murder of button polyps

"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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Don Geddis http://reef.geddis.org/
I prefer my lovers to be female, human, and breathing, but I'll take any two
out of three in a pinch.

"Don Geddis" wrote in message
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Don't you get huge amounts of spam as a result of posting your email
address, unmunged, on USENET?


billy

"Billy" wrote on Sun, 17 Jul 2005:
Don't you get huge amounts of spam as a result of posting your email
address, unmunged, on USENET?

Yes :-).

But I've got at least one email address, still valid, which has been working
since about 1986 or so. Keeping spam away from my email doesn't seem feasible.
Meanwhile, all the "munging" solutions make it harder for ordinary people to
contact me.

So I've been forced to deal with spam on the receive side. Some combination of
the obvious stuff (a huge whitelist, built over years; Bayesian filtering,
SpamAssassin, etc.) does an excellent job of categorizing my incoming email,
and there is very little spam that I need to process manually.

But yes, it's a hard problem with no great solution.

-- Don
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Don Geddis http://reef.geddis.org/
No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it's doing; but
most of the time, we aren't either. -- Marvin Minsky

Documented research indicate that on Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:52:20 -0700, Don
Geddis wrote:

"Billy" wrote on Sun, 17 Jul 2005:
Don't you get huge amounts of spam as a result of posting your email
address, unmunged, on USENET?

Yes :-).

But I've got at least one email address, still valid, which has been working
since about 1986 or so. Keeping spam away from my email doesn't seem feasible.
Meanwhile, all the "munging" solutions make it harder for ordinary people to
contact me.

So I've been forced to deal with spam on the receive side. Some combination of
the obvious stuff (a huge whitelist, built over years; Bayesian filtering,
SpamAssassin, etc.) does an excellent job of categorizing my incoming email,
and there is very little spam that I need to process manually.

But yes, it's a hard problem with no great solution.

Seperate public and private email by using different accounts/aliases. I
use a system of about 50 aliases for my 1 email account, one alias for each
type of service. Then when one alias gets overrun by spam, I simply remove
it from my list, and create a new one ... that way I've been 99% spam free
for over 2 years ...

I use a few custom made spam filters that look for patterns and word
structures in subjects and bodies, reducing the amount of spam that
actually gets through to a handful each month.

Personally I have a much bigger problem with virus and worms coming to my
email, forcing the antivirus to work overtime to keep them out.

--
Rene Brehmer
aka Metalbunny

We have nothing to fear from free speech and free information on the
Internet, but pop-up advertising!

http://metalbunny.net/
My little mess of things...

Its all about getting them spread out in a way that is
constructive.... :-

I've got them hiding an ugly powerhead here and covering the back
glass
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...95300971sjCwLw

http://aquariacanada.com/PhotoPost/s...t=500&p age=1

I love them!

"Xerces" wrote in message
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Its all about getting them spread out in a way that is
constructive.... :-

I've got them hiding an ugly powerhead here and covering the back
glass
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...95300971sjCwLw

http://aquariacanada.com/PhotoPost/s...t=500&p age=1



Sadly, second pic requires registration. I'm in awe of what I can see
of your tank, from what I understand, Canadian reefers have to work
much harder than us silly 'merkins to find equipment and stock, and
spend much more money. Well done, it's beautiful.

billy

Sorry, try this link

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...97864107SolTsH

Under all that is a Hagen 202 powerhead :-P

I look at US sites and drool... soo much stock, so cheap! We Canucks
have been known to drive over the border to get a bag of Southdown!
:-( Ya'll have it made, cheap HW and lots of great livestock. On the
plus side of living here on the East coast I can and do use natural
seawater.

Xerces wrote:
Sorry, try this link

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...97864107SolTsH

Under all that is a Hagen 202 powerhead :-P


How do they get any food?

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

I am generous with the feeding and they pick up whatever floats their
way. Given the way they have spread out over the glass I know they are
not starving! :-