Accidentally may have to und a way to kill gsp

[bcavalli]

A few months ago, I added a purple sea fan to my DT and placed it directly over (not touching, and a couple of inches above) a really nice thick colony of gsp that had been growing for well over a year.

Over the course of two weeks, I noticed the colony receding and suddenly almost over night, it was gone. The day that the gsp died, my sea fan closed up for a few days, then reopened and has appeared to be healthy since then. I did have another small patch of gsp in the tank and it was completely unaffected.

So as a test, I placed the sea fan over the small patch of the remaining gsp and sure enough, less than 2 weeks later the patch was dead. I've read that the sea fans do release toxins and I was wondering if anyone else has experienced anything similar to this? Just a note: I did pay extra special attention to the gsp while it was receding, just to ensure there wasn't any pests.

 

[drydock]

Thanks for passing along the info. If that works and you can target the GSP by placement, there will probably be a statue of you some day.

 

[bcavalli]

Drydock;1047377 wrote: Thanks for passing along the info. If that works and you can target the GSP by placement, there will probably be a statue of you some day.

Lmao! I just hope it continues to be a repeatable method.

 

[snowmansnow]

nature manages to do this somehow.... or gps would be the only thing around! i don't doubt the sea fan has something to do w it

 

[crew]

Now that you've discovered the cure to GSP - I think I need to find a nice piece for my tank. The only reason I dont currently have it is because I'm not a big fan of introducing a plague to my tank.

 

[bcavalli]

Crew;1047483 wrote: Now that you've discovered the cure to GSP - I think I need to find a nice piece for my tank. The only reason I dont currently have it is because I'm not a big fan of introducing a plague to my tank.

No doubt it can overtake a reef in months. Here is a before and after shot. I guess I should have shared this before. Lol. Just a note: I did rotate the encrusted rock above sometime after the "before" shot was taken.

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[shrimpy brains]

Crazy cool! I'm guessing this won't work for teal palys!

 

[bobz]

Shrimpy Brains;1047560 wrote: Crazy cool! I'm guessing this won't work for teal palys!

+1 I've had a bout with those palys and thought I had them out, just saw a couple have come back.. ugh!

 

[bcavalli]

That's definately another kind of weed growing in our tanks. Lol