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02/17/2009, 05:51 PM
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Location: California
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Has anyone ever won their battle against hydroids?
I had these colonial hydroids in my my tank ever since i set up my sw tank. I thought they were feather dusters at first so i left them alone. Then i figured out they were hydroids! I tried to remove some of them by using a knife and scrapping/digging them off. I thought i removed them all past 2 month ago, but i saw young hydroids popping up on some of my rocks!
Has anyone ever defeated these hydroids?? without restarting overagain? I heard that keyhole limpets eat these suckers. Anyone used them yet? and where can i get one... |
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02/17/2009, 06:40 PM
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Location: Minnesota
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Not really no. I ended up killing off a large amount of live rock that was covered and kalk pasting or gluing over small amounts or ones that had corals nearby. Still have a few here and there I need to glue but mostly clear.
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02/17/2009, 08:11 PM
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I had the brown variety of hydroids and prety many everywhere. Ever since I added in my Atlantic Pygmy angel I havn't seen any....
Angel has also been a model citizen in my mixed reef.... Brad |
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02/17/2009, 09:17 PM
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I have been tweezing them weekly for months now. On rocks I can easily remove I give them a fast pass with a blowtorch.
Otherwise you have to keep up on it as best as you can. I am winning my battle but it is a long one. |
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02/17/2009, 11:04 PM
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I have these kinds of hydroids...  (i think i got most of these guys...)  (now i see these guys, colonizing on my rocks)  do you have the same one as mine? also is this the Atlantic pygmy? http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...ot_parent_id=4 I only have 1 tomato clown, sixline wrasse, 1 peppermint, 1 turbo, and 3 nassarius in a 30g tank. It says there 35g for the Angel... can my tank handle the pygmy angel? |
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02/17/2009, 11:17 PM
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 Thought i was winning too when killed the brown hydroids. Then i slacked off a few months, I stopped checking for new hydroids. And now i see new ones. I'm going to try your method. But i'll use a lighter, i dont have a blow torch.. Do i put the lr with hydroids in the tank after torching them? |
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