what's the worst plague ever loosed in your tank?

Sk8r · 05/13/2007, 10:24 AM

Mine's easy---grape caulerpa. Came in as a hitchhiker, resisted the efforts of: a rabbit, an urchin, a tang, and rock cooking, and [in Stephen King tones]...it's b-a-a-a-ak.....

jmack · 05/13/2007, 10:32 AM

cyano..took forever to get rid of it..only to be replaced by film algae!

MTB · 05/13/2007, 10:44 AM

Bryopsis. I finally got it under control. For now.

djtodd · 05/13/2007, 10:53 AM

Halmedia. Stuff overgrows everything. That and/or the Zoa eating Nudibranches that hitchhiked in several years ago. Though they were easily dispatched.

Icefire · 05/13/2007, 10:10 PM

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Originally posted by Sk8r
Mine's easy---grape caulerpa. Came in as a hitchhiker, resisted the efforts of: a rabbit, an urchin, a tang, and rock cooking, and [in Stephen King tones]...it's b-a-a-a-ak.....

Shoot it with hot vinegar, they don't like it

Sk8r · 05/13/2007, 10:14 PM

Thanks for the tip. I've tried everything else!

Satori · 05/13/2007, 10:20 PM

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Originally posted by djtodd
Halmedia. Stuff overgrows everything.

Ahhh, I feel your pain.

shag26272 · 05/13/2007, 10:39 PM

Halmedia here also on my nano,

HBtank · 05/13/2007, 10:51 PM

I have some halmedia sprouting. Uh oh.

Isn't an urchin an easy solution to it though? Or just pruning?

shag26272 · 05/13/2007, 10:57 PM

pruning worked for me, I still have a little in the tank I upgraded to, it made alot of roots under the sand I had to pull them all out and it helped alot

illcssd · 05/13/2007, 11:35 PM

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Originally posted by Sk8r
Mine's easy---grape caulerpa. Came in as a hitchhiker, resisted the efforts of: a rabbit, an urchin, a tang, and rock cooking, and [in Stephen King tones]...it's b-a-a-a-ak.....

I have a small blue hippo tang that loves this stuff, it literally wiped my tank of it within a month. And it was covered. It has never come back he did such a good job. So well that i moved some rock to a different tank and it still has not grown back one bit....
I'm not that far from you, want to borrow him lol?

illcssd · 05/13/2007, 11:36 PM

My plague has been aiptasia and majano. I got a berghia and it got rid of the aiptasia, but the majano's, no matter how many times i joe's juice them or blow torch them, always seem to come back.

AquaReeferMan · 05/14/2007, 01:23 AM

Green and Pink striped Mushrooms. They are taking over wait they already took over. No one wants them either.

waterfaller1 · 05/14/2007, 01:43 AM

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Originally posted by illcssd
My plague has been aiptasia and majano. I got a berghia and it got rid of the aiptasia, but the majano's, no matter how many times i joe's juice them or blow torch them, always seem to come back.

Ditto...

johnike · 05/14/2007, 05:57 AM

FLATWORMS!

alan214 · 05/14/2007, 06:23 AM

Green star polyps. I know I can pull the mats off if I was inclined to dismantle my tank, which I'm not.

LeslieP · 05/14/2007, 07:17 AM

Kenya tree. Babies EVERYWHERE!!. The main coral looks good, but I think I'm going to have to yank it because I hate the babies sprouting up everywhere.

itdepends · 05/14/2007, 07:21 AM

Acropora eating nudibranches.

Toddrtrex · 05/14/2007, 09:32 AM

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Originally posted by alan214
Green star polyps. I know I can pull the mats off if I was inclined to dismantle my tank, which I'm not.

DITTO!!!!!!!!!!!!

SDguy · 05/14/2007, 09:58 AM

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Originally posted by itdepends
Acropora eating nudibranches.

Never heard of those before.

Mine were redbugs.

jbarone · 05/14/2007, 10:09 AM

Flatworms!!!

jeffbrig · 05/14/2007, 10:23 AM

dictyota (macroalgae). Not terribly fast growing, but annoying nonetheless. Tangs don't seem to care for it, so I have to prune manually.

Sk8r · 05/19/2007, 01:33 PM

I took in a purple tang temporarily to go after the caulerpa, and he got all you could see. He went back to the lfs when I moved, and is now in a new home, and I [unwillingly] cooked my rock due to a delay in setting up---and of all the life on the rocks, 3 things survived: 1 aiptasia, sprigs of caulerpa, and one micro hermit. I've set up again, with a 20g refugium, and the caulerpa is starting up on every rock I own. I could just spit nails. I'm *hoping* the refugium and strong skimming get enough phosphate out to discourage it.

Joe Cool · 05/19/2007, 01:42 PM

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Originally posted by jeffbrig
dictyota (macroalgae). Not terribly fast growing, but annoying nonetheless. Tangs don't seem to care for it, so I have to prune manually.

Have you tried a Naso Tang? I've seen them eat Dictyota.

