Bi-Color Anglefish

[bkhunt]

I am researching maybe placing one in my reef tank that is having a majano problem. I have read that they will eat them and I have found people saying no. I would like some other peoples experience. How many people have them in their reef tank with no problems? I have tried the kalk paste with very little success.

 

[extremecoral]

Copper band butterfly and File fish will do the trick, pepper mint also but it has to be a lot depending on tank volume. i don't think bi color is for majano problem and risk of being a coral eater too.

 

[SeymourDuncan]

Kalk paste, hot vinegar hot lemon juice, or superglue them. No sense in playing the lottery. Half the critters that eat anemones only eat them half the time.

 

[pickupman66]

Bi-color angel fish + coral muncher. they definatley pick at stony and LPS corals. I witnessed it first hand. CBB would be a crap shoot. mine loves Aptasia but no clue how it would do on Mojanos. Also, mine has never bothered my BTA's either.

 

[bkhunt]

I was hoping to a better answer. I have a few hundred of them and make very little head way with kalk. I guess I will try some hot lemon juice and see what I can get. I have a hard tome getting a bunch of the since they are mixed in with my z/p.

 

[Kano]

Sometimes you can peel them off with a razor blade or pin. If you have that many a file fish is your best hope. I had one or two that loved them and one that was pretty worthless for aiptasia/majanos. I've used lemon juice from the fridge and it seems to work as well. Not 100% but sooner or later they'll die. If you have them all over live rock that doesn't have anything on it I'd dry it out or try and peel them off as well. They ball up and come off easy depending on how you get under their foot. Good luck. I know my tank was infested with aiptasia and eventually I got it under control.

 

[ritter6788]

I think the Klien's butterfly is the majano eating champ. They will chow on coral though.