What eat's Manjos?

[edwardw771]

These things are killing me. they are worse than aptasias. Any one know anything to get rid of them.

[kar93]

boling ro water

[edwardw771]

good call ill give it a shot

[Ehaze]

Lime water (kalk), lemon juice..

[LockeOak]

Put 1/4 tsp of kalk in a dish, add just enough water to make a paste, suck it up in a syringe (no needle required) and bury the mojano in a mound of pasty white death. Turn pumps off first. Works on aiptasia as well, just don't do it too much or you'll mess up your calc/alk levels.

[edwardw771]

i've tried the kalk wallser before, it seems to make them multiple.
works on aptisas but not these jokers.

[maynardjames]

They really came back strong after my Kalk blitzkrieg

[ca1ore]

Majanos .....

Depends how bad. If you have a sizable 'collection' then things like Kalk, lemon juice, aptasia X may make you feel like your doing something effective ..... But you're not, sorry. Only solution at that point is to employ a biological control in the form of a predatory fish.

[Ron Reefman]

I had a Double Saddleback Butterflyfish that ate all the aiptasia and then all the majanos. About 6 months later I had to pull it as it started going after lps corals. That was a year ago and I don't have any aiptasia or majanos... yet.

[mfinn]

I had a Kleins Butterfly that really did a number on them. After it took out the majano's, it eat the fringe off a bunch of button polyps. Not the polyp, but just the fringe.

[edwardw771]

holy flashback post. 8 years later Saddleback eat all min back then. Now I have a few Aiptasia. Looking into one of those lasers.

[hkgar]

When I had them, I tried everything: Kalk paste, something X, Butteryfly fish - starved because it wouldn't eat them.
What worked for me was a Matted File Fish and going after the Majanos with a Majano Wand. I haven't had a Majano in the DT in 2 years.

I still have the Wand, if you are interested.
http://www.marinedepot.com/Majano_Wand_Aiptasia_and_Majano_Eliminator_Majano_Aiptasia_Eliminator-PS_Aquatics_LLC-4P1111-FIMIMW-vi.html?gclid=CJWAtbHihMwCFQiqaQodDlUCOA

Still have the fFile Fish too but that you can't have. So ugly its pretty.

[Ron Reefman]

holy flashback post. 8 years later Saddleback eat all min back then. Now I have a few Aiptasia. Looking into one of those lasers.

Don't do the laser. Look it up and you'll see I started it here on RC. And I was wrong. About 75% to 90% come back after a time. If you don't burn 100% of the aiptasia, and the foot can be very difficult to get in a hole, it will grow back. I tried the majano wand too, it's a waste of money for 50% of the aiptasia and majano in harder to get places.

[mfinn]

Don't do the laser. Look it up and you'll see I started it here on RC. And I was wrong. About 75% to 90% come back after a time. If you don't burn 100% of the aiptasia, and the foot can be very difficult to get in a hole, it will grow back. I tried the majano wand too, it's a waste of money for 50% of the aiptasia and majano in harder to get places.



I agree that while the laser might be fun ( and dangerous) it's tough to really eliminate a aiptasia that has it's foot buried.
I have 2 in my 50 gallon tank that I have hit a dozen times with the laser and they both just keep coming back.

[jazzmanb]

matted file fish!!! near gurenteed. though you gotta gewt a hungry healthy one...This is their main diet...good luck..I had to buy two of them and they took out the thosands of them i has in a week:]

[heathlindner25]

Raccoon butterfly..... they will be gone

[deave]

berghia nudibranchs!

[davocean]

Matted file would be my choice

[64Ivy]

I had a Muelleri Copperband Butterfly once that ate 'em. Then again, I've had a few Muelleri Copperband Butterflies that wouldn't.

[wildman926]

Matted file would be my choice

X2. Be sure to feed good after they are gone, and it will be a model citizen.

[FamilyTank]

I turned off tank, just to stop water movement. I boiled lemon juice,used a syringe. Effective first time. I had peppermints and they were nibbling for a few hours. No return 6+ mths.

[johnike]

Raccoon butterfly..... they will be gone

Double your money back guarantee.

[Buzz1329]

I had a Double Saddleback Butterflyfish that ate all the aiptasia and then all the majanos. About 6 months later I had to pull it as it started going after lps corals. That was a year ago and I don't have any aiptasia or majanos... yet.

How did you pull that fish out of a 180 reef tank?

Mike

[heathlindner25]

Fish trap

[beachsidejuj]

is there any fish that will eat mojanos that will fit in a 34 gallon reef tank??

[xanthurum]

Kleins butterfly always does the trick

[Nanook]

Raccoons did it for me in my 300 gallon stock tank that was covered in majanos;)

[GimpyFin]

+1 for matted filefish. It'd be fine in a 34g tank. Pretty high success rate. They can go after lps after destroying all the pest anemones so just be aware of that. Berghia nudis are pretty expensive and a little on the delicate side.

[johnike]

Raccoons did it for me in my 300 gallon stock tank that was covered in majanos;)

Yep.

[nicoleah]

berghia nudibranchs!

Berghia eat aiptasia, but not majanos

[heathlindner25]

Yep.

I tried telling them

[hkgar]

Matted File fish

[deansreef]

the file fish also picks at LPS...my Australian duncans haven't opened since I got that fish! but all the apps are gone. :-)

[hkgar]

Like everything ilse, it is hit or miss. My File Fish bothers nothing.