WMAS Discussion Forum : Majano? http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 05 Jul 2026 08:51:56 +0000 Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:19:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.03 360 www.utahreefs.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8602 <![CDATA[WMAS Discussion Forum]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/1by1.gif http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/ <![CDATA[Majano? : No, problem Mark. It&#039;s not...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82934&title=majano#82934 Author: jeffras
Subject: 8602
Posted: October 23 2005 at 11:19pm

No, problem Mark. It's not your fault that this fish likes the same things we do. 

So, I caught him (about an hour of bribing him into a net) and I'm sure he is now eating everything in my sump.  I did learn that my tangs are either dumb or fearless because theyspent most of their time in my net trap eating my bait.

I now have him up for trade. If I can't trade him I will have to engineer a tiny shock colar and start training him. He really is a good looking fish.

So I would say that this was a successful experiment. Because this guywill eat anything (I even saw him nip at a mushroom) I'm sure he wouldeat the majano. But definitly not reef safe! Meanwhile, I'm sticking tocalcium injections and ,as per Mark's instructions, manual removal. Ihave found that after about an hour of being full of calcium, themajano come off fairly easy.

Jeff
]]> Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:19:35 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82934&title=majano#82934 <![CDATA[Majano? : I&#039;m sorry, each fish is different...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82921&title=majano#82921 Author: Mark Peterson
Subject: 8602
Posted: October 23 2005 at 9:49pm

I'm sorry, each fish is different as well as the aquarium it goes into. I have the fish trap. Call me.

I would also try turning on the lights in the middle of the night and if the fish is anywhere a net can reach the lights blind it for a few seconds, hopefully just long enough to catch it. 



Edited by Mark Peterson]]> Sun, 23 Oct 2005 21:49:19 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82921&title=majano#82921 <![CDATA[Majano? : OK, Picked up a Kleins...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82914&title=majano#82914 Author: jeffras
Subject: 8602
Posted: October 23 2005 at 9:20pm

OK,

Picked up a Kleins butterfly today to experiment with the majanooutbreak. He is a fairly large fish and has not yet touched any majanoin my tank yet (after about 6 hours). He has nipped at my kenya tree,eaten a ton of my tiny feather dusters, and torn a huge polyp from myleather. If I can catch him he is going into the sump!!!

Help Me Mark!!!!!! Is there a specific process to this??


Edited by jeffras]]> Sun, 23 Oct 2005 21:20:59 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82914&title=majano#82914 <![CDATA[Majano? : Mark Peterson wrote: How...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82583&title=majano#82583 Author: jeffras
Subject: 8602
Posted: October 20 2005 at 11:46am

Originally posted by Mark Peterson Mark Peterson wrote:

How did they get those two to pose for that portrait?





It's amazing what you can do with Super Glue!!  
]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:46:06 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82583&title=majano#82583 <![CDATA[Majano? : I usually don&#039;t bother with...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82538&title=majano#82538 Author: Mark Peterson
Subject: 8602
Posted: October 20 2005 at 3:00am

I usually don't bother with something I can't get to.

How did they get those two to pose for that portrait?

]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2005 03:00:14 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82538&title=majano#82538 <![CDATA[Majano? : Their may be hope for majano removal...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82531&title=majano#82531 Author: jeffras
Subject: 8602
Posted: October 20 2005 at 1:15am

Their may be hope for majano removal after all!!

I believe it is called spurilla.



Now I just need to find some.

Jeff
]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2005 01:15:11 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82531&title=majano#82531 <![CDATA[Majano? : My only problem removing these...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82346&title=majano#82346 Author: jeffras
Subject: 8602
Posted: October 19 2005 at 1:18am

My only problem removing these is that I can't access them and I amabsolutely dreading pulling out the live rock to get to them. That iswhere the kleins would become my best friend. But I would hate to haveto remove it later (that's not something you do to friends ).

If it would be able to manage ok in an aggressive tank ( triggers,eels, puffers ), then I could move it to another one of my tanks.

It is still a possibility.

One thing that I have noticed is that once these are wounded (injected)then the peppermint shrimp start to work on them. I hope the calciumisn't bad for my peps.

Jeff
]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:18:35 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82346&title=majano#82346 <![CDATA[Majano? : Those good pics are of the type...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82343&title=majano#82343 Author: Mark Peterson
Subject: 8602
Posted: October 19 2005 at 1:07am

Those good pics are of the type of anemone that I have found quite easy to remove manually. I pinch them between my fingers, being certain to have a good hold on them with my fingernails, and pull them right off the rock. It's easy. No messing with Kalkwasser paste or the stress of introducing a new fish. The trick is to not be afraid of them and to get a firm hold on them.

BTW Kleins prefer small pesky anemones to anything else. But when the anemones are gone they have been known to pick at LPS. Removing a Kleins is no more difficult than any other fish by skilled netting or a good trap.

Regarding telephone communications with a company representative, you might be surprised at how little some of those people really know and how often they are just making things up to look smart. I know, because I've done it myself. Since my foray into the world of the LFS I have come to realize how little I really know.

]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:07:23 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82343&title=majano#82343 <![CDATA[Majano? : Here are some poor pics of my...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82332&title=majano#82332 Author: jeffras
Subject: 8602
Posted: October 19 2005 at 12:13am

Here are some poor pics of my majano that spreads like no other. Sorryabout the poor quality, I need some photography lessons from some ofthe other reefers!  BTW, Don't boil the rock, or even remove itfrom the tank. if you have a limited number of these then it is easy toremove them. It is when they spread that you have a problem.

Jeff










]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:13:16 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82332&title=majano#82332 <![CDATA[Majano? : Mark, I&#039;ll try to post...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8602&PID=82330&title=majano#82330 Author: jeffras
Subject: 8602
Posted: October 18 2005 at 11:53pm

Mark,

I'll try to post a pick of mine as soon as another one pops up (I justfinished another round of calcium injections, THEY LOVE IT!!!).

Since you have brough up the klein's and it may seem like I ignoredthat suggestion in my first thread regarding majano (which is not thecase by any means ), I'll ask a few more questions about them.

Is this a fish that will eat only the majano and no other more favorable pets (like zoos, mushrooms, sps, etc)?
Would it need to come out after the tank is clear of the anemones?

I have tried to find more info about the kleins and have not come upwith much about them really going after the majano. I did find multipleposts regarding training a butterfly/angel to eat these pest anemone's.I noticed that all the butterflies seem to be lumped in the "May nip at" or "Will nip at" section of the reef safe catagories. Also, from mycommunications with Morgan Lidster frominland aquatics (your suggestion for a Berghia supplier -- the aptasiaeating machines -- BTW we should go into business breeding these guysin that tank you just posted, we would make a bundle) point to no proven natural preditor for the majano.

Jeff
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