pesky rock anemomes, who will eat them?

[djh]

I have these pesky rock anemomes that have spread all over the rocks in my tank. I tried injecting them with kalk and they come back the next day. Is there a fish that will eat these?

 

[Anonymous]

Some peppermint shrimp will eat them. Some Bergia Nudibranches will eat them.

But then again, nothing is guaranteed!

Louey

 

[djh]

Where do you get Bergia Nudibranches?

 

[ReefMon]

I lost a 90 gal reef to them (Anemonia majano), ended up adding a Raccoon Butterfly. He's done a wiz bang job of eating 98% of them, problem is there is 2% left of each one to grow back if he's taken out of the system.

The interesting thing is I can find no evidence of the raccoon paying any interest in the corals (SPS & Softies), but I'd be real leery if there were any LPS's or clams in the system.

HTH
Glenn R

 

[Anonymous]

djh-Inland Aquatics sells Bergia's.

 

[ReefMon]

I guess we need to know what it is your calling rock anemones?

Anemonia majano

or

Aiptasia

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[danmhippo]

Reefmon, please tell me that rock does not belong to you!

That is a sad looking rock.....Guess either you want to setup a tank of its own or you are going to soak the rock in a bleach solution......

 

[AF Founder]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by ReefMon:
<strong>I guess we need to know what it is your calling rock anemones?

Anemonia majano

or

Aiptasia

[ March 18, 2002: Message edited by: ReefMon ]</strong><hr></blockquote>

These anemonies came in from the Pacific a few years ago. They can devastate a tank. In fact, a few years ago they forced Alf Nilsen to tear down his beautiful reef tank. If you have only a few get rid of them right away. A few can be injected with a 20% solution HCL, but be careful to monitor your pH. Very little HCL can seriously drop your pH. Others have had success injecting them with sodium hydroxide, also ver volatile.
Julian Sprung has had success with one Lysmatta Wurdemanni/gallon. That's alot of shrimp. I had success years ago with a raccoon butterfly, but as was said, watch LPS corals and clams.
The best way is not to let them start to proliferate.

 

[ckeadle]

I have a few of these guys as well. I have tried injecting and that does not seem to work... I took out the rock that had most of them on it and boiled it...that did work... I still have a few in some crevices that I can not get to. So if anyone has had success with something that eats these I would love to know too.

 

[ReefMon]

As far as I can tell nothing other than a Raccoon Butterfly will touch them. I know David Mohr(sp?) tried Copperbanded and other Butterfly's until he hit with the Raccoon.

It's my opinion these guys are mutants from Bikini Atoll, as I've even taken rock out of the tank and shot them full of muriatic acid, just to see them laughing at me the next day

The good thing is they do pop off the rock in one piece, just take a knife and slip it under their foot.

HTH
Glenn R

 

[Anonymous]

I got rid of mine after I injected them with boiling vinegar. Did a water change and then added 3 peppermint shrimp. I haven't seen any since and it's been 6 months.

 

[fish_who?]

I had them in my 60, and I know of another reefer that had them. I tried everything, injecting them, boiling the rock. I kept missing a few and they would spread. Until I got myself an angel. I picked up a lemonpeel without knowing anything about them, and 2 weeks later they were gone, so were my yellow polyps, but nothing else.
I do still have the lemonpeel if you are interested. It has taken an interest in my new clam, and I have to cover the clam with an egg crate box I made until I figure out what to do with it.