Invasive xenia

[Garbonzo]

A little back ground. The tank has been up and running for 7 years, and I accidently overdosed iodine which caused my pom pom xenias to go bananas. They are steadily encroaching all over the tank with little pause. I've taken care of a few with amquel injections, and some with a mojano wand; however, it seems any cell that burns off just blows around the tank and starts a new colony. I bought a pyramid butterfly, but my twin bar rabbit wouldn't leave him alone. As far as I know the Pyramid is the only fish that eats xenia, but I am wondering if anyone knows of another organism that eats xenia or another natural solution.

 

[John3]

I treated mine like pulling off gha, trying my best to not let anything float away. Mine was on smooth coralline so it pulls off fairly easy with tweezer. I still have 2 spots with 2-3 polyps. You gotta wait til they get just big enough to hopefully peel them off. I have a smaller tank so this might not be much of an option in a bigger tank.

I have some Sunny D zoas that grew right over a patch. Again only a solution for a very small patch.

 

[Sipec]

I’d suggest fragging some and selling, then you get money too

 

[Garbonzo]

So I was recommended fenbendazole as an alternative method. Other than adding a ton of nutrients and cyano from the die off, does anyone know if there's any adverse affect effects on microflora?

 

[Peanut]

Fenbendazole will eliminate xenia. The small amount I had before dosing for BCP is gone. If you need some, send me a PM.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/eliminating-blue-clove-polyps-with-fenbendazole.308994/

 

[Livinlocal]

Fenbendazole will eliminate xenia. The small amount I had before dosing for BCP is gone. If you need some, send me a PM.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/eliminating-blue-clove-polyps-with-fenbendazole.308994/

Have enough for 2 people ?

I have been battling Xenia for years. Every month I manually pull half a ziplock bag out

 

[Garbonzo]

I read your thread, and it looks like you dosed 1mg/gal, and I was wondering how you measured out millis out of a 250mg packet; however, I will probably take a packet or 2 from you, and thank you.

 

[Garbonzo]

Fenbendazole will eliminate xenia. The small amount I had before dosing for BCP is gone. If you need some, send me a PM.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/eliminating-blue-clove-polyps-with-fenbendazole.308994/

I read your thread, and it looks like you dosed 1mg/gal, and I was wondering how you measured out millis out of a 250mg packet; however, I will probably take a packet or 2 from you, and thank you.

 

[Peanut]

I read your thread, and it looks like you dosed 1mg/gal, and I was wondering how you measured out millis out of a 250mg packet; however, I will probably take a packet or 2 from you, and thank you.

I had a very precise scale and I measured out the exact amount I needed, however its actually much easier if you add the 250mg to a gallon of water and shake....Then use 1oz of the mix per 2 gallons of tank water to be treated. (its actually 1oz per 1.95gallons if you want to be exact) don't forget to include sump volume and wherever else water may be.

 

[Garbonzo]

I had a very precise scale and I measured out the exact amount I needed, however its actually much easier if you add the 250mg to a gallon of water and shake....Then use 1oz of the mix per 2 gallons of tank water to be treated. (its actually 1oz per 1.95gallons if you want to be exact) don't forget to include sump volume and wherever else water may be.

HAHAHA. That's an easy eq for sure. It's amazing we look straight past the obvious sometimes. LOL. Send me a pm with price and we'll set it up.

 

[Garbonzo]

Payment sent Yday.

Fenbendazole will eliminate xenia. The small amount I had before dosing for BCP is gone. If you need some, send me a PM.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/eliminating-blue-clove-polyps-with-fenbendazole.308994/

 

[Peanut]

Payment sent Yday.

Its on the way.

 

[Peanut]

I think you should definitely remove as much of the Xenia as possible before dosing. Xenia is much larger and meatier than BCP and you don't want it all dying in the tank.

 

[Garbonzo]

That's what I was thinking to stump as many as I could then dose.

 

[wowkingjames]

Thanks for the info on getting a pyramid butterfly is he reef safe? What I mean does he go after other corals too?

 

[Garbonzo]

The only thing he ate was the food I gave him and the Xenia. He never even looked at another coral and there's palm trees, gsp, zoas, palys.

 

[Garbonzo]

Anyone know of fenbendazole having an affect on astrea snails, cerinths, nasarius, or tricolors? I was on the fence for using fenbendazole, but I just put in 80 astrea and 70 tris. I've heard some people remove inverts, but as fenbendazole is persistent as it is absorbed in LR, I haven't heard of any problems when inverts are reintroduced. Any insight would be appreciated.

 

[Garbonzo]

I finally decide to treat with fenbendazole. I figure it's just going to get worse. A mojano wand worked in small areas, but Xenia just kept going. Here's a pic of pre-dose and will follow up as the progress goes.

 

[Garbonzo]

At 24 hours the xenia are shrunken and silvery. Definitely not happy and no other coral or snails seem to be suffering any harm.

 

[Garbonzo]

48 hour mark. I was thinking there would be a little more degradation, but it's definitely taking it's course.