Kenya Tree Predator?

[OrionN]

I am not the first reefer who have a plague of Kenya Tree coral in his tank. Unfortunately my tank is large and the population of Kenya Tree in it is impressive. I am looking for a Kenya Tree Predator. Is there such a thing?
TIA

 

[alton]

Dang! The only thing I know of is Euphyllia and GSP. Those two have always kept my Kenya Trees in check.

 

[OrionN]

Dang! The only thing I know of is Euphyllia and GSP. Those two have always kept my Kenya Trees in check.

I may want to get some GSP from you. At least GSP plaque have better color.

 

[alton]

Coming back to Corpus in July, I will bring some.

 

[OrionN]

I notice that my Gigantea will sting and kill Kenya Tree within it reach. Also, the small fragment that the Kenya mother colony drop off, it it get to my Gigantea anemone, it will be consume. Anyway, I guess that Kenya Tree is good for something, as food for my Gigantea anemones.

 

[DracoKat]

I am following this thread, I see my kenya is getting out of control as well (and I only had one in for a few weeks holding for a friend, it must've dropped a piece and I didn't realize it!)

 

[F i s h y]

Trade with your local LFS for credit, or all the LFSs in your state you got plenty lol

 

[OrionN]

I am following this thread, I see my kenya is getting out of control as well (and I only had one in for a few weeks holding for a friend, it must've dropped a piece and I didn't realize it!)

My plague begin unintentionally, a small little piece about 1 inch long on LR. I was too lazy to remove back in 2011. To tell the truth, I did not think they would be such problem. but a in wall 320 with limited access from above is difficult to remove all of them.

Trade with your local LFS for credit, or all the LFSs in your state you got plenty lol

Nobody want them. The market is saturated single handed with my Kenya Tree.

 

[OrionN]

I got a picture of my Bornerman Anemone (another pest anemone IMO) eating a small dropping of the Kenya Tree. All my anemones just swallow any piece of the Kenya Tree got caught in their tentacles.

 

[sfin52]

Manual removal and stay on top of it. You'll win

 

[Cell]

Imagine a tank full of anemones slowly walking around devouring soft coral! Horror show.

 

[OrionN]

Manual removal and stay on top of it. You'll win

I cant reach but about 1/2 way down my tank. I have to bring the rock up out of the tank for manual removal. The problem is the attachment of the new seed dropping are at the bottom, near the sand rock inter-phase. I can just cannot take the bottom rocks out.

 

[sfin52]

I cant reach but about 1/2 way down my tank. I have to bring the rock up out of the tank for manual removal. The problem is the attachment of the new seed dropping are at the bottom, near the sand rock inter-phase. I can just cannot take the bottom rocks out.

This is going to be tough. As you rip off the trees they may leave a little piece and grow from that.

 

[weamdog]

I pulled my rocks out a couple months ago and ripped them all off (50ish) and put in a 30g to try to re-home. They are fairly easy to remove unlike zenia. Noticed a couple that didn't come off clean growing back that need tackled. My experience with them and BTAs is both will lose. The BTA wins the first battle, but the toxins from the dying tree get the BTA back. Had a split BTA and the one closest to the tree died.

 

[OrionN]

I pulled my rocks out a couple months ago and ripped them all off (50ish) and put in a 30g to try to re-home. They are fairly easy to remove unlike zenia. Noticed a couple that didn't come off clean growing back that need tackled. My experience with them and BTAs is both will lose. The BTA wins the first battle, but the toxins from the dying tree get the BTA back. Had a split BTA and the one closest to the tree died.

I love to but my tank is a 320 gal. I can access by tank from the back and the side but not the front which is a larger error on my part. I wish I can remove all the rock and take all the Kenya tree out.

 

[TriggerFinger]

I saw you said you can’t reach where it’s growing...is there a way to shade that part of the tank out and maybe siphon as it starts to die off??

 

[TriggerFinger]

Or send your smallest son in there in scuba gear with a bucket and putty knife?

 

[alton]

What about this?

 

[Tentacle]

I've always regretted adding things like Kenya tree, GSP, odd mushrooms into my tank. I've found the easiest way to remove these things is to take rock by rock and nuke it in a bucket of bleach and water.

I wonder if my acros grew as fast as GSP, taking everything over, if I would be looking for a solution to remove them too ;-)

 

[OrionN]

What about this?

I will do a lot of butt frags of my Acropora with it