What is growing from my Palys?

[Deonne]

Kalk did not worked for me.
I used kalk paste, it knocked them back, they they will return. I used reef putty and they were able to squeeze through between the rock and the putty. These buggers are very very tough and hard to get rid of. Even fenbendazole at 4mg/gal for 7 days did not work for me. i am still dealing with them.

Do not mess around with these critters. Looks like you have only a small amt. I would try to super clue it or get the rock out.

thanks, will take your advice

 

[DeniseAndy]

I have those nasty palys that can seem to live through anything. These must be similar. I have not "yet" encountered your type. I mean my rock sat outside in sun for weeks, cured in darkness, and now I see some of the palys coming back. I have not tried bleaching the dratted things though. I have tried everything you can in the tank. Nothing gets them.

Good luck.

 

[Marie7]

thanks guys, ill keep on top of it and try some less invasive solutions first. I think ill try kalking them then covering with glue or epoxy first .. if that fails ill remove the rock and replace or treat it in a bucket with fenbendazole. I have some time before it will be able to leap to a second rock, still isolated

(by the way you all have me terrified)

The simple way is to removed it and lentil dry completely is the most safe procedurecrather than adding glue epoxy and so many crazy things that even when it says reef safe end up by a headache and trouble toothed tank, if you don't want to loose the corals on it then removed and treat it by scrubbing the stuff out with a toothbrush but make sure u observed it for the first sign on it in case come back scrub it again

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like fern growing from algae but lighting is not helping. Blues flushing out the images

 

[code4]

Sounds to me like you have gotten a lot of good advice to pull the rock and head off a bit headache. I would take the advice of it were me and pull the rock.

 

[KenO]

I didn’t realize what these things were until it was too late. It had spread throughout 3 tanks that I had connected together. Be careful with Fendbendazole, it will also kill GSP and Xenia along with brisleworms and snails. The Fendbendazole will also get absorbed into your LR. Yes it did kill the blue cloves, but it took months to get the Fendbendazole out of my tank. I did 100% water changes and used carbon. I also went on the low end for the amount that I used. Several months later, I had a major tank crash did the Fendbendazole contribute to it, not sure. If it was me and I had one rock with blue cloves on it, it would be out of my tank right now. My belief is that they release spores, the longer they are in your tank, the more your system is at risk. Good luck.