PEST?!..I once set up a thirty gallon by a large sunny window and kept these by the dozens. Colorful!..yellow green neon feet,and it was fun to see them eat tubifex worms or my beefheart and gel mix. It reminded of the public aquariums tidepool. So,if you find the corals too needy and want a saltwater invert easy to keep,these fit the bill.
To me the key point here- It took 3 hours to do what he wanted to do-how many hours of stress and being upset about it came before? It is our nature to look at something (like dirty dishes) and worry for 100X the amount of time it would take just to fix things.
I thought about a filefish or a Klein’s butterfly but didn’t want to wait a month for that to solve this infestation. Plus the other fish in the tank would still need to be fed the entire time, and I figured the new addition might just eat the good food instead. Lol
Cool video. I always hear UA-camrs say “Not sure what you guys want to see?”. Me personally, anything is good. Tank updates would be great. Can’t get enough of those.
Thanks for that comment. I’ve been thinking a lot about what my subscribers want to see and realized I need to listen better. They prefer edited content and more tanks showcased, as well as updates about my own.
Thoughts on CBB or file fish? I've got a moderate infestation of aiptasia in my 125 established reef. I'm not about to be pulling rocks, but I can't wipe them out entirely with kalk or joes juice. My leopard and melanurus would destroy any peppermint shrimp if I added them, same with the aiptasia eating nudis. I just read so many conflicting reports on their effectiveness and their reef safety. Seems like it's a dice roll for both categories, then add a third dice roll for the CBB on whether or not you can get it eating prepared foods. Are you concerned about not getting 100% of the nems' feet, and them just growing right back?
The problem with a Copperband is what you said. They may not even survive in the first place. You are referencing aiptasia though, right? This is about manjanos.
Can you explain your feeding apparatus or, link me a video that explains it? Thanks. Enjoyed the video......I just bought a big chunk of rock with these anem's on.
The best video I have seen yet on majano removal. I have thousands and I was actually thinking o removing all the rock and starting over. Thanks for giving me hope.
The biggest thing I did to fight Manjanoes was using a feed mode on all my pumps and switching to a pellet as main feed. Doing that dragged the growth rate to a halt.
The Klein butterfly could eat them if you didn’t put food in the tank. Not an option for me, and this was quicker. And I mentioned that none fell back into the tank.
Noble effort in the cleanup. Only time will tell if you reduced the population. In my experience you might have propagated them. They are really difficult to get rid of.
Do you know how you got them in the tank to begin with? How long did it take to get to be a bad infestation? I'm ordering live rock for my new reef tank and my biggest concern is hitchhikers.
They came in on a few coral frags. It was ignored for about six months. The rock wasn’t the issue, and as you can see it can be resolved manually by spotting them early and taking action. Don’t wait as long as I did. 😉
Wow thanks for the video. I'm just breaking down a Reefer 250 as there are loads of these in my tank. Stupidly I just thought they were a coral which had gone wild lol. Didn't realise they were a pest otherwise I would have cleared them much earlier!
Great job Marc... too bad aiptasia don't come off anywhere close to that easily. Over the years I've gotten to a more minimally aquascaped setup with rock structures that are not too complicated because I know I'm going to have to come in and deal with a pest at some point and once you have an aiptasia you'll almost always have aiptasia so it becomes part of the tank maintenance schedule, see one... deal with it.
It would take six months or more to get rid of them that way. Slowly starving them over time would make them shrink, but once in light with food available they could return. I’d try something more proactive.
@@melevsreef The thing I always think about is that in the Ocean ecosystem, Manjanos and other things we decide are "pests" all play a particular role. And probably a much more important role than any of us understand at this point. Tell me, how do you dispose of them?
Aaron Whyte if you don't have too many do a kalkwasser paste or get red sea aptasia-x. Others say it won't work on majanos, but I haven't found a majano or aptasia in 10 years that didn't die after aptasia-x.
I completely agree about using Aiptasia X to kill aiptasia and majanos. It has worked well for my tank. Scraping them off can cause spores to release in the water and they multiply like wildfire!!
