Pocillopora take over

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So it looks like my green birds nest decided to bail out or spawn. Now I have 50 little ones growing all over in my tank. I even have them growing on snails. I was wondering if I could use a little kalk paste to try and kill them off a little at a time? What have others done when this has happened to you? Here are a few really bad pictures taken with my old phone. As you can see the small green birds nests in the pictures I even have them on my overflow.






 
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Pop them off and mount them on frag plugs so you can sell or trade to the lfs...
 
Pop them off and mount them on frag plugs so you can sell or trade to the lfs...
I wish I could but most of them are growing in cracks and crevasses that there is no way I can pop them off. Now the ones on the overflow I could.
 
I let them grow out a little until I can prune it all off with bone cutters. If on the glass, I gently scrape off with a razor blade.
 
You can turn off the flow and hit them with kalk or epoxy puddy over them.
 
You can turn off the flow and hit them with kalk or epoxy puddy over them.
That is what I was thinking about doing to the ones that there is no way of getting cut off or the base of the ones I have cut off to put on frag plugs.
 
I have them in my tank despite never having this coral in this system. I only have three of them and i was able to relocate them to an area of the tank where i wanted them. I plan to let them grow until they become a problem. For me, I'll pretty much take anything that wants to grow! lol
 

WHICH PART OF YOUR SETUP IS HARDEST TO REACH OR REMOVE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE?

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