"Billy" wrote on Sat, 16 Jul 2005:
See, I liked them originally. They were cute. Then they
started....spreading. And spreading. And spreading. It's become what
can only be termed an infestation

I had the same experience.

tell me...how does one murder a colony of button polyps?

I got "lucky", in that a tank mini-crash seemed to change the water
parameters enough that they are no longer spreading, and in fact in the process
of a very slow decline (-10%/year?). Whereas they used to be doubling every
few months. Unfortunately, I don't know the difference between my tank before
and my tank after, as to why they spread before but not now. The remaining
ones sure look healthy, they just aren't spreading any more. Moreover, plenty
of other corals (plate/montipora, closed brain/maze) are growing like
gangbusters.

However, here's the one piece of advice I have for you: I also got a few
Aiptasia anemones, some of which were growing it the middle of my buttons
polyps. Squirted a bit of Joe's Juice into the mix to kill the Aiptasias.
Those are hearty little suckers, though, and while damaged, they appear to
be trying to survive and come back.

But: All the button polyps that were nearby where I squirted the Joe's Juice
died. If that's you're goal, you might want to try some anti-Aiptasia
solutions, and see if that can help control your button polyps.

-- Don
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