Often you can simply direct water flow towards them - not at them and they will be unable to get food and soon starve.Hey everybody I dreaded this day but I got my first couple of reef tank pests. One of them is Vermetid snails which I am getting bumblebee snails to eat them up. But I also believe to have hydroids. What fish or livestock eat hydroids. What are other treatments for hydroids. Here some pics for reference, it’s my very first reef tank been running for 9 months now! Let me know if there are any livestock that eat hydroids or whatever pest that is
I’m trying too avoid taking the rocks out, what should I do with the super glue? Are there not any fish or livestock that eat hydroids
I've heard smothering the hydroids with kalk paste may work, and here are some other threads with suggestions that might be helpful:
Hydroids: a reference to some strategies
Like many of us, I have had problems on and off over the years with Hydroids. The ones that have always given me the most problems are the common ones that almost look like a smaller and darker version of the beginner coral called Yellow Polyps. But the colonial Hydroid is much smaller than...www.reef2reef.com
Hydroids - How do I eliminate- They have taken over my tank
So I have this stuff that has pretty much taken over my tank and I can't get rid of it. I'm looking for an ID and an eradication plan that is anything short of a total teardown.
No fish eat them and with gel glue- must be gel, you can apply at small sections at a time. Peppermint shrimp will eat zoa before they focus, IF they focus on hydroids at all
okay so just apply some gel glue all over the hydroids? Sand that should take care of it for the time being?
Yes. Go in small amounts - Dont try all at one tine. I used a paint brush to apply over them but the brush was a mess once used.
