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05/12/2019, 05:34 PM | #1 |
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Pandora Palythoas Growing like weeds
I got some really pretty Pandoras 6 months ago, and they were purple, green, and orange. There were around 10 polyps. Now, there are more like 20, and they are an ugly brown. They are spreading far and wide, my quickest growing corals. I don't like them as they are.
Are there any steps I could take to help them regain their coloration? Otherwise, what about removal? Do these tend to be poisonous? I've seen on some websites they are referred to as zoanthids, not playthoas. I would much prefer to stick some carbon in the sump, put on some gloves, and pull or cut them off the rock and into a ziplock (underwater, so no air exposure). Is this an ok idea? I know it's really easy to get hospitalized. Thanks Harrison |
05/12/2019, 06:10 PM | #2 |
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some pictures would help differentiate between zoanthid and palythoa sp. Zoas are generally fairly benign other than their abaility to spread rapidly. Many palythoas, however, can put you in the hospital or even kill you if not handled correctly.
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05/12/2019, 06:37 PM | #3 |
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06/19/2019, 10:37 PM | #5 |
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How long before they lost the coloration? Was it after you moved them higher towards the light? What lighting are you using? Any changes in water chemistry? From first pic to now?
Pandora’s are a paly so you definitely want to be careful with eradication and/or removal. I’ve read some people had success killing pest zoas by using aiptasia x in the same way you’d use it for aiptasia. Also have read about using superglue. Couple things to google if you can’t get them colored back up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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06/20/2019, 05:24 AM | #8 |
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Remove them now before it reaches plaque proportion. They spread fast and kill other corals. I manually removed mine from time to time.
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