palythoa bacterial infection-need input

[Pola0502ds]

its been noted that some crate get a lot of funk, usually brown stuff. and usually Id'ed as a dino.. but not every body gets it. so is it the crate? still observing. Ive never had it.

YES! that is exactly the issue I am having. It's unreal. Like I said, I have it BLASTED with flow and it still grows all this nasty stuff on it. Then my other frag racks are completely fine.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

YES! that is exactly the issue I am having. It's unreal. Like I said, I have it BLASTED with flow and it still grows all this nasty stuff on it. Then my other frag racks are completely fine.

yes, bizarre. all I could say would be try another brand. dunno.

 

[A. grandis]

Dinos are there because of the water used for evaporation/make up. Not because of the crate!!
H2O2 can damage/kill polyps like that, yes!
Too much dipping will kill polyps!!
I would just leave them alone for now... please.
My quick $0.02... gotta go... Merry Christmas to all of you!!
Grandis.

 

[Pola0502ds]

yes, bizarre. all I could say would be try another brand. dunno.

brand of what?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

brand of what?

of crate

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Dinos are there because of the water used for evaporation/make up. Not because of the crate!!
H2O2 can damage/kill polyps like that, yes!
Too much dipping will kill polyps!!
I would just leave them alone for now... please.
My quick $0.02... gotta go... Merry Christmas to all of you!!
Grandis.

brand of what?

and yea thats possible. Its just such an odd commonality.

 

[ahiggins]

@Tahoe61 do you have any insight on egg crate? I use the white ones from lowes.
I am not opposed to drilling acrylic though. Ive noticed a TON of algae growing on mine. So much that I just had to swap it out.
Update on the frag I dipped in chemiclean and put into established tank:
two polyps (the worst two) were eaten by mr crabs. The other two have not opened since being dipped so like a week? I dont have much hope for them at the moment
As of now, I am manually cleaning off the brown dust when I see it and it seems to be working alright. My palys are getting irritated by it but zoas are fine. I also have two mini colonies, bam bams and fire and ice, that have been closed for a few days. theres a few, maybe 5, that are inverted...maybe from messing with them so much.
I also ordered some brushes like the ones battlecorals gives away every so often. Theyre gun cleaning brushes oddly enough haha but those are in the mail too so now I will be able to clean more delicately rather than taking a toothbrush to them.

 

[Pola0502ds]

@Tahoe61 do you have any insight on egg crate? I use the white ones from lowes.
I am not opposed to drilling acrylic though. Ive noticed a TON of algae growing on mine. So much that I just had to swap it out.
Update on the frag I dipped in chemiclean and put into established tank:
two polyps (the worst two) were eaten by mr crabs. The other two have not opened since being dipped so like a week? I dont have much hope for them at the moment
As of now, I am manually cleaning off the brown dust when I see it and it seems to be working alright. My palys are getting irritated by it but zoas are fine. I also have two mini colonies, bam bams and fire and ice, that have been closed for a few days. theres a few, maybe 5, that are inverted...maybe from messing with them so much.
I also ordered some brushes like the ones battlecorals gives away every so often. Theyre gun cleaning brushes oddly enough haha but those are in the mail too so now I will be able to clean more delicately rather than taking a toothbrush to them.

I use the ones from lowes..

Different brands, you think they would be made up of the same exact material and most likely only 1 or 2 manufacturers of it.

Can you link to the brushes you are talking about?

 

[ahiggins]

https://www.amazon.com/Type-III-Bla...hunting-fishing&ie=UTF8&qid=1482260572&sr=1-6

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I use the ones from lowes..

Different brands, you think they would be made up of the same exact material and most likely only 1 or 2 manufacturers of it.

Can you link to the brushes you are talking about?

https://www.amazon.com/Type-III-Bla...hunting-fishing&ie=UTF8&qid=1482260572&sr=1-6

I also have an array of "bottle brushes"
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=bottle+brush&tbm=shop