Hydroids - "CURE!"

Chinese hats aka. Keyhole limpets will help to control the hydroid population as well from what I hear!

 

you have caught my interest.i have a few i would like to get rid of before it becomes problem.i'm betting on the cc star but are'nt5 they bad for reefs?i don't think they are reef safe.

 

can you put a pepperment shrimp in with a coral banded?

 

No, Chocolate Chip Sea Stars are NOT reef safe!!! Peppermints and Banded shrimp can be housed together in my opinion.

 

thanks!

 

Size: The Chocolate Chip Sea Star may grow to 6 inches.
Diet: Carnivore.
Feeding: It likes to eat Eats meathy bits of seafood and detritus. Also will eat corals, anemones, urchins, crustaceans, small fish and anything else it can catch..
Behavior: The Protoreastor nodosus is generally aggressive toward other tankmates.

Good for: Cheap Harlequin Food. (and maybe hydroid eradication )

 

Beginning to look like the peppermint shrimp are the good guys.

When I pulled the CC star out, there were still some scattered hydroids and small colonies here and there in tank.

Can't find a one now.

 

Actually, now that they are gone, I actually kind of miss them. They were kind of pretty in a way and were tolerable as long as they stayed put. I have lived with them for a long time.

Their departure has left some definite "bare" spots on rock.

Guess I will have to make trip to LFS to find replacement. ;D

Hydroids - R.I.P. ​

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