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06/20/2018, 11:25 AM | #1 |
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clove polyps
When I bought my Urchin he came with clove polyps stuck to him. I've been debating on taking them off and placing on the back glass or maybe the overflow box. I'm still amazed at the stuff the urchin picks up. Had to rescue a snail from his back twice.
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06/20/2018, 12:17 PM | #2 |
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Clove polyps were one of the most invasive things I've ever put in my tank, just FYI
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06/20/2018, 05:12 PM | #3 |
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Yeah, I’ve been reading that. The ones on my urchin are pretty cool looking. I figured if they weren’t on the rocks they wouldn’t spread too much. Kinda like keeping gsp on the back glass.
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06/20/2018, 05:50 PM | #4 |
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Blue Clove polyps are the absolute worst, but some of the other varieties are pretty easy to manage IME. If it's the latter here I would definitely remove them from the Urchin and place them somewhere else in the tank. If it's the former remove them ASAP and keep your eyes peeled for more.
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06/21/2018, 08:18 AM | #6 |
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Yeah the ones I had could never be contained, they float around the entire tank and eventually cover most everything
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06/21/2018, 04:47 PM | #8 |
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I'm so tarnished by that experience I won't even buy frags from anyone that has them in their tank.
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06/21/2018, 04:56 PM | #9 |
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My tank is littered with white spots where I've tried to smother small patches here & there with epoxy. What's really bad about those BCP is when they start popping up in those hard to reach places. I just had a rock with about 30+ Tubbs Blue polyps on it yet the BCP were everywhere in between. I fragged what I could and through the rock away.
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