Removing pest Palys?

maverick451 · Oct 30, 2006

Hello, nice forum

I have a nice little colony of eagle eyes in which more and more palys keep sprouting up!

Is there any way to remove them?

This picture was taken a month ago, the amount has now doubled

many thanks

epidemic · Oct 30, 2006

Treat them like aptasia. Inject with kalk or viniger.

maroonytunes · Oct 30, 2006

I wouldn't suggest that, there would be to much of a risk of hitting the eagle eyes with it.

epidemic · Oct 30, 2006

That just what I do, but I guess I dont have them crowded by other zoas. I just have them pop up on LR all the time.

maverick451 · Oct 30, 2006

I tried cutting the heads of the palys as they dont close at night so easy to recognise but they just grew back.

I my have a try with injecting kalk, so you inject it into the heads or matting?

epidemic · Oct 30, 2006

I would try to go through the head into the base,

maverick451 · Oct 30, 2006

thanks, ill give it a go, Ive got a paly free frag growing as back up

epidemic · Oct 30, 2006

I have had small zoa frags get overrun by palys. So much so that the majority of the zoas stopped opening.

surfn · Oct 30, 2006

i tried to cut up some button polyps in the middle of some of my zoas. i cut them right down the center. and what happened? of course each polyp healed and turned into 2 freakin polyps. grrrr.

hmmmm, i wonder if that will work with my purple death polyps?? anyone have balls to try it? lol