Pipe Organ

[bondolo]

I have a chunk of pipe organ coral I need to break up. It has outgrown it's allotted space. Depending on how it cleaves I should have 1-2 baseball sized chunks and possibly some smaller.

Tank has a resident population of red planarians (which I have given up trying to kill). Dipping is highly recommended.

Pickup at my home in north Berkeley, my office in Sunnyvale or at a club meeting.

 

[Enderturtle]

Flatworm exit works well against red planaria, also a six line wrasse. Have you tried the salifert brand?

I also recommend siphoning or using a turkey baster to suck out surviving flatworms if you see them on the glass. You might be selecting for super resistant flatworms by letting the survivors survive after dosing.

 

[bondolo]

Yep. It got most of them but they were back in a couple of weeks. I tried for 3 or 4 months before deciding they didn't bother me enough to continue. I've never had an explosion in the population and they are generally harmless. I've considered getting a six-line for the next wrasse in that tank. Neither pastel green wrasse nor yellow wrasse showed any interest in them.

 

[Enderturtle]

I'm somewhat interested in this coral. Do they have a green center with white tentacles?

 

[Coral reefer]

I am interested.

 

[gaberosenfield]

I am interested as well. My tank is SPS focused, so it will be nice to add a little movement in the lower flow spots.

 

[bondolo]

It looks more like this. The green tinge is very slight. It is mostly yellow.

 

[Enderturtle]

@bondolo

Saw this thread. Reminded me of you and your red flatworm issue. Apparently the springers damsels demolish red flatworms.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1620388

 

[Coral reefer]

I need to plan a time to pick one of these up of it's still available?

 

[bondolo]

It is. I have three chunks of various sizes.

 

[Coral reefer]

Nice! I'll hit you up in a week or two when the baby stuff calms down

 

[bondolo]

So, 18 years or so? One chunk took a serious hit by being landed upon by a hydnophora. It appears it will only partially survive.