Been battling valonia now for a few months. Have 20gal so fish who eat valonia are no go. Have dropped in 4 emerald crabs. They've been in there for weeks now and barely touch the stuff. Been doing manual removal. Very difficult as I have to remove each rock, remove valonia, and sanitize area where valonia removed. I'm VERY hesitant to remove bottom rocks as I have two anemenies and a sea cucumber suspected or known to be attached to or under the rocks. Basically I'm at a point where I have to remove the bottom rocks to clean them. Is this just a terrible idea? Will emeralds become more interested in the valonia if I'm more patient? I'm also worried this level of disturbance, essentially removal of all rocks in tank, will have a negative impact on the other inhabitants. Any advice or ideas on this issue is greatly appreciated!
Unbelie-Valonia-ble!
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Ya sadly with a tank that size emeralds and manual removal are you best tools. I'd personally just remove what I could by hand without removing the base rocks but wouldn't hurt to remove the rock if you need as long as you don't keep them out of the water to long. Just setup a separate tub of saltwater to work in so you make sure you don't dry out any of the rock. Rinse with fresh saltwater or ro water before putting back in the tank.