new clowns "rapid breathing" isolated behavior

flyingfish · Mar 28, 2016

Blue tang made it! Back in DT

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bairdimusprime · Mar 28, 2016

good news! congrats!

flyingfish · Mar 29, 2016

Got rid of anthelia(hopefully).
wow, took some major housecleaning to get rid of it. Still a couple stragglers.....;/. I'll get em. Had to take all rock out that had anthelia. Even my main pieces that were not ever supposed to come out.....broke my arch

. But found the best way to get rid of it is to use paper towel. Pull off what you can s it is all dry and not slimy and try to rub off the rest with paper towel then make sure you get the white strings attached to the rock. It's a PITA but that's what I did. Rinse before putting back in tank.

bairdimusprime · Mar 29, 2016

Humblefish said:
I'd take any rock with anthelia outside, blast it with a garden hose, and let it air dry for a week or two. AND that still may not be enough to kill it!

I boil a pot of water and place it right in the boiling water... its the only way to be sure

Congaken · Mar 29, 2016

flyingfish said:
Got rid of anthelia(hopefully).
wow, took some major housecleaning to get rid of it. Still a couple stragglers.....;/. I'll get em. Had to take all rock out that had anthelia. Even my main pieces that were not ever supposed to come out.....broke my arch . But found the best way to get rid of it is to use paper towel. Pull off what you can s it is all dry and not slimy and try to rub off the rest with paper towel then make sure you get the white strings attached to the rock. It's a PITA but that's what I did. Rinse before putting back in tank.

Sorry, but what is anthelia??

Humblefish · Mar 29, 2016

Congaken said:
Sorry, but what is anthelia??

Here is the "prettier" blue variant: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+599+694&pcatid=694

It's basically like xenia (invasive soft coral which spreads like crazy), but anthelia has even longer stalks.