get at all the little forgotten nooks and crannies

 

[bobnicaragua]

It’s only Xenia and GSP. I would treat the tank multiple times and wipe out the clove polyps once and for all!

I know from experience, living with clove polyps is a nightmare!!

 

[Homewrecker]

It’s only Xenia and GSP. I would treat the tank multiple times and wipe out the clove polyps once and for all!

I know from experience, living with clove polyps is a nightmare!!

We're trying to avoid this at all costs