Pest question

jofost1216 · Apr 22, 2015

So got some new corals and put them in a bucket with a drip to acclimate before dipping and found this guy along the
side of the bucket, can anyone identify it? No shell,some type of slug or nudibranch? I know some can be harmful and debating tossing rather than chancing. Thanks in advance for any help. Ps it is tiny the photo is it in my palm.

buckroe07 · Apr 22, 2015

Looks like a zoanthid eating nudibranch. What coral did you buy?

jofost1216 · Apr 22, 2015

A few chalices and lps and they threw in a freebie plaly & zoa

buckroe07 · Apr 22, 2015

I know coral rx and flatworm exit kills live ones. I'm not too sure about eggs though. I just found out I have them in my tank. My zoas were looking funny and some colonies started dying. I thought it was my parameters until one day I was looking closely at one of may favorite palys and saw one crawling on it! I took out the rock it was on and dipped it in coral rx and it died. I saw eggs on it and scraped them off. I've been looking more closely at my zoas and have sucked at least 2 out each morning this week. I'm debating using flatworm in my tank but I'm so nervous. I don't want to kill any of my fish or corals.

Sad part is I dip everything and cut off plugs/rocks the corals come on and I still got them!!!!

jofost1216 · Apr 22, 2015

What do you see for problems on your zoas & palys? Just wondering to keep an eye out

buckroe07 · Apr 22, 2015

my palys are fine and seem to be unaffected. My zoas on the other hand, some are already gone, but they won't open and if they do they look like they're stressed and soon wither away. It seemed to happen over night or a couple days. The zoas I had growing like weeds disappeared in the blink of an eye