Will Dipping get rid of baby brittle star?

[PeterB113]

Hey guys, so I posted a week ago about my new goniopora frag that i got that just wont open. So far it will only extend its polyps a few millimeters and retracts back throughout the day. Ive moved him to a low flow and light area and its getting better but still no full extension. I took a time lapse video of him and theres a brittle star living in the base of the goniopora and on the video you see when the brittle stars tentacles touch the goni it recedes back into its skeleton! I want to keep the brittle star alive, so my question is will a dip kill the brittle star? Or just make him detach from the goniopora. Please lmk your suggestions ill attach photos of when his polyps were the most extended. I also feed often reef roids and phtyto.

 

[Mical]

Pull your goniopora and dip it in your sump or a small container of tank water and shake it. You can usually loosen brittle stars that way. I get them all the time in my foam filters for my skimmers and literally shake the daylights out of the foam and stars fall out.

 

[PeterB113]

Ill have to give that a try, he burrowed in a small hole at the base of the goni. No idea how big he is only ever see his small tentacles.

 

[Mical]

They come out pretty easily. I try to save them when I'm cleaning my skimmer foam, they're great CUC

 

[PeterB113]

If it doesnt come out from shaking it do you think dipping would kill the star??

 

[Mical]

If it doesnt come out from shaking it do you think dipping would kill the star??

It might.

 

[PeterB113]

Hes in such a small hole i dont think shaking will make him come out but ill try.

 

[fish farmer]

If it doesnt come out from shaking it do you think dipping would kill the star??

Yes it will, I killed 8 brittle stars when I used Coral RX. I'm not sure if I rescued them quickly if they would have survived.

 

[PeterB113]

Thank you i also have a barnacle living on that goni, will that likely die as well from a dip? Thanks for your help!

 

[CavalierReef]

I use Revive and have saved several brittle stars that came out of corals during the dip. They seem to come out almost immediately and I remove them as quickly as I can.

 

[D4jack]

15 second dip in rodi water. It'll come out in 10 seconds guaranteed. Don't leave it in for more than 15 seconds.

 

[D4jack]

You need to buffer the water first to match your ph. I forgot that important piece of info.