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[Ruth]

I think Christy waged war on these things for a while and maybe she will wade in. I am not sure what kind of shock and awe strategy finally worked but it may have been the old pressure washer technique.
IIRC the kalk paste and other tried and true (yeah right) aptasia remedies does not work on these b's.

[christyf5]

Yep, those little buggers have really deep roots. The only way I've managed to clear areas for anything long term is by getting out the hammer and chisel. The pressure washer route didn't cut it as their little tubes they live in are ultra tough.

These are the ones I have, not as pretty as yours Mike


Pic taken from reefs.org: http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/img/hydroids2.jpg


I have a large patch in my nano at the moment and its clearing a wide swath through my zoos. Time to have another whack at it I guess.

[Delphinus]

I don't think kalk will work as a treatment (believe me I've tried this) because you just don't get enough contact time. Even if you shut off the pumps, all it takes is for a fish to swim by and it floats off.

One thing that was suggested to me, so I'll forward the suggestion along, is to smother them with underwater epoxy.. I haven't tried it yet myself though, but it seems like it could be worth a shot..

[Mike Olson]

All because I bought a tiny clump of zoos from someone....at first I thought they were kinda neat...little golden brown pom poms- they must be some form of star polyp! IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS! Ha Ha! I dont want to take that rock out now since I have 2 bubbletips deeply entrenched and various nice zoos....a rock and a hard place! I noticed some on another rock that I can take out....I might try break the rock to see how deep the little veins go...The rock shall become the guinea pig for eliminating Myrionema!