Anything Eat Clove Polyps?

Mushroom Boy · Apr 17, 2018

I had some clove polyps hitchhike into my tank at some point and they're getting totally out of hand. I've read about using Fluke tabs to remove them, but that is not an option for me. Anyone have any luck finding anything that will rid a tank of cloves?

Thanks!

Tahoe61 · Apr 17, 2018

Nope, there is a reported Nudibanch that eats them supposedly but you will not find them available, sorry.

mtraylor · Apr 17, 2018

That would be the holy grail if you can find it.

ca1ore · Apr 17, 2018

Pyramid butterflyfish ate them, along with all my Xenia. Probably hit or miss though as the same fish did not in a friends tank.

Mushroom Boy · Apr 17, 2018

Ugh, that's what I feared. Maybe I'll just move a frogspawn frag around for selective removal

Bigjohnsonfish · Apr 28, 2018

mtraylor said:
That would be the holy grail if you can find it.

Are we talking tri color cloves?

PeterEde · Mar 2, 2022

I think my Foxface ate a few of my FW polyps. I hope I have some left when I get home

damsels are not mean · Mar 2, 2022

Apparently this guy uses tuxedo urchins to eat his "daisy polyps" which controls the population but does not fully eradicate them. Hard to tell the exact species but looks like sarcothelia to me. Worth a shot at least.