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Old 08-02-2007, 09:46 PM
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can anyone tell me how to control this scourge in my tank...it's getting tiresome and i need a good method to keep it in check. no, i don't want to frag it if thats what you're gonna say...any other ideas? i wish i never put them in there in the first place now!

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can anyone tell me how to control this scourge in my tank...it's getting tiresome and i need a good method to keep it in check. no, i don't want to frag it if thats what you're gonna say...any other ideas? i wish i never put them in there in the first place now!

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don't want to, can't be bothered...but thanks.
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Same way you deal with aiptasia.
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And I can't get it to grow at all in my tank. Just shrinks away and dies. Go figure!

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yah, you think that will work, considering the xenia's are about 30x the size of aptasia?
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yah, you think that will work, considering the xenia's are about 30x the size of aptasia?
WOW 30X thats quite big.
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yah, you think that will work, considering the xenia's are about 30x the size of aptasia?
I think so. But the only way to be sure is by manually removing them. Scrape them off your rock (them and the top layer of rock beneath them). Labour intensive, but hey...you wanted a solution
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