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![]() Well after talking with Anthony Calfo last weeekend I had come to the conclusion that I needed to tear down the entire reef before my small population of about 8 patches of Hyroid worms started taking over the SPS corals. I also sent Charles Delbeek a second opinion email regarding Hydroids and his reply was the same as Anthony's-Manualremoval
![]() I thought it would be best to eradicate them before they got a serious foothold on more area's of my live rock. So at 10am this morning I started a full rip down of my entire reef. I had a spare 15gl (with heater and airstone) which I used to house all my corals and fish, then all the LR went into 5 different buckets depending on size and color. After all the rock was out I then had to cherry pick all the snails and crabs from the sandbed, after that I decided that I was going to reduce my sandbed from 2" down to 1". I used a small tupperware container to then scoop out about 10lbs of LS. Since there was nothing left except 1" of sand and a few more inches of water I decided to give the new sandbed a thorough clean by rinsing it and then quickly sipohoning out the dirty water. I then began the teedious job of inspecting all the LR piece by piece with a a small screwdriver in hand. Before each piece was placed back into the tank I removed any patches of hydroids, button polyps, and algae. After about 2 hrs of carfully removing these tiny pests I was ready to rebuild the reef. After all the rock was in place, I started to glue new and old corals back onto my live rock, paying close attention to turkey baste any corals that were exposed to the air, as I only had 6" of water in the tank. After everything was glued or fitted back in place it was time to bring up the water level with 3 pails of water before I could begin to add the fish and inverts. I then let everything settle down before making some final adjustments for the night. Here are a few pics of the day, and the paper towel that I used for the nasty's was covered completly by the time I was done. Moral of this story: never asume anything, a year ago I thought these nasty little worms were just a small variety of feather dusters-if I had only done the research that day ![]() ![]() I did however get to aquascape for more flow which allowed me to add a second MX1200, so now my fish can all go whitewater rafting ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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![]() sorry to hear that. That sounds like far too much work
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![]() Sounds like my day a couple of weeks ago
![]() Looks good but your lights are too blue ![]() Christy ![]()
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![]() please keep us (me) updated on how everything settles in, as I am going to do a similar thing next week... not for hydroids... but to change my stand and add a sump... plus I have a wicked cyano problem... and figure cleaning all the rock and thoroughly cleaning the sand bed should help.
I am just worried about a nitrate or ammonia spike. It sounds like you did this all in one day ![]() I am planning to move everything (rock, inverts and coral) into a 54 gal (which will eventually become my sump) while I clean the sandbed, plumb the return, and change the stand... so time isnt really an issue. Whoa long post ![]() Thanks for your opinions |
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![]() WOW
![]() Tank looks no worse for wear. You better come over and have a beer after all that work!!!!!!!! ![]() Talk to you soon Callum
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![]() Rich,
Do you happen to have pics of your hydroid worms? I'd like to see what they look like in case they appear in my tanks. |
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![]() Sheez, big job Rich. And some heavy weight advice.
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![]() I was thinking the same.
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![]() Please tell me they didn't look like this
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![]() Ouch, I hate to say this Marie but those look like the little buggers
![]() The ones in my tank were a little browner in color but hydroids just the same. They can give off a powerful sting, which eventually can kill sps corals. I had two areas of rock where the hydroids were actually matting underneath two sps bases that were about 4 inches in diameter. I was advised to remove them if the growth patches were small and confinned, if they are spread throughout the entire tank I would probably take a more drastic approach and get new rock ![]() ![]()
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cheers, Rich all that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of what we know http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2005/5/aquarium Last edited by sumpfinfishe; 02-13-2006 at 04:23 PM. |
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