Jan January 8, 2011 Share January 8, 2011 I've got a large mag rock that up until a week ago was completelty covered with blue clove polyps. Half of the rock is now bear. What could be causing them to disappear like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epleeds January 8, 2011 Share January 8, 2011 if you can find out, i want some. my tank is covered in them. please, please find out what can kill em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad January 8, 2011 Share January 8, 2011 Is this in your seahorse tank, Jan? If so, it may be the temperature... for some reason I can't grow them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotasreef January 8, 2011 Share January 8, 2011 Do you have an urchin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan January 8, 2011 Author Share January 8, 2011 (edited) No, it's in my 75 gallon. Is this in your seahorse tank, Jan? If so, it may be the temperature... for some reason I can't grow them either. Yes, a tuxedo urchin, but it's been in there for a long time. It's never bothered the cloves before. Do you have an urchin? I do have a fairly new starfish, though. It is a purple one with 5 legs. The name escapes me at the moment. I haven't seen it on that rock. I wonder if it could be the culprit. It's name starts with an "L". Not a linkia. Edited January 8, 2011 by Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristen9 January 8, 2011 Share January 8, 2011 I've got a large mag rock that up until a week ago was completelty covered with blue clove polyps. Half of the rock is now bear. What could be causing them to disappear like this? Jan, this might not help, but I had a small colony of blue clove polyps and they were the first to go when I had an algae outbreak , and started having problems mantaining my Mag and Alkilinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan January 8, 2011 Author Share January 8, 2011 No, this is very helpful. I have had more algae than usual. I'll check my levels. Thank you. Jan, this might not help, but I had a small colony of blue clove polyps and they were the first to go when I had an algae outbreak , and started having problems mantaining my Mag and Alkilinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotasreef January 8, 2011 Share January 8, 2011 I had a longspine eat cloves before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDRDATA January 9, 2011 Share January 9, 2011 We have a white short-spined urchin and a tiger cowrie that have both eaten blue clove polyps (the cowrie more than the urchin). The only way we've kept any is to put a frag plug with them so close to the glass that they can't get to the polyps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epleeds January 9, 2011 Share January 9, 2011 tiger cowrie might have to try that...seems like a cheap fix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals January 9, 2011 Share January 9, 2011 Hey if you try it be careful the cowries eat all sorts of poylps (zoas too) and some lps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals January 9, 2011 Share January 9, 2011 I've got a large mag rock that up until a week ago was completelty covered with blue clove polyps. Half of the rock is now bear. What could be causing them to disappear like this? Yes algea outbreaks often cause me to loose zoa's and othe poylp type coral (like your cloves) I would look for area's of dead space. Maybe add more ceriths and nassarius snails. Ceriths work on algea great at night, and the other guys will stir your sand bed so less algea can settle. Good luck Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epleeds January 15, 2011 Share January 15, 2011 Jan, did you ever figure this out. i just got back and my tank is covered in the cloves....need to know what i can do to get rid of them. thanks eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan January 15, 2011 Author Share January 15, 2011 No. It just stopped dying. It appeared to be peeling off the rock. sorry. I don;t know what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epleeds January 15, 2011 Share January 15, 2011 kool. guess im back to scrubbing them with a tooth brush. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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