How to Kill Purple Clove Polyps DIE! DIE! DIE! :)

[pinkreef]

has anyone tried a choc chip seastar to get rid of them?
they like to eat my zenia

[MaxDraco]

The biggest issue I have with these polyps is that they trap tons of detris, crowd out zoas, prevent SPS from encrusting, etc...


I had the really nice blue ones too, and when you cleared a spot, 10 more would spring up somewhere else - plus eventually they'd grow back.


Max.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by MaxDraco

The biggest issue I have with these polyps is that they trap tons of detris,..., prevent SPS from encrusting

2 exact reasons they had to go in my tank.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by pinkreef

has anyone tried a choc chip seastar to get rid of them?
they like to eat my zenia

Spencer tried, not much luck I recall.

[mohammadali]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I would have to really dislike someone to give them any of these!

why :O ?

[spit.fire]

Apparently there's a slug that eats them

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by mohammadali

why :O ?

Because the cover everything, prevent new SPS from encrusting properly, trap tons of crap and you can't isolate them to a separate area of the tank. They spawn by releasing eggs and end up everywhere! I started with 2 polyps hitchhiking on a frag and ended up with millions of them. Getting rid of them is nearly impossible too. Chemicals, if you can find them, and apparently this slug above that are probably not just sitting at the LFS waiting to go home with you!

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Because the cover everything, prevent new SPS from encrusting properly, trap tons of crap and you can't isolate them to a separate area of the tank. They spawn by releasing eggs and end up everywhere! I started with 2 polyps hitchhiking on a frag and ended up with millions of them. Getting rid of them is nearly impossible too. Chemicals, if you can find them, and apparently this slug above that are probably not just sitting at the LFS waiting to go home with you!

I'll second that. They're evil and those that sell or give them away are just as bad. It takes years of frustration trying to get rid of them.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

It takes years of frustration trying to get rid of them.

Or a couple of well placed Fluke Tabs -lol

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Or a couple of well placed Fluke Tabs -lol

Haha well that too. If your lucky enough to find someone that is nice enough to part with some. Fluke tabs all the way. 4 days of tense watching the suckers die off is way better than years of stress. Most hardcore reefers have some kind of OCD. They can relate.