Disheartening Problems

[Bifferwine]

I did some more research. There seems to be no feasible predator of majano. I can't find that nudi for sale anywhere.

I just did a little work on my tank though. I pulled off any kenya I could find by hand. It was like fumbling around in the dark since I can't see through my glass though.

Then I poured a shot glass of lemon juice and injected the majanos one by one. I probably got through a good 1/4 of them from the shot glass of lemon juice. I used a syringe from NDB's military medic kit. The lemon juice doesn't seem to have made a difference from what I can tell. I tried to get each one right down the center with the needle, and they closed up, but it seems that they are just opening back up again. Maybe I'll have to give them several treatments, or put something more potent in the syringe.

Then I moved my xenia farm into the fuge. I was on the phone with Hawks12thman (for those of you who remember him), and he mentioned that maybe some sort of chemical warfare was going on because of my xenia farm -- a good point I hadn't put much thought into. So they are in the fuge now. Whether my fuge lighting is strong enough to keep them alive remains to be seen.

When NDB gets home, I'll have him clean off the glass so I can take a better look, then maybe I'll do another round of the lemon juice followed by a 10% water change.

[Gooseman]

Good Luck! let us know how things go ... i know i will be referring back to this thread in the event i end up with some ... unless what was in that picture i posted was them already ... in that case its too late

[Bifferwine]

That pic you posted do look like majanos. Sorry about the bad news.

[dustin_P74]

biff have you thought about maybe a lemon juice vodka mix to inject

[Gooseman]

well then i guess i just became a lot more interested in your thread Biff! DAMN the luck!

Originally Posted by Bifferwine

That pic you posted do look like majanos. Sorry about the bad news.

[Bifferwine]

The results are in. Lemon juice injected directly into the majanos did no seem to have an effect.

Today I will head to my LFS and pick up a bottle of some other aiptasia control, per Alexander's suggestion, and try injecting that instead.

[reeffreak]

Goose,can you get a closer pic?They look like harmless proto-palythoas to me.

Biff,I can relate to both your problems.I had one or two majanos than *poof*,8 months later,I have dozens of them.I remove one rock and squirted boiling water on them.It worked like a charm...one rock down 100 more to go.BTW,there are no nudibranches that feed of them,at least none available to the hobbyist.

If you find a way to rid kenyas,I'm all ears.I done the same as you but no luck so far.There got to be a predator in the wild that keeps this coral in check,probably is but not reef safe.

[Gooseman]

reeffreak i can try to get you a better picture from my tank ... the picture i posted is one i found online that looks just like what i have ... i found that picture while trying to research it myself

[dustin_P74]

what about this biff https://saltyund.ipower.com/osCommer...x.php?cPath=29

[daugherty]

i have read that a saddle back butterfly will eat them. and what about injecting kalk or kent liquid reactor in to them