[reefwars]

Originally Posted by nlreefguy

I have an annoying species of palys growing all over everything, crowding out SPS, etc and impossible to remove. I have, at one time, taken all the rocks out and scrubbed them with a steel brush and thought I had them all removed. Less than 6 months later, they're back in a bigger way than before!

Man, if they were colorful they'd be the best coral in the tank, but no.... they had to be brown and ugly (of course). Any ideas on how to get rid of them? I've tried kalk pasting them, adding sundial snails, manual removal, all to no avail.

Is there a fish that will eat them? (preferably without eating any/everything else!) How about this SWC aiptasia zapper? Do you think it will kill the palys?

I have a mixed reef tank with some nice zoos I'd prefer to keep, a couple of softies and a couple of LPS, the rest are SPS (acros, stylos, pocis, montis, etc) Any ideas are greatly appreciated!

after you scrape them off or what not try making a epoxy sheet do like 3-4" squares to cover them up with, no light and they will die off soon enough then pry up the sheet later on or let coraline cover it up. just an idea