Manjano questions

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Thorsbeans

Amphipod
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Alright so I have had a manjano explosion in the past 4 months. I tried injecting boiling water, injecting kalc and using the aptasia stuff with a syringe and they always seem to come back. So now I'm moving from Cali to Colorado and moving all livestock with. I have colonies of coral growing on some large pieces of rock with manjano. So here's the question. I thought about chiseling off pieces of rock with coral on it. And then either pouring boiling water straight over the manjano or letting them dry out which will kill the everything on the rock. I can also just seclude the manjano in darkness until they die off or what not. And save most of the rock. What is the best option here?

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Thorsbeans

Amphipod
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Re: Manjano questions

I've heard of the wand but I'm trying to go as inexpensive as possible. If I drilled em wouldn't that still leave living tissue that can grow back?

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sethsolomon

sethsolomon

Hammerhead Shark
M.A.S.C Club Member
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Thorsbeans;255899 said:
I've heard of the wand but I'm trying to go as inexpensive as possible. If I drilled em wouldn't that still leave living tissue that can grow back?

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Key on drilling them is using a drill bit 2x as big as the majano. and you will have to drill into the rock to make sure all flesh is out.
 
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Reeflextion

Copepod
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I had a major issue previously (hundreds big and small). I tried Peppermints, didn't work. Tried a file fish which ignored them. Final attempt before drying out the rock was a Klein's butterfly.

The Klein's decimated the majano in less then a week. They are reef cautious from coral nipping (I haven't had an issue) but for me the risk was well worth the reward.

Just a suggestion if you have more majano then trying to take them out one at a time with a wand, fire, glue, lemon, etc...
 
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Thorsbeans

Amphipod
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Re: Manjano questions

Reeflextion;255908 said:
I had a major issue previously (hundreds big and small). I tried Peppermints, didn't work. Tried a file fish which ignored them. Final attempt before drying out the rock was a Klein's butterfly.

The Klein's decimated the majano in less then a week. They are reef cautious from coral nipping (I haven't had an issue) but for me the risk was well worth the reward.

Just a suggestion if you have more majano then trying to take them out one at a time with a wand, fire, glue, lemon, etc...
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But since in breaking down and setting back up is it worth waiting till after setup to hope the fish will take care of it or is it worth just taking care of the problem when everything is torn apart?

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Thorsbeans

Amphipod
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I ended up just tearing down the whole setup :( and killing all the live rock. I'm going to be upgrading and redoing everything so figured might as well get rid of the problems I know I have now instead of fix them when everything is set back up

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samindenver

samindenver

Angel Fish
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Next time there is one other thing you can try. Radio Shack has small blow torch used for soldering. It puts a small very concentrated flame that can zap them without damaging the surrounding area.
 
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Thorsbeans

Amphipod
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Really? I bought one of the large soldering torches and it burned up and destroyed a huge area of live rock. Thank you for the info

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samindenver

samindenver

Angel Fish
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Sorry to hear that. This is the one I've used. It's small with a flame smaller across than a lighter.
 
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