ReefAddict December 13, 2016 Share December 13, 2016 Anyone have any experience with these? I have noticed 1-2 in one of my tanks. Should I worry about them? I haven't been able to find out a lot about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khh27 December 14, 2016 Share December 14, 2016 I've had them come and go. I've noticed no real downside Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefAddict December 14, 2016 Author Share December 14, 2016 I noticed one and wasn't too concerned but looking last night after the lights went out I may have 4. Definitely don't want them to get out of control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ford December 14, 2016 Share December 14, 2016 I ended up having some a couple years ago. I was unaware I had them until I started dosing vitamin C and amino acids and they exploded in growth. I reasearched them and the only thing I know that will kill them is interceptor for dogs. DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK read up on it and make that call on your own I removed any crabs I had and crushed a whole pill up and mixed it in a solo cup with tank water to dissolve it and dumped it in. After that I took the collection cup off my skimmer and let it over flow for a couple days. After 3 days I did a 30% water change and put the cup back on. For a whole week I watched and nothing happened, they were all still there. A few days later I looked and most of them were gone. I did a follow up treatment 3 weeks after that and have never seen one again. To this day I don't know if the interceptor killed them or just everything they were eating so they just died of starvation. I know all my pods died and an emerald crab that I couldn't get out died. It did not effect my micro brittle stars or bristle worms. I also was very careful to just feed my fish the bare minimum to cut down on the xtra food floating around. One last time, DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefAddict February 10, 2017 Author Share February 10, 2017 FWIW, I introduced 2 peppermint shrimp into the DT and I haven't seen one since. I read somewhere they may eat them so I figured it was worth a shot and sure enough I don't see them anymore. Maybe a coincidence, but either way they appear to be gone for now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari.harutunian February 10, 2017 Share February 10, 2017 Apparently I have these... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sen5241b February 10, 2017 Share February 10, 2017 Anyone have any experience with these? I have noticed 1-2 in one of my tanks. Should I worry about them? I haven't been able to find out a lot about them. I would not take any chances with them. I would get rid of them at the speed of light. With some pests, once they get out of control, you've lost the battle. I once had "colonial hydroids" (not sure if they are the same but they look similar). I took the rock out of my tank and drilled a hole several inches into the rock right where the hydroid was. Rinsed out the hole and the hydroids came back in the same place. Nuke them now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefAddict February 10, 2017 Author Share February 10, 2017 Peppermint shrimp seem to have done the trick. I put them in before I went on vacation, when I came back all the hydroids were gone. Colonial I think are much worse, the digitate are just little white sweepers that sway back and forth mostly visible after lights out. I've read the sting and can irritate corals so I wanted them gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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