Mojano infestation

SharkBait_Mtl · 11/28/2009, 12:10 PM

I have a client who has a really bad mojano infestation in their reef.

I was wondering if there is a reef safe fish that will eat mojano?

Is it the same as aptasia? Copperband butterfly, longnose butterfly, Bergia nudibranch?

thanks

Paul B · 11/28/2009, 12:19 PM

I don't think you will find an animal to eat all of them. If I get too many I just use a small wire brush from a dremmel and scrub them into oblivian. I have never seen them return from this.
I kind of like it when I have a few of them. Years ago we tried to grow them and were usually un successful.
They don't seem to bother anything and I have other corals growing right along side them.
I think it's a rumor that they kill corals.

Snakebyt · 11/28/2009, 12:29 PM

fried of mine has hundreds of them in his tank. He is planning on getting a small torch and melting them off, the putting the rock into a different tank to make sure no new ones get on it.

KMP · 11/28/2009, 12:35 PM

paul - thats a fresh and new perspective as most are trying to rid their tanks of these guys. i'm trying to get rid of mine - zapped a few w/vinegar (not to much or ph drops) and after zapping one i took the needle to him and scratched him off the rock. made me think - a dental pick or something of that sort may be more effective (providing you can reach them) than peppermint shrimp, nudibranches, copperbands, kleins, burgess, aptasia x, etc...

Paul B · 11/28/2009, 12:46 PM

They come right off with a small circular wire brush. It just turns them into smoke.
They hate that. Sometimes I just show them a picture of a wire brush and they drop dead

Like a lot of other things in this hobby, people go nuts over things when there is really no basis for it.
I know they can multiply al over the place and I don't want that. But I find them very easy to eliminate.

Snakebyt · 11/28/2009, 12:52 PM

im my friends tank, we have tried injecting them with vinegar, kalk paste, Aptasia X, Joes Juice, would kill a few, but more would take their place. He finally got tired of trying and they have taken over. So for now he has a fish only tank that is covered in majanos. Might give the wire brush a try in addition to the torching.

miked0523 · 11/28/2009, 01:01 PM

I have a green file fish that eats them , I used to have hundreds, I manually removed what i could using a dental pick tool. The one I couldnt I used aiptasia x which wont kill them, but makes them move so then I could get to them. All the rest the green filefish got. I can now say my tank is Majaho free

SharkBait_Mtl · 11/28/2009, 01:17 PM

thanks for all the suggestions

11/28/2009, 12:10 PM	#1
SharkBait_Mtl Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreal Posts: 354	Mojano infestation I have a client who has a really bad mojano infestation in their reef. I was wondering if there is a reef safe fish that will eat mojano? Is it the same as aptasia? Copperband butterfly, longnose butterfly, Bergia nudibranch? thanks __________________ SharkBait_Mtl ~700g system 180g in-wall reef (build) 40g coral raising tank 60g DT 80g banggai breeder 29g clown breeder 20g raising tank + 3 sumps, refugium Profilux Plus EX2 controlled Reefing is like racing... the faster you go the harder you crash click red house for my 180 build

11/28/2009, 12:19 PM	#2
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	I don't think you will find an animal to eat all of them. If I get too many I just use a small wire brush from a dremmel and scrub them into oblivian. I have never seen them return from this. I kind of like it when I have a few of them. Years ago we tried to grow them and were usually un successful. They don't seem to bother anything and I have other corals growing right along side them. I think it's a rumor that they kill corals. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

11/28/2009, 12:35 PM	#4
KMP Wag More; Bark Less Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NorCal Posts: 3,602	paul - thats a fresh and new perspective as most are trying to rid their tanks of these guys. i'm trying to get rid of mine - zapped a few w/vinegar (not to much or ph drops) and after zapping one i took the needle to him and scratched him off the rock. made me think - a dental pick or something of that sort may be more effective (providing you can reach them) than peppermint shrimp, nudibranches, copperbands, kleins, burgess, aptasia x, etc... __________________ Kenny Current Tank Info: 70g Shallow Reef [Home]; 15g Starfire Cube [Office]

11/28/2009, 12:46 PM	#5
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	They come right off with a small circular wire brush. It just turns them into smoke. They hate that. Sometimes I just show them a picture of a wire brush and they drop dead Like a lot of other things in this hobby, people go nuts over things when there is really no basis for it. I know they can multiply al over the place and I don't want that. But I find them very easy to eliminate. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

11/28/2009, 01:17 PM	#8
SharkBait_Mtl Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreal Posts: 354	thanks for all the suggestions __________________ SharkBait_Mtl ~700g system 180g in-wall reef (build) 40g coral raising tank 60g DT 80g banggai breeder 29g clown breeder 20g raising tank + 3 sumps, refugium Profilux Plus EX2 controlled Reefing is like racing... the faster you go the harder you crash click red house for my 180 build

11/28/2009, 12:29 PM	#3
Snakebyt Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Lubbock Tx Posts: 2,141	fried of mine has hundreds of them in his tank. He is planning on getting a small torch and melting them off, the putting the rock into a different tank to make sure no new ones get on it.

11/28/2009, 12:52 PM	#6
Snakebyt Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Lubbock Tx Posts: 2,141	im my friends tank, we have tried injecting them with vinegar, kalk paste, Aptasia X, Joes Juice, would kill a few, but more would take their place. He finally got tired of trying and they have taken over. So for now he has a fish only tank that is covered in majanos. Might give the wire brush a try in addition to the torching.

11/28/2009, 01:01 PM	#7
miked0523 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: michigan Posts: 59	I have a green file fish that eats them , I used to have hundreds, I manually removed what i could using a dental pick tool. The one I couldnt I used aiptasia x which wont kill them, but makes them move so then I could get to them. All the rest the green filefish got. I can now say my tank is Majaho free