jason the filter freak August 23, 2021 Share August 23, 2021 I swear I had a thread on this already... Interested in hearing people's successful* methods of killing Zoa and Paly without removing rock nor the zoa/paly from the tank. Also if you're killing more than a couple of polyps do you find that water changes, carbon, other methods of toxin export are crucial? If you're killing Zoa/paly adjacent to others do you change your methods? *successful being things like: Effective in killing off polyps, doesn't result in a huge mess, repeatable etc. Ideas so far. F Aptasia -Expensive and doesn't work on vertical surfaces well. Boil tank water and inject polyps- May release large amounts of toxin into the water column, may not be effective? DIce polyps with scalpel and use gravel vac to try to siphon parts as I go- may have same toxin releasing effect and requires 3 hands and may not fully remove polyp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epleeds August 23, 2021 Share August 23, 2021 Put in an angel ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak August 24, 2021 Author Share August 24, 2021 22 hours ago, epleeds said: Put in an angel ? Got a potters eats algae all day long, it leaves kiss marks on the glass like algae blenny do. But won't eat aptasia and so far knock on wood doesn't eat zoa nor grogornia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiCurtis August 24, 2021 Share August 24, 2021 Are you the guy years ago with the toxin Incident from Zoa’s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epleeds August 24, 2021 Share August 24, 2021 52 minutes ago, SkiCurtis said: Are you the guy years ago with the toxin Incident from Zoa’s Nope. That was steve outlaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak August 24, 2021 Author Share August 24, 2021 What Eric said. Steve tried to create a paly essential oil diffuser by pouring boiling water over some. I did at some point end up in the ER from getting juice in my eye and ended up needing steroids and antibiotics. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak August 24, 2021 Author Share August 24, 2021 On 8/22/2021 at 2:10 PM, RW09903 said: Are you trying to eradicate all of it in a system or just a few you don't want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak August 24, 2021 Author Share August 24, 2021 @RW09903 just trying to eliminate about 1/3 of three colonies of zoa/paly that have grown out of control and are crowding others out probably 20-40 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RW09903 August 24, 2021 Share August 24, 2021 You can try placing a small amount of epoxy over the area you want cleared out little at a time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak August 30, 2021 Author Share August 30, 2021 On 8/24/2021 at 6:48 AM, RW09903 said: You can try placing a small amount of epoxy over the area you want cleared out little at a time? I may work but aesthetically I don't think that's an approach that's gonna work for me. Thank you for the suggestion though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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