New head on duncan? and new polyp?

[Mattyice008]

Ok. I'm 99% sure the picture of the duncan has a new head growing on it
and as for the polyps, is that brown thing a new polyp being formed?

http://i.imgur.com/eHEPg.jpg---duncan
http://i.imgur.com/EAcvS.jpg---polyps

 

[bjohanson1234]

New head on duncan:^::^::^:

The thing on the left side of the zoas is an apstasia. A big pest. Use some apstasi X on it to get it before it spreads.

 

[Smitty]

+1 Bj.

 

[Mattyice008]

New head on duncan:^::^::^:

The thing on the left side of the zoas is an apstasia. A big pest. Use some apstasi X on it to get it before it spreads.

Oh crap. Its been there for a while and I've just left it. So you recommend using some sort of chemical on it?

 

[Mattyice008]

I looked around and some people say you can use lemon juice?

 

[Kelz88]

if you can get him with aiptasia x just use that. but either way you do it kill it asap, those things are a pain and can sting fish and corals

 

[ts99ad]

I used lemon juice worked great, but you need a small syringe(sp?). Make sure you get it in the mouth.

 

[Mattyice008]

I used lemon juice worked great, but you need a small syringe(sp?). Make sure you get it in the mouth.

Ok I know just what to use. I'll try it now

 

[ts99ad]

I had some needles from when i had to stick my ex-wife with blood thinners. They worked great for this. I would not try it with the ones that you use to give babies medicine.

 

[Mattyice008]

I had some needles from when i had to stick my ex-wife with blood thinners. They worked great for this. I would not try it with the ones that you use to give babies medicine.

Yea I'm going to use the same thing.
And this is reef-safe, and wont kill anything? (Besides the abstasia)

 

[ts99ad]

you use such a small amount, i used 5-10 units on 3/10 needle. Nothing else was affected. The Aptasia was within by Zoa colony. Deep down they are thanking me (they don't say vey much).

 

[Mattyice008]

you use such a small amount, i used 5-10 units on 3/10 needle. Nothing else was affected. The Aptasia was within by Zoa colony. Deep down they are thanking me (they don't say vey much).

I applied the lemon juice to it about 20 minutes ago, and the apstasia looks like a done deal.
He's shriveled up all tiny and looks pretty much dead.
The zoas that were next to it are opened up again

 

[little_fish]

The problem with pest nems is that they shrink up really small when you start threatening them, and I personally found that the lemon juice only works when you inject them, which can be very hard because they retract.

Keep and eye on that spot and make sure it hasnt come back.

 

[Mattyice008]

The problem with pest nems is that they shrink up really small when you start threatening them, and I personally found that the lemon juice only works when you inject them, which can be very hard because they retract.

Keep and eye on that spot and make sure it hasnt come back.

Yea I was going to do that, because it looks like a little ball of stringy stuff and just looked dead, but I got the syringe as close at possible, then shot it really fast at its mouth.

 

[little_fish]

Im not sure it actually ate it then, you normally have to move very slowly to get them to eat it so they die.