Muriatic Acid RECIPE for Majanos(?)

[Tripod1404]

Originally Posted by skimjim

again to recap.

Majanos are nearly impossible to get rid of. pickling lime, joes juice, aiptasiaX just hacks them off so they can spew spores and within a month 2x in number.

I read somewhere along Google about a muriatic acid recipe where you only use a tiny portion of the acid and it nukes the majanos.

well... upteens posts later... i'm NOT using the acid but still interested in some kind of reefsafe chemical that can burn these majanos.

FileFish only eats tiny majano babies... full adult ones sting their eyes and they know it and wont touch full grow ones. So.... the plan is to burn these majano chemically to injure them and for the FileFish to bat CleanUp and eat the injured majanos pieces.

extreme measure include pulling the LR with good corals still attached and BLOWTORCHING the spots where the majano is. I have a 6ft 180 with massively huge LRs. taking them out would collapse everything in my tank.

i rad about this majano zapper that uses electricity but my LFS has one and says they are TOY. worthless.

You might try injecting hydrogen peroxide, but keep in mind it would messup ORP and can potentially do collateral damage.

[JP Reef]

I boil some water and them blast them using a pipette. Have never had them come back. They shrivel up and disappear.

[HBtank]

Originally Posted by JP Reef

I boil some water and them blast them using a pipette. Have never had them come back. They shrivel up and disappear.

This is probably the "safest" way (for the tank at least); I would normally go for kalk, but if you have hundreds you may be simply unable to treat a significant amount (chemically with any acid or base, or peroxide) before altering the chemistry of your tank.

Regardless, once a pest like this has reached "infestation levels" manual removal is going to be rough, regardless of what you choose.