I was considering a fish tank for my new house but.. nevermind
PEST?!..I once set up a thirty gallon by a large sunny window and kept these by the dozens. Colorful!..yellow green neon feet,and it was fun to see them eat tubifex worms or my beefheart and gel mix. It reminded of the public aquariums tidepool. So,if you find the corals too needy and want a saltwater invert easy to keep,these fit the bill.
As I said, some people might like a tank full of them. You are proof. :)
They are great mini reef,low energy inverts( with some sun). Aiptasia are bad,but the Manjano's should be pushed more.
It is nice to see the acrylic box you made in action. super cool!
Time consuming but well worth combating a pest ☺
I agree with getting your hands wet. That work tray is great
Brutal! My tank is also a majano zoo. I think though, I'm going to swap out rocks as I can.
I would have restarted my whole tank water a bleach the rocks it’ll all come back again
are majanos easily distinguished from ball tip anemones?
Yes, they look much different.
Tedious process but sometimes that's the only REAL option...
And it was faster than trying to apply paste or boiling-water-injections to each one.
not to mention I imagine pasting 100+ mojanos with kalk could actually affect your parameters. great way to deal with just a few of them though.
I just bought beautiful majano nems with pink tips, they look like mini snakelocks anemones
Maybe you bought a tulip anemone
Great video.....good thing to know if I ever get them
Fyi. Love that tray, great for fragging
I like mohanoa
Should i throw a rock into concentrate UV light
I have no idea how that might work. Sounds like the lit side might look sunburned when done.
Nice video Marc :)
To me the key point here- It took 3 hours to do what he wanted to do-how many hours of stress and being upset about it came before? It is our nature to look at something (like dirty dishes) and worry for 100X the amount of time it would take just to fix things.
This is 100% true.
As always a great video
The tray is a cool idea! My mojano infestation was cured by a bristle tail filefish, though! Easy peasy.
I thought about a filefish or a Klein’s butterfly but didn’t want to wait a month for that to solve this infestation. Plus the other fish in the tank would still need to be fed the entire time, and I figured the new addition might just eat the good food instead. Lol
Livestreams are good, but this style of videos is the reason I keep coming back to your channel. Happy you haven't stopped doing them.
I’m going to try to make more of these videos.
Educational video.
Or hands wet!
Cool video. I always hear UA-camrs say “Not sure what you guys want to see?”. Me personally, anything is good. Tank updates would be great. Can’t get enough of those.
Thanks for that comment. I’ve been thinking a lot about what my subscribers want to see and realized I need to listen better. They prefer edited content and more tanks showcased, as well as updates about my own.
What were you doing up so late tonight?
Editing. ;)
I prefer the.....
LASER!!!!
I have the same one as you Mark, and it eliminated my aiptasia. Mostly...😉
Yup.
Yup, but there were way too many to consider the slow process of lasering these one by one.
Thoughts on CBB or file fish? I've got a moderate infestation of aiptasia in my 125 established reef. I'm not about to be pulling rocks, but I can't wipe them out entirely with kalk or joes juice. My leopard and melanurus would destroy any peppermint shrimp if I added them, same with the aiptasia eating nudis. I just read so many conflicting reports on their effectiveness and their reef safety. Seems like it's a dice roll for both categories, then add a third dice roll for the CBB on whether or not you can get it eating prepared foods.
Are you concerned about not getting 100% of the nems' feet, and them just growing right back?
The problem with a Copperband is what you said. They may not even survive in the first place. You are referencing aiptasia though, right? This is about manjanos.
Yes, aiptasia. I've never had majanos. I assumed you tested them mostly the same.
Can I just use a sirange with some kalkwaser to kill them?
Sure
@@melevsreef I saw your review on phosphate rx gonna give it a try love your livestreams
Can you explain your feeding apparatus or, link me a video that explains it? Thanks. Enjoyed the video......I just bought a big chunk of rock with these anem's on.
The best video I have seen yet on majano removal. I have thousands and I was actually thinking o removing all the rock and starting over. Thanks for giving me hope.
