Killing Brown hydroids

[TANKED]

Does anyone have any good suggestions for killing Brown hydroids that does not involve pulling the Rock and boiling it or chipping them away. They are in too many places on established rock with attach Coral to pull the Rock.

[jetli1969]

Brown hydroids = aiptasia

[FreshSaltH2o]

Brown hydroids = aiptasia

So these are both aptasia? Or both are types of glass nem


I've had both aptasia was easy with a file fish and some peppermints
The colonial hydroids were difficult I tried glueing them cutting them covering them burying them all they still persisted finally I pulled the rocks they were on scraped them off as much as I could and put ALOT of glue on top of where they were and that did it while at the same time starving the tank for like three weeks with 20% water change every other day

[TANKED]

myrionema hydroids not aptasia. I've read a kalc paste works. I pumped some aptasia x into them just for an experiment since it shouldn't do any harm. Just looking for as many ideas or solutions as possible.

[crabbysd]

Fenbendazole. sounds yucky.
http://www.reef2reef.com/threads/her...droids.214950/

[Octoman4]

Ouch, the herpes of the aquarium trade... good luck I ended up pulling rock and chipping away. If your lucky there is a random Japanese nudi that eats them soley...but other than the reef2reef post I've only had luck with putty and pulling rock

[sushi]

Just to note, you should not ever boil reef rocks unless you want to die. I thought it was b.s. too, but I read more, and people have boiled reef rocks inside their home and almost died from toxins released from stuff living in the rocks.

You could probably boil them outside on a big boiler if you want to do something exciting

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog...-wife-and-dogs