Pruning yellow zoos

[col]

I have some stray Yellow Zoanthids that are stinging other corals.
Any tips for removing them? I tried pulling them out with tweezers but only managed to pull their heads off.
Any tried and tested ways other than removing the rock?

 

[fishman830]

get an exacto knife, and pry them off at their base

 

[nm reef]

Yellow polyps? They can become a pest if they are allowed to grow out of control. About three years ago I had a single polyp appear as a hitchhiker and now I have a large flourishing colony.....and sometimes I wish I had removed that single polyp. To keep mine under control(sort of) I remove them by the hand full...just rip them out and discard them...plus I have harvested them and returned them to a LFS for store credit...I also keep several peppermints in the hope they will take a liking to them....sadly nothing has been very effective. If there is a natural predator for them I'd like to know what it is.....:thinking:

 

[clarkiiboi]

col I heard exacto knife also, and some super glue gel (if you want to try to keep them).
NMReef When I first started I bought what the LFS told me was a LMB. Had a nice bunch of yellow polyps and they disappeared---saw that the "imposter" was the culprit. Remove it and put into QT, did some research. Ended up to be an Ember Blenny, cirripectes stigmaticus. That was the only problem I had with it, but I had no other corals at that time. Look up them, it looked like the LMB just all black and I think blue spots if you looked close enough.

 

[col]

Thanks for replies.
I'll try cutting them off near the base - do you think they will grow back?

 

[yellowtail]

if you dont get the full thing thennyes most likely but if you pry them then most likely not.

 

[h2oengr]

If these things are as resilient as you're saying (only pulling their heads off) - could you stick some in a bag and send them my way!? I'm having a hard time getting anything to grow!