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

[Norstar]

It's a pill for treating fresh water fish.

I would caution people that this treatment is very risky. I wouldn't recommend it unless you are very sure of what you are doing.

[trilinearmipmap]

My Copperband never touched the Clove Polyps.

Actually I was very afraid to try the Fluke Tab treatment. Instict tells us not to medicate our reefs. I read a few threads about it on Reef Central and PM'ed a couple of people and that reassured me. Again, I don't recommend medicating a reef if you have other options but this worked for me and others without any problems.

[Snappy]

My Asfer & Majestic angels devoured all the clove polyps I had.

[edikpok]

I have a bubble coral on one side of my clove coral and a brain on the other side. These corals seem to kill the clove polyps as soon as they start spreading. Mind you, brain coral tentacles are very dangerous to many other corals (if they touch)..

[intarsiabox]

I run carbon and my blue clove polyps do fine. In the last year they have only expanded maybe 2" of territory but don't appear to harm anything. My SPS just grows right over top of them and they mix in with some of my zoanthids with no problems to either party. At the current rate of growth it'll be about another 10 years before I have a plague. I kind of like the look of them myself but I feel your pain as my GSP is another story.

[Norstar]

My problem was that they were taking everything over. In fact, I just removed some off one of my softies. They were growing right on the tissue. It was only a matter of time before they started growing over some of my favourite corals.

I think I will have to continue with the Aiptasia remover

[dsaundry]

I like them, but I haven't had great success with them in my tank, I know they can be invasive but I used to just peel them away areas I didnt want them in. If you want to unload some, I will take them...next time I get into the Surrey/White Rock area..

[Amante]

I know a very good way of getting rid of it. Give them to me. hehehehe

Originally Posted by Norstar

I am once again having an invasion of Purple Clove Polyps. If you don't keep them under control, they will completely take over everything your tank!! (Newbies, be forwarned!!!)

Under complete desperation, I have been applying Tailored Aquatics Aiptasia Destroyer. It seems to be working. Mind you, it has only been two days, but they don't seen to be surviving the treatment.

Has any one else ever tried this with any success?

Thanks in advance!

[Norstar]

Hey All!

I brought most of it to Ocean Aquatics in Delta. They have lots. Not sure what they are asking for it, but give them a call.

[Norstar]

Hydrogen Peroxide!!! I carefully poured it on the clove polyps, gave them a bit of a scrub with a toothbrush, and voila! so far, so good!