Jagged line in zoas

[Reeferguy365]

And as for dips this is a new one that sounds like it's going to be pretty good

 

[Bleigh]

Now that's an awesome freebie! I would definitely leave it where it's at.

Went to go look at it and one of the crabs or snails had knocked it loose. I picked it off the sand bed and placed it on a ledge. I’ll have to figure out where to put it tomorrow and how to place it more securely.

And thanks for sharing the dip! You say it looks like it will be good. Does this mean it’s not available yet?

 

[Hemmdog]

Went to go look at it and one of the crabs or snails had knocked it loose. I picked it off the sand bed and placed it on a ledge. I’ll have to figure out where to put it tomorrow and how to place it more securely.

And thanks for sharing the dip! You say it looks like it will be good. Does this mean it’s not available yet?

The clam?

 

[Bleigh]

The clam?

Clam/Zoa ball. I’m assuming I should try gluing it instead of putty. I will try to oriente it based on how I think it was from whereever it came from.

 

[SomethingfishyPKNY]

I have benepets reef food. Any idea if this is something they'll be happy on? I'd assume I'd want to squirt it in its "mouth". Not sure about the frequency either.

They are filter feeders so just broadcast the tank is enough

 

[vetteguy53081]

Its

No I totally want it since it's not going to cause a problem.

I was SO excited when I saw it. Just felt special. I wanted to know what to do to keep it healthy too. I used putty to anchor it, and didn't know if it would prefer to move. I'm not sure if it has a foot or what. If it did, I was afraid I may have harmed it.

a filter feeder although vyou can target feed it occasionally. They’re easy care and do not affect aesthetics of the tank. Add it to your list of inverts!

 

[Reeferguy365]

Went to go look at it and one of the crabs or snails had knocked it loose. I picked it off the sand bed and placed it on a ledge. I’ll have to figure out where to put it tomorrow and how to place it more securely.

And thanks for sharing the dip! You say it looks like it will be good. Does this mean it’s not available yet?

no it's available you can buy it just don't know how many people have tried it yet since it's pretty new. It reads great and is what I plan on using next. It's from the company that says they can get rid of Acro eating flatworms without nuking your tank or hurting any of inhabitants which is a pretty big deal.

 

[livingcolors]

Clam. Ive had at least 5 corals come in with clams on them. One zoa group had 3!

 

[ChrisW]

Get into the habit of dipping corals before it enters your tank. I am friends w/ the owner of an LFS and i try to buy from him exclusively to minimize what my tank is exposed to, however I cannot control where he sources from, so hitchhikers are an inevitability. I still ended up w flatworms and a small case of aptasia even though I dipped, and even though the LFS takes measures to avoid these things. Having a good relationship w the LFS is awesome, but dont think that means you shouldnt do your own preventive measures to ensure you tanks successful. Good score on the clam by the way thats so cool

 

[Bleigh]

Get into the habit of dipping corals before it enters your tank. I am friends w/ the owner of an LFS and i try to buy from him exclusively to minimize what my tank is exposed to, however I cannot control where he sources from, so hitchhikers are an inevitability. I still ended up w flatworms and a small case of aptasia even though I dipped, and even though the LFS takes measures to avoid these things. Having a good relationship w the LFS is awesome, but dont think that means you shouldnt do your own preventive measures to ensure you tanks successful. Good score on the clam by the way thats so cool

Agreed. I definitely plan on taking every precaution I can. I just honestly didn't know about dipping corals. There's a lot of things I don't know, hence me joining the forum

Another point to be made.... I trust that my friend would do everything right, but that doesn't mean all of his employees would. Everyone makes mistakes at times.

Hopefully nothing nasty is in my tank at this point. Fingers crossed that dipping any future corals is all I'll need to do. When I do upgrade to a larger tank, I plan on QT'ing/treating/dipping everything as if it just came from the LFS for the first time. I'm super glad I decided to figure things out with a smaller tank before I potentially started out with contaminants in a larger set up.

And thanks about the clam. Truly a fun surprise!

