Amphipod are eating all my zoas...

[A. grandis]

Here is the video. See you can clearly see their mouth munching on the zoas

Disgusting! Good to show people, but definitely disgusting!
Edit: It's important to know that not every amphipod will eat zoas.
Some herbivore amphipods won't eat'em, but they still irritate them at night.
I don't allow any of them in my systems!

 

[TracyLynn]

Here is the video. See you can clearly see their mouth munching on the zoas

WOW! That big one reminds me of a dog I used to have. He was a “chow hound” & I’m not talking breeds here. He would snuffle the bowl to get every crumb & watch for the other dogs we had, just like that pod was doing.
I hope you save ur Zoas. Good luck

 

[ruskimax]

Kill it with fire!!!!

 

[old salt reefer]

I haven't had this problem yet but do BELIEVE it is happening to others. I'm not sure a Wrasse can help completely as the little buggers only come out at night and most Wrasses are buried in the gravel then. I've read a black convict goby is a night hunter of them but these seem to be hard to find/expensive. So I'm going to try a planaria trap( good videos on youtube of these-put in planaria trap amphipods). Got one off Ebay for like $10.00 shipped(not here yet). May not be able to catch the biggest ones, but if I can get most of the little ones they won't grow into big ones.

 

[Rogued_Reefer]

@xiholdtruex another case!

 

[xiholdtruex]

@xiholdtruex another case!

it suxs to have it happen but I am happy it is being documented and people are not brushing it off as people are crazy. I know some people have good success with a yellow corris wrasse. wish I would get a healthy six line that would survive qt lol

 

[Rogued_Reefer]

it suxs to have it happen but I am happy it is being documented and people are not brushing it off as people are crazy. I know some people have good success with a yellow corris wrasse. wish I would get a healthy six line that would survive qt lol

That’s another topic that needs attention... fish are coming so unhealthy

 

[old salt reefer]

So my Bowerbanki got stung by my Duncan and it killed about a 1/10 of the polyp right down to the "bone". A long came the amphipods the last few nights and they've eaten about a 1/4 of the polyp now. I've since moved it to the frag rack. I put my planaria trap in with reef roids and it's been in about 4 hours now(lights are on moon light) and there's about 10 in there already. Oh the aplasia is on the bottom of the Bowerbanki is dead, I superglued him in.

 

[Scrubber_steve]

I fixed my problem by sucking the critters off the zoa colony with a 25ml syringe over a period of a couple of weeks. Not a problem since & chemical free.

 

[ScottR]

There are so many things that eat amphipods. They’re most active at night so nocturnal eaters will take care of them. Peppermint shrimps decimated my amphipods before themselves turning to corals. Corals are food for so many animals and they don’t know how much they cost us and how dear they are to us.

 

[xiholdtruex]

now I am having a issue with my dragon soul favia getting pecked by amphipods -.-

 

[old salt reefer]

The planaria trap works, my catch from last night--