New member, need suggestion for Majano removal

Colts2Broncos · 05/03/2013, 10:05 AM

I read the thread from 2003 about Majano eating fish. We have a fairly new 65 gallon tank. The tank inhabitants consist of a 10" Chalice Coral, a 5 head Frogspawn, , 1 GSP, 1 Xenia Tree, 2 mushrooms, 1 Mandarin Goby, 1 Emerald Crab and 1 Bengii Cardinalfish.

Of course with the live rock, we now have, what we are fairly sure are Majano Anemone. It started with one, we now see 5. They DO NOT have trunks like the Majanos I have seen, they lie flat against the rock like a rug and close up at night, literally disappearing, they do not move around the tank. They are roughly 1/4 in length and reddish brown with lighter colored bulbous tentacles. I am trying, with little success to get a good picture. Anyway, I was reading through the forums here and saw a thread from 2003 where a member had a bunch of them. Below is a quote from that thread:

I have a Raccoon Butterflyfish and Bicolor Angelfish that are going to town on these evil spawns. Both of these fish are really NOT reef safe though...they might eat corals, nip at clams, etc...but they are BOTH eating the majanos.

So the question I have here is... if the Bicolor Angelish will eat these pests, will any angel eat them? Like say a Coral Beauty or a Flame Angel? We are going to try the lemon juice defense first (once we identify them as majanos) but I know, like with mice and cockroaches, there are plenty more that we can't see so we will need something else that can get to the areas we can't see or reach.

Look forward to hearing any thoughts you folks may have...

Colts2Broncos · 05/03/2013, 10:42 AM

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05/03/2013, 10:05 AM	#1
Colts2Broncos Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 114	New member, need suggestion for Majano removal I read the thread from 2003 about Majano eating fish. We have a fairly new 65 gallon tank. The tank inhabitants consist of a 10" Chalice Coral, a 5 head Frogspawn, , 1 GSP, 1 Xenia Tree, 2 mushrooms, 1 Mandarin Goby, 1 Emerald Crab and 1 Bengii Cardinalfish. Of course with the live rock, we now have, what we are fairly sure are Majano Anemone. It started with one, we now see 5. They DO NOT have trunks like the Majanos I have seen, they lie flat against the rock like a rug and close up at night, literally disappearing, they do not move around the tank. They are roughly 1/4 in length and reddish brown with lighter colored bulbous tentacles. I am trying, with little success to get a good picture. Anyway, I was reading through the forums here and saw a thread from 2003 where a member had a bunch of them. Below is a quote from that thread: I have a Raccoon Butterflyfish and Bicolor Angelfish that are going to town on these evil spawns. Both of these fish are really NOT reef safe though...they might eat corals, nip at clams, etc...but they are BOTH eating the majanos. So the question I have here is... if the Bicolor Angelish will eat these pests, will any angel eat them? Like say a Coral Beauty or a Flame Angel? We are going to try the lemon juice defense first (once we identify them as majanos) but I know, like with mice and cockroaches, there are plenty more that we can't see so we will need something else that can get to the areas we can't see or reach. Look forward to hearing any thoughts you folks may have...

05/03/2013, 10:42 AM	#2
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