Pesky Pests!!

PacificBlueReef · 02/12/2007, 11:30 AM

Ok couple quick questions since the search never works.

1. (hydriods) are there any natural predators that can be kept in a reef tank? what are some other way to deal with these things?

Joes Juice?

2. (bubble algae) I purchased 6 emerald crabs for my 55gallon to try to controll this problem back on 1/25/07. So far I can't tell any change (other than my coralline). Do they only eat the spores or the smaller bubbles?

Thanks fellow reefers

dc_909 · 02/12/2007, 11:33 AM

What kind of hydroids?

I can't seem to kind a solution for the colonial tube kind. I even tried maual removal off all my rock and they are still taking over.

PacificBlueReef · 02/14/2007, 10:58 AM

I dont know the exactly what kind they are, but they don't appear to have tubes.

Any one have any ideas about the driods and bubbles other than the 4 month dark treatment?

02/12/2007, 11:30 AM	#1
PacificBlueReef Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Traid, NC Posts: 68	Pesky Pests!! Ok couple quick questions since the search never works. 1. (hydriods) are there any natural predators that can be kept in a reef tank? what are some other way to deal with these things? Joes Juice? 2. (bubble algae) I purchased 6 emerald crabs for my 55gallon to try to controll this problem back on 1/25/07. So far I can't tell any change (other than my coralline). Do they only eat the spores or the smaller bubbles? Thanks fellow reefers

02/12/2007, 11:33 AM	#2
dc_909 Moved On Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Murrieta, CA Posts: 3,260	What kind of hydroids? I can't seem to kind a solution for the colonial tube kind. I even tried maual removal off all my rock and they are still taking over.

02/14/2007, 10:58 AM	#3
PacificBlueReef Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Traid, NC Posts: 68	I dont know the exactly what kind they are, but they don't appear to have tubes. Any one have any ideas about the driods and bubbles other than the 4 month dark treatment?