What about the reports of Cleaner Shrimps eating smaller bristle worms? Are they compatible with your SF?

If you kill "baddies" by super heating the water won't that mean you must be killing "goodies" at the same time?? Maybe everything but the bacteria but all the little stuff is what makes LR so cool!!

I bet whatever "baddies" you may or may not kill, will come back over time.

Sounds like a Redo to me :neutral: .

I think Mak is right. Even if you get rid of the bristle worms they will come back in time.

I have two kuda's in a 10 gallon bowfront.

There is lots of life in the tank, including bristleworms.

Ive had them for a few months, and have had no problems with critters and my seahorses.



Wendell

I gather from all the posts that no one has ever tried super heating a tank to get rid of unwanted pests. And to me they are pests. Unfortunately, the good animals will probably also perish as has been suggested.

Got all my snails out, and as far as I'm concerned, I will be the first one to experiment with super heating a tank on purpose with a goal in mind.

I will write up a log of the outcome of the experiment. I have nothing to lose, and valuable information to gain, even if it is to prove that it may have been a waste of time.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained....

Bleach would be easier..... :neutral:

on a number of occassions i returned home from work to have my tank at temp of 92 degrees and nothing i have noticed has died yet.

Get ready for your tank to start cycling all over again. And again each time you have to do this when more "bad" critters appear. Only wy you will kill off everything is to boil it all. Then the corraline will bleach white.

Why not just go buy dead coral skeletons and crushed coral? Much easier. Same result. :rolleyes:

that way each week you can take them out. bleach them again and control the "pests".

If you have LR in the tank you ARE going to have critters.

IMO I would suggest simply getting rid of the LSB, taking out all the rock and soak it in 250ml of bleach for a few days. Then restart with your new non-living rock, add some new sand and a way you go. You might have to wait longer for everything to cycle-but that's what you would have to do IMO.

Heating up a 72gl tank to 93 will do little or nothing at all. I can tell you this because I have seen my roomates 60gl tank heat up to 94 for a total of about 10 days last month, and guess what-he suffered no losses, just an increase in algae :mrgreen:

cheers, Rich