Does anyone have a good way to get rid of these polyps growing on one of my zoa frags? I tried squirting them with AptasiaX but that didn't work. Hard to cut them off since they are mixed in with the zoas. Thanks for any advise.
If you can get a Hypodermic needle, Inject them with the pickling lime. I've seen aptasia just let go and float around after doing that to them. Then you just net them out.
You are correct. They are yellow colony polyps. I just tried the aptasiaX because I had it handy. Stuff grows like mad in my tank. I named the thread polyps. Figured folks could tell what they were from the pics. So pickling lime won't kill yellow polyps?
If there was an easy way to frag them I would happily give them away to new reefers. They take over like star polyps of which I have a big rock of if anyone is interested in a trade
Pickling lime will kill most everything in your tank in the right concentrations hehe.
If you inject the polyps, they should die quickly. If you can chisel them off, other
people may want some. I actually like them but don't want to be overrun.
They're definitely not aiptasia. They look like palythoa. Don't touch them with bare hands and definitely wear eye protection if you take them out of the water.
I'd just use tile nippers or wire dikes to snip the rock away that had the undesirable palys and throw them out.
They're definitely not aiptasia. They look like palythoa. Don't touch them with bare hands and definitely wear eye protection if you take them out of the water.
I'd just use tile nippers or wire dikes to snip the rock away that had the undesirable palys and throw them out.
