What is the most invasive coral you regret putting in your tank?

[krash7172]

"Invasive" is just perspective. They are super easy to physically remove.

 

[Philip Chin]

Brown palys

 

[argiBK]

I've grown to hate RBTAs. They're just big, beautiful, multicolor "aiptasia" that split far too often.

 

[stephj03]

Mystic sunset monti and BBG Digi

 

[Nevets9333]

Discosoma Mushrooms

 

[ACReefer]

I have green death palys that cover and spread all over the place. I know they have palytoxins so they are hard to remove. Any suggestions on how to remove them?

 

[Hermie]

aiptasia

 

[vetteguy53081]

Kenyii tree. I have massive pieces of purplish colored Kenyii.
Im abourt ready to do some serious cutting and elimination. If any wants some free - come and get it !!

 

[TexasTodd]

Encrusting Superman Monti.

 

[dennis romano]

Green disco mushrooms. Nothing kills them and every week there are more.

 

[reeferguy3303]

Kenyii tree. I have massive pieces of purplish colored Kenyii.
Im abourt ready to do some serious cutting and elimination. If any wants some free - come and get it !!

Any chance you will ship ?

 

[Privateye]

I can't tell from the pic - do you have xenia or anthelia? both are in the same family.

anthelia for me 100% no question. Sympodium second. Yellow stone polyps (parazoanthus) third. I am constantly fighting all 3, but at least stores want my yellow stone polyps and they spread slow enough. A toothbrush pushes them back, but not the other 2...

Mystic sunset montipora is my 4th worst invader...I use it to test new tanks now. Soon I'll be killing it too.

 

[flampton]

Now I've only read about but here's a supposedly effective trick for invasive montis/leptos and other invading SPS. Take a colony of a organism with strong nematocytes and move it with your hand to the margin you want to control and just let it lay down nematocytes for a bit and then move the coral back to its original location. You should get necrosis in the area. Be very careful though!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Any chance you will ship ?

Any chance you will ship ?

What state are you in? I am good at shipping as i used to own a pet store. Obviously No charge for the Kenyiis

 

[reeferguy3303]

What state are you in? I am good at shipping as i used to own a pet store. Obviously No charge for the Kenyiis

I sent you a PM

 

[Pete80]

Xenia and poccilopora

 

[X-37B]

Never really looked them up but I guess they are green disco's.
I had 4-5 that were on a live rock when I setup my nano. Transfered that rock to my 120 and wished I never did, lol.
There must be 30+ now.
They end up everywhere.
I would not mind them but they kill everything they touch.
I have tried to remove them with hemostats but they dont come off and they then rip and endup somewhere else.

I now have a rather unusual way of getting rid of them and as long as I remove 3-4 and wait a week before another treatment. It has worked well and not caused any issues within my tank.
So here it is.
I take a 3cc syringe and attatched a 20gauge 1.5" needle.
I put 1cc of 34% h2o2 in the barrel. I then inject about 1/4cc's of the h202 into the stalk of the mushroom.
It will turn brown very quick.
I then use the hemostats to remove it as the h2o2 kills the mushroom and it comes off easily and in one piece.
So far I only do it when they get to close to other corals.
I know 34% h2o2 is a strong oxidizer but I have had no issues so far with the amount used.
In the second pic you can see what one did to the monti.
What do you think?

 

[Steve McGlamery]

Hollywood stunner. Stings every coral within its reach.

 

[Fishko]

Xenia, its growing on my back glass and stung my acros.

 

[Jfast]

For me it would be the Hollywood stunner. It grew so fast was so hard to break off the rocks an the night stinging sweepers were 5-6 inches long stinging an killing almost everything around it. I had to removed it with a hammer . Never again