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Old 01-22-2012, 02:45 AM
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Digitate Hydroid... It's the devil, I ended up throwing the whole rock out that the stuff was on. It spreads, stings and SUCKS!
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Old 01-22-2012, 02:46 AM
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Damn that sucks! I was wondering when I looked at it at your place, but I thought it was something you grew on purpose lol. Hope you find a cure!
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Take a blowtorch to the rock

(Actually I'm not really kidding - if you do it though be careful, you don't want the rock shattering on you.)

Do you have any dwarf/pygmy angels (Centropyge) ? They sometimes will pick at it.

The problem with just scraping them off is that they burrow into the rock so you only give them a haircut.

You can sometimes smother them with epoxy (you can always remove the epoxy later) but this looks like a pretty large colony.

I'm thinking blowtorch or letting the rock dry out and reseeding it in a curing tub are probably the better silver bullets.

Good luck..
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Old 01-22-2012, 04:15 AM
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TORCH IT IS!! I think I have one of those somewhere around here. Luck thing is there is nothing else attached to the rock it is on. Thanks for the info Levi & Tony.
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Old 01-22-2012, 04:18 AM
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Good luck dude. Kill the buggers.
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use a cutting torch lol or plazma cutter.. no survivors slicethat area off
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we had a similar pest, boiled the rock for six hours, soaked it in tank water for 24, they never came back
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+1 on colonial hydroids. The digi are long whitish sweeper. Which also sting
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use a cutting torch lol or plazma cutter.. no survivors slicethat area off
Plasma won't work.

It needs a ground... Which is the piece of metal to be cut. It will just fizzle and screw up the cap and tips.

At least any plasma I have operated.


Dig that torch out yet?
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Plasma won't work.

It needs a ground... Which is the piece of metal to be cut. It will just fizzle and screw up the cap and tips.

At least any plasma I have operated.


Dig that torch out yet?
i realise that it was meant to be a haha im sure he has one laying around.
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