Aiptasia will spread like wildfire after you do that - the spores get in the water columns and spread through the tank.
Oh I stabbed a few just to watch them burn. There were a couple big ones that instead of trying to shoot through the mouth, I stabbed straight into the large stalk and pumped them up until kalk paste was shooting out of their mouths
The flame hawkfish is about to come out of the display so peppermint are going in the tank soon and that will knock out the few I have. I'm mostly just going after some Texas trash zoas that are hard to reach. I found it was easier just to pull every rock out and start scraping off palys that I didn't want. That way, I could be sure to scrape the rock off underneath with a scalpel and take the foot with the palys. And of course, this was all done outside with protective gear galore,
@frankc . The time I got sick a few weeks ago was a fluke. I'm normally in full blown respirator, long gloves, eye cover, etc. I just didn't realize there were dead palys in the sand/water mixture and got a little whiff. I know for sure that these particular ones I'm getting out are toxic and I prefer to not be sick
