Blue clove polyps and zoas

[kwandrsn]

I have a rock that i bought with several zoa colonies on it and it is also covered in blue star polyps.

How can I kill the blue polyps but not the zoas?

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[joshporksandwich]

Those are a pain to remove and will kill the zoas. The only way is to use coral clippers and cut them off the rock. Hopefully theyre not too close to the zos where you might hurt them.

 

[Zack]

Dont risk it! I wouldnt put the rock in my tank. 6 months frm now you will be pulling ypur hair out trying to rid yourself from the plague also known as blue clove polyps.:wacko:
Just my opinion though...:biggrin1:

 

[kwandrsn]

They are covering the rock including the zoas. I don't want to lose the zoas. Only thought I had was to cut the zoas off the rock and glue them to a new rock



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[kwandrsn]

The top pic is in my tank. I was told some of the zoas are higher end like the ones are carrot tops. Not sure of the names though. I guess I can try to remove the zoas then scrub the rock. I guess I'm gonna wait a week until.I get my frag plugs in the mail and frag some them glue the rest to another rock or something.
They have been in my tank for a couple of weeks

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[bocomo]

Freshwater dip?

 

[calvo15290]

If your just gonna kill the clove polyps ill take some I like the flow of them


Andrew calvo

 

[CoryC]

i'd cut off a few polyps that are untouched by the star polyp and then just grow them out. most of those are pretty common wild indo zoas. not largely aquacultured for collector quality or anything. save yourself the trouble and cut what you can and sell the rest to someone who likes that coral weed.

 

[afamousjohnson]

Or you can work ground cover with them. They aren't your xenia or kenya tree but I have seen a lot of "upper class" tanks (well their owners) feel they ruined their scape with different ground cover. I feel it blends but once again only preference. In fact I have a suspended rock on my overflow with a prize (to me ) sps that's base is completly blue polyps and it looks amazing. There are 4 others with different ground covers beneath them suspended as well that look equally amazing as well. But once again preference. Once its in there its in there so make your choice now cause they all spread. Relate it to lanscaping. Weeds are pretty for a month or so out of the year but by than it's to late because the ugly part is everywhere.

 

[kwandrsn]

Yeah I actually like the blue cloves but everyone says they will harm all my other coral and they do seem to restrict the zoas growth. I just don't want problems down the road ya know. Its only a 36 gallon tank with over 50 types of coral

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[amppdx]

I saw these in a DT at a LFS and they seem to be stopped when they ran into the crushed coral substrate. Rockwork though there seems to be no taming them. Space is limited in a 36 but maybe you can isolate the rock(s)? Fragging might be a long and slightly impossible process...they spread so quickly I"m having a hard time imagining being able to surgically remove the zoas unless you are willing to have some heavy loses.

 

[dougers31]

Try a peroxide dip. I know when I dipped mine some of them died.

 

[kwandrsn]

Try a peroxide dip. I know when I dipped mine some of them died.

Straight peroxide? Won't this kill the zoas as well?

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[ritter6788]

Check the "Fluke Tab" thread here. That's the only way I've found to get rid of them. If you haven't put that rock in your tank you could get away with just doing a dip instead of treating the whole tank.

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/re...e-cloves-fluke-tabs.html?highlight=fluke+tabs

 

[kwandrsn]

Already in my tank but not spreading yet. But won't that kill the zoas?

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[ritter6788]

Already in my tank but not spreading yet. But won't that kill the zoas?

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I did my whole tank and didn't lose any zoas.

 

[kwandrsn]

Well I would want to remove the rock with zoas and dip it. I have way too much coral. Including.softies like Kenya tree,xenia, gsp, orange star polyps, And nepthea

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[ritter6788]

Well I would want to remove the rock with zoas and dip it. I have way too much coral. Including.softies like Kenya tree,xenia, gsp, orange star polyps, And nepthea

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The fluke tabs will kill the GSP and xenia for sure and possibly the nepthea. There's really no other way to get rid of them though. They are the most invasive coral I've ever kept and will choke out those zoas.

 

[kwandrsn]

Yeah. Where can I get the tabs? I want to just treat the rock with the zoas and cloves on it. I'm going to remove some cloves because I have two people wanting some. Other than that I want them gone. Thought about putting some on a plug in the sand but I didn't know if they would still spread

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[tampasnooker]

Extended fresh water dips should kill them - be careful not to overdo it. They are a bad menace. I still cringe when I think of how many zoas I lost to BCP. 10% peroxide in salt water may help, too but the runners that connect the polyps seem to bore into the rock, enabling them to return. I left a frag of zoas in the peroxide last week overnight. Zoas are fine and I don't see the BCP.