Removing zoas from rock

Dragonreef202 · Jan 10, 2020

I have rock with a colony of oxides and i'm going to try to frag a few to see if I can reduce some zoas. At least i'll get some practice on fragging zoas that's how I look at it. I wish all my zoas would spread like the Oxides.

Deezill · Jan 10, 2020

HB AL said:
How about taking them outside and torching them?

Might not want to do that. Could have repercussions. Some zoas might release toxins. I would just remove the rock.

SliceGolfer · Jan 10, 2020

Take Zoa rock to LFS for store credit

HB AL · Jan 10, 2020

Definitely dont want to add any crabs to my dt to take care of them, since I have others I like and have isolated. I tried some aiptasia x on em but although quite a few are closed up some have reopened. Edit to add rock wont come out as I thought, its bigger and holding up others. Not gonna sweat it for now, hopefully the aiptasia x will work or will eventually find another way. Thanks for all the ideas

Steve_Skullsplitter0 · Jan 10, 2020

Sell it

jeffchapok · Jan 10, 2020

Turn off all circulation and blast them with a turkey baster full of boiling RODI water. You might have to repeat a few times.

HB AL · Jan 10, 2020

jeffchapok said:
Turn off all circulation and blast them with a turkey baster full of boiling RODI water. You might have to repeat a few times.

Do you have 1st hand experience with that approach? As I can move most of the corals in close proximity that sounds like a really simple approach.

HB AL · Jan 10, 2020

Steve_Skullsplitter0 said:
Sell it

At 1st I thought I could remove it, that’s no longer an option as the rock goes back quite a bit and is holding up lots of other rocks and corals on top of them. If throughout the decades I was able to eradicate aefw, monti eating nudis, flatworms eating lps, aiptasia, velvet, ich, etc... I will eventually eradicate these guys.

SliceGolfer · Jan 10, 2020

Franks F-Aiptasia will kill zoas. Might also kill anything it comes in contact with. It’s a use with extreme care solution.

MW319 · Jan 10, 2020

I would put the rock in a large ziplock bag and freeze it for 24 hours. Once done I would take it outside and scrub it with a brush while wearing gloves using the garden hose to get the zoa’s off the rock. Then I would soak it in RODI water for a day and then place it back in the tank.