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Old 11-13-2011, 02:58 PM
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Worry about your own tank Daniella. I dont require your advice. You don't know my system so drop it. Yawn.

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YOu wrote "Again, my tank is 1.023 with "spikes" to 1.025 if I let the sump level drop"

Those "spikes" are not good and more than enough to make zoanthids melt.

That for me is making more sense for zoanthids melting than asterina starfish. I too have tons of them, and at the end they were not responsible for the melting. After I got my alkalinity stable with dosing a little bit each hour, the melting stopped, although I still have as many asterinas and yes they do crawl on my polyps but the polyps open when the starfish is gone. When I see them on my frag I throw them away just in case. Zoanthids are so sensite, it is unbeleivable. I dosed "Kent Iron and magnaneese" a litle bit less than what is recommanded on the bottle and instantly my magicians closed. It took them 2 weeks of TLC to recover from that! They shriveled so much that I was sure they would melt. All that was left was a tiny shaft with melted tentacles. I was dosing this for my alveopora and goniopora. Next time I will dose a very small quantity and more often. Lesson learned. I know it's the product because the reaction from it was immediate and long lasting. I had to do 2 30% water change to bring them back to health.

If you have that many asterinas and you think they are doing dammage, maybe you should get an harlequin shrimp? They only eat starfish. After your asterinas are gone you would have to feed it a starfish eavery 2 weeks or sell it.

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Old 11-13-2011, 03:32 PM
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sure, ok. I just read your tank thread and I understood everything. Moving on...


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Worry about your own tank Daniella. I dont require your advice. You don't know my system so drop it. Yawn.

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Would a mandarin eat aternias? Might be an option
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sure, ok. I just read your tank thread and I understood everything. Moving on...
Thank you.
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Would a mandarin eat aternias? Might be an option
Mandarins are generally pod reliant. It is very possible to get them on other foods, but not easy.

Asterinas... No.

They are challenging.
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Oh. Lol. Well I'm sure there's something that eats them
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But then again I am new to this so I don't know anytbing hahah
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Oh. Lol. Well I'm sure there's something that eats them
Harlequin shrimp, as Daniella mentioned will eat them.
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Old 11-13-2011, 07:06 PM
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cool, I'm luck I haven't gotten any yet. Just a nice supply of copepods, my clown fish is loving the live food, but also still eating flakes. I'm glad I have finally got my salinity stable. Anyone use aragamilk? Mine got hard and the lid was on tight and everything, it was still liquid enough that I added some treated tap water, and should the hell out of it. its now liquid again, should it be ok to use still??
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