any fish that eat digitate hydroids, or something that will?

[Reef Puffer]

Originally Posted by marie

All my angels ate them (potters, cherub, black and regal) but non of them were reefsafe and polyps of any description were fair game

hopefully reef safe fish... not like im having much luck with the corals so far anyways... thanks

[whatcaneyedo]

FYI Hydroids are from the Phylum Cnidaria meaning they are a coral not a worm.

If you only have a few on each rock torching sounds pretty easy to me. You don't have to baste the rock in flame killing everything with a tiger torch. You can just zap the individuals with a little butane torch and leave the rest of the rock untouched.

Just like the other pests (aptasia, majano, flatworms, red bugs, bubble algae etc) its a lot easer to deal with them when you first spot them than to wait until they take over. Long term natural control with a fish that eats undesirable coral but not desirable coral sounds pretty unlikely especially in a small tank with territorial fish like a clown and tang.

[Reef Puffer]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

FYI Hydroids are from the Phylum Cnidaria meaning they are a coral not a worm.

If you only have a few on each rock torching sounds pretty easy to me. You don't have to baste the rock in flame killing everything with a tiger torch. You can just zap the individuals with a little butane torch and leave the rest of the rock untouched.

Just like the other pests (aptasia, majano, flatworms, red bugs, bubble algae etc) its a lot easer to deal with them when you first spot them than to wait until they take over. Long term natural control with a fish that eats undesirable coral but not desirable coral sounds pretty unlikely especially in a small tank with territorial fish like a clown and tang.

thanks. i assumed they were a worm but a coral would make more sense. was hoping for a little worm eating fish but as always in this hobby..., things are never easy. apparenly i am having luck with my corals, just not the ones ide hoped.. thanx again!!