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SMACKERS4
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Any natural predators?
SMACKERS4
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So turns out these bastards are called DIGITATE HYDROIDS and have a pretty powerful sting when they come in contact with anything, I have read that these sometimes can disappear put I think that is wishful thinking. So I will attempt to manually remove them by scrubbing the off my rocks.
Has anyone ever had any Experiance with these?
Has anyone ever had any Experiance with these?
ultimatemj
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Never heard of them becoming problematic, but there is a particular nudi that eats them...but I'd probably start with some kalk paste application and see if you could just "zap" the ones annoying other corals.
SMACKERS4
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At first I just figured they were just part of the ecosystem and not considered a pest. I then noticed more and more of them. Finally I noticed my Rastas and watermelons were closing up on me and upon closer inspection notice the hydroids brushing up against the closed polyps.. I also notice my rainbow monti has not had the best PE in the last week or so. Other montis doing well. Upon closer inspection also notice these hydroids brushing up against the monti as well and even watched one of the hydroids close up half (about 1 1/2"s worth) of polyps on my poker star Monti. Then I started investigating. After a week or so of prowling the interwebs i found it. I also found varying experiances from no issues at all to losing whole pieces of SPS and having to cook all rock to rid the tank of them. People have even recording being stung by them on sensative areas like back of the wrist and having welts to prove it. After scrubbing my rock with a toothbrush where I could I've already noticed improvement on my sps and I hope my zoas follow suit.