Phyllia131 · 05/19/2007, 01:59 PM

Worst plague? Human stupidity. My little sister crashed my first saltwater tank as a child, by putting cough drops in the water. I guess it was supposed to clear ick.

05/13/2007, 10:24 AM	#1
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	what's the worst plague ever loosed in your tank? Mine's easy---grape caulerpa. Came in as a hitchhiker, resisted the efforts of: a rabbit, an urchin, a tang, and rock cooking, and [in Stephen King tones]...it's b-a-a-a-ak..... __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

05/13/2007, 10:44 AM	#3
MTB Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Illannoy Posts: 1,365	Bryopsis. I finally got it under control. For now. __________________ Got Frags? Current Tank Info: 40 breeder. Kessil lights. Reef octopus skimmer. Vortec mp40 x2.

05/13/2007, 10:53 AM	#4
djtodd Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 482	Halmedia. Stuff overgrows everything. That and/or the Zoa eating Nudibranches that hitchhiked in several years ago. Though they were easily dispatched. __________________ 125G Reef with 40G sump/fuge. 2x 250w 14k MH, H&S A150-F2001 Skimmer, 3x Tunze 6045, MW No3 Reactor, Coralife Ca Reactor. Mostly softies with a metric tonne of Zoanthids. Current Tank Info: Got polyps?

05/13/2007, 10:14 PM	#6
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Thanks for the tip. I've tried everything else! __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

05/13/2007, 10:39 PM	#8
shag26272 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 3,088	Halmedia here also on my nano, __________________ .

05/13/2007, 10:32 AM	#2
jmack Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NV Posts: 1,060	cyano..took forever to get rid of it..only to be replaced by film algae!

05/13/2007, 10:51 PM	#9
HBtank Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 2,957	I have some halmedia sprouting. Uh oh. Isn't an urchin an easy solution to it though? Or just pruning? __________________ 80g Aiptasia dominated reef tank.. with fish and now a bunch of berghia! Current Tank Info: 80g tank, re-starting a reef after a zoanthid nudibranch plauge, followed by months of steady and unstoppable STN/RTN, crashed; stayed FOWLR for a couple years, currently an aiptasia dominated reef tank with fishies and BERGHIA

05/13/2007, 10:57 PM	#10
shag26272 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 3,088	pruning worked for me, I still have a little in the tank I upgraded to, it made alot of roots under the sand I had to pull them all out and it helped alot __________________ .

05/13/2007, 11:36 PM	#12
illcssd Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Prescott, AZ Posts: 1,295	My plague has been aiptasia and majano. I got a berghia and it got rid of the aiptasia, but the majano's, no matter how many times i joe's juice them or blow torch them, always seem to come back. __________________ --Austin 60g Ecotech anemone cube;

05/14/2007, 01:23 AM	#13
AquaReeferMan Got Reef? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Under the Sea, Pa Posts: 4,593	Green and Pink striped Mushrooms. They are taking over wait they already took over. No one wants them either. __________________ Couple SPS/Zoanthid tanks and a couple of FW planted tanks. Current Tank Info: 5 pieces of glass with some silicone and plastic frames holding them together

05/14/2007, 05:57 AM	#15
johnike Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bureau County Illinois Posts: 5,406	FLATWORMS!

05/14/2007, 06:23 AM	#16
alan214 Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Colony, TX Posts: 1,258	Green star polyps. I know I can pull the mats off if I was inclined to dismantle my tank, which I'm not. __________________ I live really close to the airport. The other day I was walking across the living room and the stewardess told me to take my seat. Current Tank Info: 73G FOWLR

05/14/2007, 07:17 AM	#17
LeslieP Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Waterford, CT Posts: 1,544	Kenya tree. Babies EVERYWHERE!!. The main coral looks good, but I think I'm going to have to yank it because I hate the babies sprouting up everywhere.

05/14/2007, 07:21 AM	#18
itdepends Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 4	Acropora eating nudibranches.

05/14/2007, 10:09 AM	#21
jbarone Government Sponge Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Troy, IL Posts: 936	Flatworms!!!

05/14/2007, 10:23 AM	#22
jeffbrig Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Posts: 5,548	dictyota (macroalgae). Not terribly fast growing, but annoying nonetheless. Tangs don't seem to care for it, so I have to prune manually. __________________ Beware the power of stupid people in large groups..... Current Tank Info: formerly 250g room divider

05/19/2007, 01:33 PM	#23
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	I took in a purple tang temporarily to go after the caulerpa, and he got all you could see. He went back to the lfs when I moved, and is now in a new home, and I [unwillingly] cooked my rock due to a delay in setting up---and of all the life on the rocks, 3 things survived: 1 aiptasia, sprigs of caulerpa, and one micro hermit. I've set up again, with a 20g refugium, and the caulerpa is starting up on every rock I own. I could just spit nails. I'm hoping the refugium and strong skimming get enough phosphate out to discourage it. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

05/19/2007, 01:59 PM	#25
Phyllia131 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: West LA Posts: 63	Worst plague? Human stupidity. My little sister crashed my first saltwater tank as a child, by putting cough drops in the water. I guess it was supposed to clear ick.