How to kill sponge off of zoas

[Duke]

True maybe it was the fw. I know I had a thread about it here.. Can't find it tho

 

[KBennett]

a 15 minute Fresh water dip didn't hurt mine.  Zoas were fine with it.  Some are exposed at low tide.  I'm sure they get natural fresh water dips from time to time.

 

[KBennett]

I think I may have found a natural solution.  I have some sponges growing in my sump.  I've noticed that my limpets are eating it.  I'm going to try putting some limpets on the rock, if I can get them to stay.  Hopefully they'll eat it.  Any thoughts on this?

 

[pulpfiction1]

what else for options do you have?

 

[Duke]

I think I may have found a natural solution.  I have some sponges growing in my sump.  I've noticed that my limpets are eating it.  I'm going to try putting some limpets on the rock, if I can get them to stay.  Hopefully they'll eat it.  Any thoughts on this?

sounds like a good idea, try and cage them in there.. lol

 

[KBennett]

I couldn't get the limpets to land on the zoa rock.  I just noticed that I lost about half of my metallic pink zoas too, so I did a peroxide dip on both.  Fingers crossed.
It sucks - these were my first corals.

I'll keep you posted.

 

[KBennett]

Peroxide seems to have worked.  Sponge has receded and all the polyps are out. 
It is still there though.

 

[MikeB]

It worked for my Zoas. The bubbling kind of made me a little nervous. But they all recovered fine

 

[unibob]

It worked for my Zoas. The bubbling kind of made me a little nervous. But they all recovered fine

I have used it for cotton candy algae. Will have to try with sponges.

 

[reeffreak]

Vinegar worked for me. I just used a tiny amount , pulled out the frag, dried it off a bit, took vinegar and put a little here Nd there on the sponge let it soak it up for about an hour. Placed in a bowl of tank water to rinse off, placed back into the tank after roughly an hour and half .

 

[Poseidon]

Vinegar worked for me. I just used a tiny amount , pulled out the frag, dried it off a bit, took vinegar and put a little here Nd there on the And so far it's died back.

have any pics of the improvement?

 

[reeffreak]

[quote author=reeffreak link=topic=6995.msg71765#msg71765 date=1386273808]
Vinegar worked for me. I just used a tiny amount , pulled out the frag, dried it off a bit, took vinegar and put a little here Nd there on the And so far it's died back.

have any pics of the improvement?
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Yup give me 15 and ill post it up.

 

[reeffreak]

Before

After

 

[Poseidon]

Hey! Step towards improvement for sure!
Just gotta get those massive aptisia outta there

 

[reeffreak]

Hey! Step towards improvement for sure!
Just gotta get those massive aptisia outta there

Shit, that's one of 100000. That's my next battle. Then bubble algae. My whole back corner the sand bed is filled with them. That's what happened after I used aptasia x . They exploded into thousands more

 

[unibob]

[quote author=Poseidon link=topic=6995.msg71793#msg71793 date=1386282636]
Hey! Step towards improvement for sure!
Just gotta get those massive aptisia outta there

Shit, that's one of 100000. That's my next battle. Then bubble algae. My whole back corner the sand bed is filled with them. That's what happened after I used aptasia x . They exploded into thousands more
[/quote]

Miss Daphne Tang is waiting for you here. She eats bubble algae. Problem is my girlfriend named her, so she said $1000 is what she costs.

 

[reeffreak]

[quote author=reeffreak link=topic=6995.msg71794#msg71794 date=1386282859]
[quote author=Poseidon link=topic=6995.msg71793#msg71793 date=1386282636]
Hey! Step towards improvement for sure!
Just gotta get those massive aptisia outta there

Shit, that's one of 100000. That's my next battle. Then bubble algae. My whole back corner the sand bed is filled with them. That's what happened after I used aptasia x . They exploded into thousands more
[/quote]

Miss Daphne Tang is waiting for you here. She eats bubble algae. Problem is my girlfriend named her, so she said $1000 is what she costs.
[/quote]

Uh oh ... Looks like your keeping it