Evil coral? I heard so...

big slick

Member
Heard this was like a parasire of the coral community.....true? I have like 3 more growing on other LR in my tank....this dude hitched a ride on the previous picture rock
 

salty cheese

Active Member

Originally posted by Big Slick
I tried a few spots....where do I run my search?

Up on the top right were it says search.:D
 

salty cheese

Active Member

Originally posted by Magic_Carp
anywhere, google, yahoo, reef forum on SWF.com, etc...

You always have to have the last word don't you?:D
 

big slick

Member
Cool deal. Thanks....I just ordered some stuff to inject into these guys, and they are history........soon.
 

robchuck

Active Member

Originally posted by Big Slick
Cool deal. Thanks....I just ordered some stuff to inject into these guys, and they are history........soon.

By chance, is the product called Joe's Juice?
 

vtecbro007

Member
i had da same ---- but i removed da aipasia ma self n now i look on ma live rock there is a colony of thousands growing on it i no the jucie will hav to be injected is there nething where u can juss dissolve it into ur water to kill em?
 

kl8n

Member
Found a site with a lot of good info, if you want the link just let me know and ill provide it.

Basically it suggest that they are like fungus in that you can physically remove them thinking you got it all and they will grow back from the smallest left over fragment.
Chemicals don't work well, the only real solution is to introduce natural predators into the environment which I think is a lot cooler anyway....kinda like bounty hunters.
Anyway, the article suggests that Berghia verrucicornis or aptasia eating nudibranch is the most effective however there were some concerns as to the quantity of food as it only eats aptasia. The article also suggests using the copper banded butterfly the only concern there was that it also will eat small feather dusters from time to time.
Hope this helps, i researched this mainly because those things look nasty and I wanted to prevent getting them. The article also suggested that a nutrient rich environment was the main cause of the growth.....do you make your tank les nutrient rich then? Kind of a catch 22.
 

vtecbro007

Member
lol ive tried everything expect live perdator n chemicals
im in da process of pouring dry salt on the live rock got that from ma thread
 
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