Identification help!!!

[FishyDP]

This has been munching/hanging on my zoos.. under white light it's brownish, blue light= bright orange. It moves and has tentacles like a snail, but not 100% sure on this one.

What is it? Thank you

 

[Scotty Buttons]

Zoa eating nudibranch

 

[DSC reef]

Yup, zoa eating nudi. Keep an eye out for more.

 

[FishyDP]

Thank you for the replies. This explains why several of my zoa's have closed up, but not other corals. Going to manually remove the ones I can see, and do a freshwater dip on my affected zoos. I hope my zoos can recover.

 

[Coralreefer1]

Yup, they are bad and usually where there is one there are more. Normally you can tell by the zoanthids closing up, or atleast the skirt where the nudibranch is . Get rid of them !

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

I agree with all above. Make sure to look for eggs

 

[Jcat2k]

Thank you for the replies. This explains why several of my zoa's have closed up, but not other corals. Going to manually remove the ones I can see, and do a freshwater dip on my affected zoos. I hope my zoos can recover.

Ive been using Bayer as my zoa dip - with success.

 

[FishyDP]

So I was able to eradicate 2 more during the freshwater dip, and found 2 additional ones today that I removed. Obviously I have an infestation. Will a six-line wrasse go after them?

Unrelated, but are there any critters you would suggest to go after majano anemones? I have 2 of these in my tank as well.

8 months into my first reef tank and I'm getting some wonderful surprises!

 

[FishyDP]

And yes I will be dipping all corals before putting them in my tank going forward..

 

[DSC reef]

I would just keep a close eye with visual inspections as they can lay eggs. Not sure about the six line wrasse but those fish can become bullies. Never dealt with manjanos but it's a pest anemone. Any way you can remove the rock and scrape them off out of the tank? If you can then make sure you leave no tissue behind.