The biggest thing I did to fight Manjanoes was using a feed mode on all my pumps and switching to a pellet as main feed. Doing that dragged the growth rate to a halt.
Hello im looking for mojano anemone for years can i have some of yours
They're tribbles alright.. dump them into space and they'll take over a planet
😂
What type of anemone is that in the top right corner?
No fish to eat at them ? are you worried about them dropping back inside of your tank since your tray has gaps in it?
The Klein butterfly could eat them if you didn’t put food in the tank. Not an option for me, and this was quicker. And I mentioned that none fell back into the tank.
Looks like you want a 100 tank and no corals from what people say on reef central
Dude, you can’t scrape off aptasia, you leave cells behind, it grows right back!
Sure you can.
Noble effort in the cleanup. Only time will tell if you reduced the population. In my experience you might have propagated them. They are really difficult to get rid of.
Not an issue, I scraped away all the life I could and will continue to remove whatever I find. This is 95% fixed so far. 😇
Always look up words I don't know the definition of. "Tribbles" sent me on a weird little adventure. Thanks for that.
Lol, welcome down the rabbit hole.
Super gel Them
Do you know how you got them in the tank to begin with? How long did it take to get to be a bad infestation? I'm ordering live rock for my new reef tank and my biggest concern is hitchhikers.
They came in on a few coral frags. It was ignored for about six months. The rock wasn’t the issue, and as you can see it can be resolved manually by spotting them early and taking action. Don’t wait as long as I did. 😉
I only have fish in my tank. With that being said, I'd love to have those pests! LOL
Good job man, I've got rid of pest anemones by heating up a small screw driver white Hot and cooking and grinding them out 😈..
Or that. Lol
Wow thanks for the video. I'm just breaking down a Reefer 250 as there are loads of these in my tank. Stupidly I just thought they were a coral which had gone wild lol. Didn't realise they were a pest otherwise I would have cleared them much earlier!
Get ‘em while you can.
Great job Marc... too bad aiptasia don't come off anywhere close to that easily. Over the years I've gotten to a more minimally aquascaped setup with rock structures that are not too complicated because I know I'm going to have to come in and deal with a pest at some point and once you have an aiptasia you'll almost always have aiptasia so it becomes part of the tank maintenance schedule, see one... deal with it.
I scraped a few aiptasia off using the same process. They are a different texture though, more gooey. I just wish I’d gotten the giant one.
As always good video, What causes them to show up ?
A few snuck in as hitchhikers on corals.
I think I found 1...
I just pluck it out?
Yup, get it now.
Or just start the tank over....
I mentioned that, but why do that and have to deal with all that drama? ;)
Thanks for sharing this. I saw one of your previous videos on "cooking" your rocks in a dark bucket of salt water. Would that be an option here too?
It would take six months or more to get rid of them that way. Slowly starving them over time would make them shrink, but once in light with food available they could return. I’d try something more proactive.
never boil your live rock! local lady boiled her live rock and wound up in the ER cause of Zoa Toxin
Why not the laser
Way too many to laser off the rocks.
Interesting that you find it inhumane to split an anemone for propagation but have no problem tearing these anemones to pieces...
I love dogs and puppies but I don’t like cockroaches. But I get your point. 😉
I hope I didn't sound too judgmental. I appreciate your efforts to help others (like me) with your videos : )
I get it. What some call a weed, another likes to see in their garden.
@@melevsreef The thing I always think about is that in the Ocean ecosystem, Manjanos and other things we decide are "pests" all play a particular role. And probably a much more important role than any of us understand at this point. Tell me, how do you dispose of them?
Looks so satisfying
How would you remove these from the side of a clam?
Aaron Whyte if you don't have too many do a kalkwasser paste or get red sea aptasia-x. Others say it won't work on majanos, but I haven't found a majano or aptasia in 10 years that didn't die after aptasia-x.
It can be scraped off the clam.
I completely agree about using Aiptasia X to kill aiptasia and majanos. It has worked well for my tank. Scraping them off can cause spores to release in the water and they multiply like wildfire!!
This video is so incredible. Such a service to the hobby!