SMALL ANIMAL AGITATING ZOAS! ID HELP!

[ArialReef]

I just got home from traveling and saw these things on my zoas. ID please? And what should I do?

 

[Palyzoa]

Looks like they might be baby turbo snails. Not positive tho, the pic is a bit blurry.

 

[ArialReef]

Looks like they might be baby turbo snails. Not positive tho, the pic is a bit blurry.

Hopefully it is. I'll try to get a macro lens tomorrow. The thing is, I only see them around the zoas, not anywhere else.

 

[Palyzoa]

Do they look like baby snails?

 

[ArialReef]

Do they look like baby snails?

Kinda... They move like snails. I don't have turbo snails tho, but Astraea snails...

 

[Palyzoa]

Kinda... They move like snails. I don't have turbo snails tho, but Astraea snails...

Well if you could get a clearer picture we can help ID these guys

 

[ArialReef]

Well if you could get a clearer picture we can help ID these guys

Will do

 

[ArialReef]

Here's my best pic. They don't seem to harm any corals, just slightly annoy them.

 

[goatcorals]

Are they sundial snails? Those eat zoas.

 

[ArialReef]

Are they sundial snails? Those eat zoas.

Probably not, I don't see any damage on the zoas. I even saw some on my Xenia.

 

[reef lover]

#reefsquad

 

[Texas Reefer]

Baby asterina starfish?

 

[DSC reef]

Can you dip the coral and get a close up pic of what's on the zoa? I can't tell if it's a snail shell or a spider.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Do your zoas open up at all or do they stay closed? Do the spots move around and are they hard or soft? Hopefully not a zoa nudi

 

[ArialReef]

Can you dip the coral and get a close up pic of what's on the zoa? I can't tell if it's a snail shell or a spider.

I ran out of dip, so yeah.... But I am certain that it's not a spider.

 

[ArialReef]

Do your zoas open up at all or do they stay closed? Do the spots move around and are they hard or soft? Hopefully not a zoa nudi

They open up fully. Sometimes when the little creature goes on top the polyp, the zoa closes.

 

[Crabs McJones]

They open up fully. Sometimes when the little creature goes on top the polyp, the zoa closes.

You haven't noticed any zoas with shortened or missing tentacles have you?

 

[ArialReef]

You haven't noticed any zoas with shortened or missing tentacles have you?

Nope

 

[cracker]

can You pluck one off with tweezers?

 

[ArialReef]

can You pluck one off with tweezers?

I will try to. They're super small so it's kinda hard.