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Eradicating Blue Clove Polyps

greybolt03

greybolt03

So my tank has been over run with these things for a few years now the have taken over every possible spot of live rock in my tank. What got me to start the Eradication was the fact that I lost a few sps frags that I put in my tank because the BCP actually smothered and killed them.

So after a ton of research I found out that fluke tabs killed these little buggers so I started my search. After tons of research I found out they stopped making them years ago(Banging my head against the wall)!!!!!!!

So on to more searching and I came across an article..
http://maxdraco.wordpress.com/2013/...ue-cloves-polyps-xenia-aiptasia-hydriods-etc/

So I found this at my local pet store
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I mixed up a gallon of salt water with 1 pack and tested it in my frag tank first to make sure it wouldn't kill my zoas or Sps and after a week and about 3/4 of a gallon no more BCPs and my zoas & sps are fine...

So I mixed up another gallon and put it in my display tank.

I forgot to take before pics but these are about 4 hrs after treatment.
BCP rock covered
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Waving hand Anthalia usually 3-4+ in long
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Elephant ear shrooms usually quarter size
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Frag rack with various corals on it
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Green Paly rock (you can see them closing up)
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saltkreep88

saltkreep88

Please tell me this kills xenia!!?

I just looked at the title of the article and it looks promising. I will have to read this later.
 
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greybolt03

greybolt03

Just checked my frag tank. There was a small single stalk attached to the back wall which is now gone so it may work for Xenia too
 
TanksNStuff

TanksNStuff

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Interesting how this only affects xenia and clove polyps. I'm willing to guess it will affect other stuff that you may not have in your tank... but at least it doesn't appear to bother other stuff like zoas/palys, and SPS, etc.

Are you continually dosing this stuff or was it a one application type deal?
 
greybolt03

greybolt03

100%of the cloves gone
100%of the Xenia gone
100%of the anthalia gone
100%of my snails gone
100%of astria stars gone

The only issues I had doing this is a slight increase in the brown algae that collects on the glass. Other then that and loosing my snails and my orange star fish I am super happy with this treatment...
 
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