To Feed or Not to Feed

[chitmonj]

So I am fighting a burst of digitate hydroids right now. They have gone down in numbers but I am still a long way from where I want to be. I adder peppermint shrimp in hopes one would have a taste.

But without doing coral feedings like Reef Roids and such I am concerned about my Christmas Tree worms and other filter feeders.

Should I go back to feeing the tank?

 

[sixty_reefer]

Have you

So I am fighting a burst of digitate hydroids right now. They have gone down in numbers but I am still a long way from where I want to be. I adder peppermint shrimp in hopes one would have a taste.

But without doing coral feedings like Reef Roids and such I am concerned about my Christmas Tree worms and other filter feeders.

Should I go back to feeing the tank?

Have you considered a banded shrimp, they are effective at controlling hydroids

 

[chitmonj]

Have you

Have you considered a banded shrimp, they are effective at controlling hydroids

I was concerned about a banded eating other corals like clove polyps. If I don't see the peppermints make some headway I will go that direction.

 

[KING KONG]

So I am fighting a burst of digitate hydroids right now. They have gone down in numbers but I am still a long way from where I want to be. I adder peppermint shrimp in hopes one would have a taste.

But without doing coral feedings like Reef Roids and such I am concerned about my Christmas Tree worms and other filter feeders.

Should I go back to feeing the tank?

Put a direct flow towards them. They will probably starve. Hydroids have some predator like hermit crabs ,emerald crab,butterfly fish and Peppermint shrimp but still some eats them while some will not. I have colonial hydroids which would not bother anything so I let them be in my tank also I like their appearance......

 

[KING KONG]

Thread 'Hydroids: a reference to some strategies' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/hydroids-a-reference-to-some-strategies.819522/
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