What pests will eat zoas?

[The Kahnasaur]

What hitchhiker pests may eat zoas? I'm very familiar with nudibranches and asterina starfish as I've removed them over the years from my small colonies, but are there any other common pests to look out for?

 

[rininger85]

tagging along because I can't seem to keep a zoa they all close up and get eaten by something... I've started removing asterinas as I see them just in case they are eating them, but I never see anything on the zoas...

could be my hermits eating them too because I've witnessed a few pick at zoas and they quickly got removed and placed in another tank, eventually they'll go in my sump once I get my big tank up and running.

 

[tuna_bullet]

zoa spiders, and while back I a different little slug not a nudie that would munch on them they were pink easy to spot on the rocks under blues

 

[tuna_bullet]

and don't rule out fish even some reef safe fish will munch em

 

[mfinn]

CoralPedia.com :: Zoanthid Predators, Irritators, & Diseases

 

[ReeferBee]

Sundial snails, certain Asterina starfish, Certain nudi... As well as other things

 

[The Kahnasaur]

Thanks mfinn...exactly what I was looking for.

 

[swayd]

I had some giant amiphipods eating my zoas at one point, then I starved the fish and they ate them lol.