myrionema hydroids

[G1GY]

I had a couple groups of them in my 90.

Something in my tank got rid of both groups.(But I don't know what.)

I went out of town for a couple of weeks and just asked my wife to feed them when she remembered to.

Maybe they starved?

They're gone.

[sumpfinfishe]

Christy,

When we were at Mike's place last year I asked Anthony Calfo about them and he said the only way to get rid of them is manual removal. That's why I did the full rip down, they spread just like aptasia and pack the same kinda punch. If there localized just pull out the rock and break off the surrounding area's. If there on a small chunk of rock just remove the frag and remount it to another piece of rubble and nuke the entire rock.

Anthony also suggested that when removing the hydroids to do it outside the tank as if you loose pieces in the water column that will just make things worse. I also contacted Charles Delbeek on the topic and he gave me the same advice as Anthony, except Charles said to remove not just the top area of the rock crust but to take about an inch of the underlying rock as they bore fairly deep into the rock.

I thought that pic looked familiar

[kari]

wonder if blasting them with super glue would help

[sumpfinfishe]

Epoxy or glue is just a temperary solution as there bore about 1/2" into the rock, the hydroids over time will just grow up and around the masking area