How to kill sps

bubbaque · Aug 21, 2017

I have one of Battlecorals Spainbow that is growing like crazy so I made the mistake of fragging it and placing it in a different spot in the tank

. It has encrusted to the rock in the spot but about a month ago I wanted to get rid of the second one. I have scrubbed it so hard with a "battle brush", scrapped it with a knife and I even thought I covered it with kalkwasser.

Well I thought it was dead and I placed a new coral in the spot it was but now I see the spainbow making a come back in same spot and I don't want it to go to war with my new coral and killing it.

What else can I do to kill it without killing my new coral right next to it?

rock_lobster · Aug 21, 2017

boil some water and spray it on it with a syringe should do it.

ksfulk · Aug 21, 2017

Covering it in super glue or epoxy would also work.

bubbaque · Aug 21, 2017

Thanks for the tips! I didn't think of the super glue before. I went and just covered it all with glue.

Tom Blevins · Aug 21, 2017

send it to me

reefwiser · Aug 21, 2017

Send a Frag to me I can show you how to kill it.

Velcro · Aug 21, 2017

first world problems.

Sabellafella · Aug 21, 2017

bubbaque said:
I have one of Battlecorals Spainbow that is growing like crazy so I made the mistake of fragging it and placing it in a different spot in the tank . It has encrusted to the rock in the spot but about a month ago I wanted to get rid of the second one. I have scrubbed it so hard with a "battle brush", scrapped it with a knife and I even thought I covered it with kalkwasser.

Well I thought it was dead and I placed a new coral in the spot it was but now I see the spainbow making a come back in same spot and I don't want it to go to war with my new coral and killing it.

What else can I do to kill it without killing my new coral right next to it?

If you already kalk pasted it, use glue or epoxy

2Wheelsonly · Aug 21, 2017

My god, this thread shows such a drastic contrast in this hobby... El oh freaking el! This is almost as bad and hearing about a guy complaining his bikini model wife spends too much time at the gym!

bubbaque · Aug 21, 2017

We all have limited space for corals. No sense in the same coral taking up two different places.

2Wheelsonly · Aug 21, 2017

I figured as much, i'm just joking by the way because I was crying inside a little. If you still need help killing that sps I can send you some of my tank water, it's like a coral dip but opposite. The pests live but the corals die.

najer · Aug 21, 2017

This is why I got banned from another forum. Really, kill a live animal in your care because it doesn't suit you!?

saltyfilmfolks · Aug 21, 2017

najer said:
This is why I got banned from another forum. Really, kill a live animal in your care because it doesn't suit you!?

Yep. Xenia go in the garden. Gsp too. Montis get the paste so do the cyphasteria. Palys get the kalk or injected with vinegar. Some get tossed in the yard if they overgrow the rock. Pests get dipped in bayer, ick bugs get the copper and algaes get scrubbed and killed. And pods get eaten, like the fish we had for dinner.

rock_lobster · Aug 21, 2017

najer said:
This is why I got banned from another forum. Really, kill a live animal in your care because it doesn't suit you!?

Thats not really reasonable... I've heard of people killing aiptasia all the time and never getting banned.... The word "pest" is subjective and unless its listed as an endangered animal I think its fair game if its destroying your tank(subjectively)

Breadman03 · Aug 21, 2017

2Wheelsonly said:
I figured as much, i'm just joking by the way because I was crying inside a little. If you still need help killing that sps I can send you some of my tank water, it's like a coral dip but opposite. The pests live but the corals die.

Do you use my tank water?

cpvince · Aug 21, 2017

bubbaque said:
Thanks for the tips! I didn't think of the super glue before. I went and just covered it all with glue.

Yup, that should do the trick. It'll start encrusting over the glue at some point but that won't be for some time.

CoralNerd · Aug 21, 2017

If you cover it completely with kalkwasser paste and turn the pump's off and let it sit there, it will for sure kill it off.

bubbaque · Aug 21, 2017

najer said:
This is why I got banned from another forum. Really, kill a live animal in your care because it doesn't suit you!?

Isn't that what happens a lot in this hobby? People kill off many things that they consider pest, such as aptasia, vermentid snails, flat worms, red bugs and the list goes on and on.

I considered the second encrusting sps a pest. I didn't want it killing something else I purchased in my tank.

cmcoker · Aug 21, 2017

bubbaque said:
Isn't that what happens a lot in this hobby? People kill off many things that they consider pest, such as aptasia, vermentid snails, flat worms, red bugs and the list goes on and on.

I considered the second encrusting sps a pest. I didn't want it killing something else I purchased in my tank.

Yeah and its No different than tending a garden in your yard, weeds get pulled, pests get killed, overgrowth is trimmed back... so that it can be scaped as we desire.

I have thrown out plenty of pulsing xenia, I could rarely find someone to come get it when I trimmed it back..