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Odds are you will end up with pests at some point even with super close attention paid to dips, etc...it happens...just remember not to over-react if it does end up in your tank...there are some ways to eradicate them...some are more painful than others, but remember the true key is PATIENCE...they don't go away overnight...

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Odds are, no matter how many precautions you take, that you will end up with some sort of pest at some point in your tank...just remember that there are always solutions to every problem, some more more painful than others...but the key ingredient in any successful reef tank is something you can't buy in any bottle or even from the LFS no matter the price...PATIENCE!

It also never seems to go on sale, even though we could all use a bit more of it

 

[Capitol Reef Corals]

I had a hitch hiker mussel come in once when I was putting a zoa colony in, it was probably half an inch. Just like you I was so surprised! I didn't expect it to survive more than a week in my tank. Fortunately, it did, and grew to over an inch. I was dosing phyto at the time, which probably helped keeping it alive. However, when I moved I had a pretty bad ammonia spike and almost everything in my tank died including that mussel (except for zoas).

 

[SomethingfishyPKNY]

Agreed. I definitely plan on taking every precaution I can. I just honestly didn't know about dipping corals. There's a lot of things I don't know, hence me joining the forum

Another point to be made.... I trust that my friend would do everything right, but that doesn't mean all of his employees would. Everyone makes mistakes at times.

Hopefully nothing nasty is in my tank at this point. Fingers crossed that dipping any future corals is all I'll need to do. When I do upgrade to a larger tank, I plan on QT'ing/treating/dipping everything as if it just came from the LFS for the first time. I'm super glad I decided to figure things out with a smaller tank before I potentially started out with contaminants in a larger set up.

And thanks about the clam. Truly a fun surprise!

So here are a few pics of my clams that I have. I get all my live rock from gulf live rock and always have for over 15 years no the last batch had a bunch of these guys much smaller then but are reproducing in the tank I love the diversity

 

[Bleigh]

So here are a few pics of my clams that I have. I get all my live rock from gulf live rock and always have for over 15 years no the last batch had a bunch of these guys much smaller then but are reproducing in the tank I love the diversity

Yeah! I was beyond excited when I saw them. Then my next thought was, god I hope these critters aren’t bad! [emoji1] your tank is very nice!

 

[SomethingfishyPKNY]

Yeah! I was beyond excited when I saw them. Then my next thought was, god I hope these critters aren’t bad! [emoji1] your tank is very nice!

Ty it's about 9 months in this tank now

 

[oldbob50]

"Bivalves were a very tough group to keep alive when I was last involved enough in reefing to have done research. Hopefully you can get some more updated advice.

Part of the issue (if I remember correctly) is that with the exception of Tridacna clams, they are solely filter feeders that need a lot of suspended food in the water column to survive..."

I have lots of bivalves on my rocks (all hitchhikers) and two that came in with a wild zoa colony. If you have a new tank it could be hard to keep but if your tank is supporting sponges and small filter worms it should do fine. I don't feed mine directly but my corals get fed daily live phytoplankton and either Microvert or Coral Frenzy. In addition the water column has what ever the fish don't eat twice a day. My skimmer is off for about four hours during coral feeding so the food has a chance to disperse in the water column. It will need water flow but not necessarily a lot and food in the water.

 

[Ashley Kekua]

it love reef roids..and also dont be surprised if it moves about the tank!

 

[Bleigh]

it love reef roids..and also dont be surprised if it moves about the tank!

I have avoided gluing the colony of zoas down for this reason. The crabs keep knocking them around though. Should I just keep picking it back up, like I am currently doing so it can move if it wants to or would I be better off gluing it to a rock so the crabs will stop playing zoa ball?

 

[Shufflepig]

I have avoided gluing the colony of zoas down for this reason. The crabs keep knocking them around though. Should I just keep picking it back up, like I am currently doing so it can move if it wants to or would I be better off gluing it to a rock so the crabs will stop playing zoa ball?

Mine is imbedded within whatever the zoa is growing on so it is unable to move other than opening and closing. I’d glue yours in place so that it doesn’t continue to get knocked off.