Majanos

[pecan2phat]

Anyone have good experience with majano elimination with fish predators?
I was thinking about the tassled filefish but will it go after SPS and clams? Racoon butt is out of the question cause I also have acans and lobos in there.

TIA

 

[armani4o3]

majano is a pita wont die even if dried out. my friend is having the same problem he went and got a racoon but as of yet its not eatting it. gl keep us posted

 

[Mattl22]

I got 2 nice sized peppermint shrimp and once and a while I notice one pop up and a day or 2 later it's gone I have a bunch in my sump I'm thinking about throwing a p shrimp in there

 

[NYreefNoob]

pepperment shrimp ont eat mojano's, they will eat aptasia, warren it's a 5-50 chance, albano has one but is suspect oto have eaten zoa's which they are known to do, maybe you can get a loaner to do the job then take it out, pretty easy to catch as they are slow

 

[LongIslandAndy]

Hi Warren

I have used the Leather Jacket filefish with tremendous results. They have been known to also pick at zoanthids.

 

[Mattl22]

Oh my bad I thought they where the same thing ??


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[armani4o3]

I have never heard of a file fish eatting majano they eat aptasia

 

[NYPDFrogman]

my copperband keeps mojanos in my tank in check I have almost 50 of them at one point he has eaten all but the biggest one that is the size of a quarter he picks it but has eliminate yet it's also in a weird spot
all the small ones he has devoured

 

[prattreef]

Warren I'd def. try the bristle tailed file that LI Andy suggested. I've had several in my reef for many months and they certainly will take out aiptasia and I would bet Majanos too. They do pick around at things, but in a large enough system I don't find they do much if any damage. They are also pretty easy to catch if you do need to remove one. I'd term them a very acceptable risk. FYI Dom gets them regularly.

 

[pecan2phat]

Thanks everyone, I'll try the file fish.
Andy/Randy,
Bristle or tassle?

 

[LongIslandAndy]

Warren
The bristle tail, the tassle is a pretty fish but to the best of my knowledge it will eat inverts

 

[prattreef]

Bristle tail.