Majano! :(

[Mr Miagi]

Hey all,
Ive discovered, along with my apstasia.... that i may have some Majano's. Do you hae to kill them? If so, how? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Fish Fingers]

Give em a squirt of joe's juice. Not sure if your LFS will have it but you'll be bound to be able to get it somewhere off the internet.

 

[Mr Miagi]

yeah, i know a place where i can buy JoesJuice. Poor little critters.

Ill wait for a few more replies before i rain down armageddon on these poor little critters!

 

[Fish Fingers]

Ok, but make sure if you decide to keep it you move it somewhere where it wont sting your corals and keep an eye on it so it doesnt multiply to rapidly

Good to see another australian reefer on the forum

 

[Tiggs]

kill it or it spreads.....it lives in the ocean so i dont think moving it to the other side of a tank will stop it!

 

[Navarre]

If you are sure its a majanoe then KILL IT WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE!

I cannot understate just how i mportant it is to wipe these little critters out at the very first opportunity. They look cool, pretty and quite safe.. dont underestimate them by any means as they will spread and in huge proportions.

I started out with a small group of about 4 on a piece of rock. I thoght the same as you, leave them and they will be fine, they look quite nice where they are etc etc...

I was wrong... A few months later i suddenly saw hundreds (yes hundreds) of small ones jumping up all over the tank! They were even growing on my turbo snails shells! I am now waging a huge war with them and quite frankly im losing it JOes Juice does work but when you have as many as i do then wiping out a dozen or so only means another 20 or 30 are being spawned over night and its really getting to me. They no no real natural predator unlike aiptasia other than the Pomocanthus angels (who are a bit hit and miss to be honest). I have tried vinigar, kalkpaste and these work but you cannot wipe em all out in 1 shot or the tanks ph will suffer... I have tried Joes juice and this works but its very expensive in large quantities.. if you let up for just a few days you are back to square one. I am not trying both methods and i still cant wipe em out fast enough.. My Pomocanthus arrives in a couple of weeks.. I hope this is up to the task.

Take some advise... kill it now

 

[Mr Miagi]

Ok, after those very alarming replies, ill kill them asap! Vinegar killed one within hours. I have a few large/visible ones, so ill try vinegar till can buy some JJ. Death by Vinegar it shall be! Muhahah!

 

[Navarre]

Ihave just used an entire bottle of Joes juice over the weekend! That is how many i have currently in my tank (along withaptasia). JJ has remarkable results and now im just waiting to see what happens... I still have about a dozen i can see (perhaps more that i cant). Vinigar works well too but JJ did a great job without effecting my PH.

 

[amstar15]

what do they look like? anyone have a pic

 

[Opcn]

I would be warry about useing that much JJ in a tank in such a short time,some does get out doesn't it.

 

[steelhealr]

Here is a pic of one that was in my tank:

SH

 

[Navarre]

The pic SH has provided is an aptaisia. If i can find any decent sized majanoes in my tank i will take a photo of it and post it.

As for the JJ. I agree, not keen on doing so much but when you have such a huge amount in the tank there is little else to do.. kill 6 or 7 and leave a few days only means that by the time you hit it for round 2 then another 10 have sprung up.

 

[Navarre]

Here is a nice collection of my Aptasia

And here are a couple of majanoes. these are small ones... sorry but the larger ones were nuked over the weekend )

 

[amstar15]

navaree i know you have a big tank. what about a large army of pepperment shrimp or even a few fish that do eat aptasia's? i know its not a guarentee (spelling geez sorry) that they will eat them but they might help in the fight

 

[Navarre]

Your right, several peppermint shrimps will do the trick. Aptaisia isnt really a major concern for me though as i know how to combat this critter. Its the majano that is the real danger. There is no gaurenteed predator that can be put in the tank, they are hardier to most toxic substabces than aps so eradicating them tends to be tougher.

I do have an Emperor Angel on the way though, Pomocanthus Angels are known to predae on Majanoes so maybe i will be lucky and get one that finds them tasty. I know its a risk by putting this fish in the sytem but the majanoes have caused such devastaion on the corals its hard to imagine an Emperator doing more )