Help me out here.

[reefwars]

i epoxy mine in, feeding less goes a long way as does keeping your liverock debris free, the less amount of stuff in the water column for them to feed the better

[tim the toolman]

Thanks for the response. I am trying to get the base of them as best I can with a knife. Then I am using a brush to scrub them dead. Then a quick rinse and on to the next piece. I even boiled a piece that was too porous to get inside of

[Proteus]

The Boiled piece needs to be cured again. But I feed only every other day and blow off rocks twice a week mine have since dissapered for the most part

[MrGoodbytes]

You really have to plug up the tube with something. If you break it they can simply regenerate their tube. It might be tedious given the amount of rock you have and you probably won't get them all at once, but a little ball of putty or superglue gel on each one you find will probably be better for everyone (you, fish, bacteria).

[subman]

I was just researching them as I saw a couple (only 2 lol) in my tank and read some people had CBB and six lines eat them but no real consensus on their effectiveness.

[tim the toolman]

Why do the boiled ones need to be re cycled. I just dipped them quickly in a boiling vat

[subman]

Originally Posted by tim the toolman

Why do the boiled ones need to be re cycled. I just dipped them quickly in a boiling vat

because the boiling water killed most of the beneficial Bactria

[whatcaneyedo]

They grow all over my rock and the coral in my tank just encrust over top of them without showing any signs of irritation. I've probably got 5-10 of them for every square inch of exposed live rock so I'm honestly having a hard time believing that this is a real problem for you.

[tim the toolman]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

They grow all over my rock and the coral in my tank just encrust over top of them without showing any signs of irritation. I've probably got 5-10 of them for every square inch of exposed live rock so I'm honestly having a hard time believing that this is a real problem for you.

I'm talking more about my Lps, anemone, and acans, which all show signs of irritation and stay closed almost all the time since they have started growing amongst them. Also they are into my frogspawn quite a lot which is keeping it about 50% closed up all the time. Though I do appreciate you not adding anything helpful to this thread, as I am stopping to read posts while I scrape my rock free of thousands of them. There is also documented cases of them over filtering the tank resulting in the death of some of my more desired filter feeders such as my cucumber

[whatcaneyedo]

There is a sebae anemone, 4 acans, 1 frogspawn, 1 hammer, 1 caulastrea, 3 trachyphyllia, 2 elegance, 1 lobophyllia, 3 chalice, 1 duncan, 1 platygyra and a tiger tail cucumber in my tank. All of these have been in there for 3-8 years growing amount the vermetid without incident. Could you provide a reference or link to the cases that you're talking about? Or even some pictures of what you are talking about in your own tank? What species of holothuroid do you have? I thought you bought a tiger tail but those aren't filter feeders.