ID Please. I think I may be in for another battle with nature. [Archive]

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redspot321

12/10/2006, 08:15 PM

This stuff is appearing and SPREADING like wild fire!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/redspot321/hydroids.jpg
Are these hydriods? what canI do?

redspot321

12/10/2006, 08:56 PM

nite nite bump.

avshockey311

12/10/2006, 09:06 PM

Kalk paste them.

12/10/2006, 10:46 PM

I agree, they look like hydroids.

redspot321

12/11/2006, 07:02 AM

Is there anything that will eat them?

aztbs

12/11/2006, 07:05 AM

kalk paste did nothing for me with hydroids. I put epoxy putty over the top of them and they grew out from under it. The best method is a pair of tweezers.

redspot321

12/14/2006, 08:22 AM

Still looking for possible solutions, Anyone know what eats these things?

Lizz85

12/14/2006, 08:35 AM

Nothing that I know of eats them, except the occasional wrasse. I've always heard that a good way to get rid of them is to spread a layer of kalk paste over the colony. Depending on how big it is you maybe have to do this in shifts, because kalk can raise your pH. I've also heard, but never tried, blasting them with current to get rid of them. They like growing in low flow areas.

HTH

redspot321

12/22/2006, 11:38 AM

These are also almost impossible to remove manualy. Im Screwed

DSMpunk

12/22/2006, 12:16 PM

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8725057#post8725057 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aztbs
kalk paste did nothing for me with hydroids. I put epoxy putty over the top of them and they grew out from under it. The best method is a pair of tweezers.

This is the method I used. Epoxy the hard to reach ones and use needlenose pliers to pull the suckers out manually. Its a PITA but it works.