How do I get rid of these PALYS!!

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These green on green palys are everywhere! They are literally growing out of the sand bed like weeds! Now they are starting to take over some critical real estate. I don't know if they're safe to snip out. Removing the entire rock will be near impossible. Any suggestions?

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Kalkwasser paste could be considered. Just be cautious, those green palys are considered to be some of the most toxic.
 
Honestly, your best bet would be to try and remove the rock (if there's any possible way) and just trade it in to LFS or toss it. Unfortunately, the ugliest palys are the ones that grow like weeds and also the prime culprits in many cases of palytoxin poisoning. This particular species definitely has more palytoxin than a traditional zoa, so the risk is higher. Folks go to extreme measures like trying to burn them, boil them, scrape them, etc. Unfortunately, many aren't using safety gear (gloves, eye protection, respirator, open air space) when doing this and end up aerosolizing the toxin and making themselves and everyone in their homes deathly sick.

Some people try to kill them with aiptasia x or kalk paste, but with mixed results. Hopefully, someone has a better method than mine and you can avoid going nuts removing the rock. Good luck!
 
Honestly, your best bet would be to try and remove the rock (if there's any possible way) and just trade it in to LFS or toss it. Unfortunately, the ugliest palys are the ones that grow like weeds and also the prime culprits in many cases of palytoxin poisoning. This particular species definitely has more palytoxin than a traditional zoa, so the risk is higher. Folks go to extreme measures like trying to burn them, boil them, scrape them, etc. Unfortunately, many aren't using safety gear (gloves, eye protection, respirator, open air space) when doing this and end up aerosolizing the toxin and making themselves and everyone in their homes deathly sick.

Some people try to kill them with aiptasia x or kalk paste, but with mixed results. Hopefully, someone has a better method than mine and you can avoid going nuts removing the rock. Good luck!

Yea. I'm scared of that toxin especially listening to Julian Sprung and his illness from them. I'm probably going to have to remove the rock and pray that it doesn't cause an architectural collapse.
 
Kalk Paste.. I use Aptasia x to control weed Paly growth. I deal w them all the time. I don’t get rid of the whole colony. I just blast their face w Kalk when they go out of bounds. Works well for me. I got some silly out of control Palys. Always trying to take on other Zoa colonies. If u choose to do this way do not try to do them all at once... start where they are encroaching onto areas u don’t want them. I always shut down all flow, blast em in the face and leave w zero water flow for 20 min then suck out paste w turkey baster before turning pump back on. Good luck w those. They r especially tough Palys u got there. Captain America I believe
 

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