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reefwars 05-25-2010 04:34 AM

fishoholic is absolutely right with any of these its hit or miss some do great jobs others do nothing depends on your system and what it offers to the breed of fish.for me lemon juice and a syringe has worked in the past with my newer tanks if its a small piece i just remove the rock and kill the anemone.some say boiling water or joes juice works well.i know people who have butterflies who eat it and barely pick at anything else but they have a bad rap:):)

Chase31 05-25-2010 04:36 AM

i have it every ware i need something to eat it lol

reefwars 05-25-2010 04:46 AM

it is a real pain unfortunately there is no quick answer like anything in this hobby lol pick your battles take out small amounts and start fighting back it will spread even faster the more it grows.have you ruled out getting a copperband butterfly they will eat it right up but along with any other tasty corals in there plus there not the smallest fish at a mature age too big for anything small. how much live rock do you have??

fishoholic 05-25-2010 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Chase31 (Post 521745)
i have a lawnmower blenny (Just got him, hes so cool) two clown fish a skunk shrimp some snails and soft corals

You should be ok with a filefish, your tankmates probably won't bother one and from what I understand they mostly eat sps corals. Ken at Blue world could get one in for you.

Chase31 05-25-2010 01:30 PM

yea i only have softies,i dont have alot of live rock only about 40lbs but thats my entire tank :P

reefwars 05-25-2010 02:30 PM

i say give it a shot mines in with like a dozen other fast moving large fish and he does fine hes also a really cool fish to watch hes beautiful in an ugly kinda way lol:)

make sure you get a matted filefish:)

Doo 05-25-2010 06:44 PM

I have a file as well and love mine - did a great job cleaning up the odd one I had in the rocks...


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Originally Posted by reefwars (Post 521814)
i say give it a shot mines in with like a dozen other fast moving large fish and he does fine hes also a really cool fish to watch hes beautiful in an ugly kinda way lol:)

make sure you get a matted filefish:)



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