Zoa eating nudi

[Manose]

I have picked 2 off my little colonies

 

[Manose]

Make that 4

So my tank is new and if I remove these 2 zoa plugs will they starve out?

 

[kyreefville]

Early morning bump!

 

[VintageReefer]

Make that 4

So my tank is new and if I remove these 2 zoa plugs will they starve out?

Easiest way to remove them is wait for middle of the night, lighrs our completely pitch black dark in room and in tank, and then use a bright flashlight and look at the zoas

They come out at night and you can suck them off with a baster

Dip might get them but I never tried. I successfully saved two large colonies with the flashlight / baster method, a few nights in a row

 

[Manose]

Easiest way to remove them is wait for middle of the night, lighrs our completely pitch black dark in room and in tank, and then use a bright flashlight and look at the zoas

They come out at night and you can suck them off with a baster

Dip might get them but I never tried. I successfully saved two large colonies with the flashlight / baster method, a few nights in a row

Yep worked like a charm but omg they are hard to see.
The big question is what else do they eat?
I have a plug with palys on it a duncan,star polyps,and a mummy chalice
Tank is so young and so few coral I might throw these 2 colonies out because you know they had to have laid eggs

 

[VintageReefer]

Yep worked like a charm but omg they are hard to see.
The big question is what else do they eat?
I have a plug with palys on it a duncan,star polyps,and a mummy chalice
Tank is so young and so few coral I might throw these 2 colonies out because you know they had to have laid eggs

Nothing but zoanthid.

Zoanthid eating nudi become the color of the zoa they eat.

Orange oxide zoa? You will have neon orange nudi. If they do not have any color, you got them before they ate

I would just check nightly for a week or two. Dip once or twice. Your frags will be saved

 

[VintageReefer]

 

[Manose]

Nothing but zoanthid.

Zoanthid eating nudi become the color of the zoa they eat.

Orange oxide zoa? You will have neon orange nudi. If they do not have any color, you got them before they ate

I would just check nightly for a week or two. Dip once or twice. Your frags will be saved

Do they eat palys?
I got a total of 4 last night while the lights were off

 

[Chrisv.]

It's a shame they eat zoas, they look so beautiful after they ...eat zoas.

 

[VintageReefer]

Do they eat palys?
I got a total of 4 last night while the lights were off

I don’t believe they eat palys.

 

[VintageReefer]

It's a shame they eat zoas, they look so beautiful after they ...eat zoas.

If only I bought some zoa and found…berghia nudibranch! I’d be so happy

 

[Manose]

Well I am gonna keep these coral and hope I can get them all.

 

[Chrisv.]

If only I bought some zoa and found…berghia nudibranch! I’d be so happy

IMHO those are worth going out of your way to get, but I don't want to derail this thread...

 

[VintageReefer]

Well I am gonna keep these coral and hope I can get them all.

You can do it!
Just takes some persistence

 

[Manose]

This has been a battle as the zoas have grown to the rock and I would have to tear them off.
Been getting them at night but just like one every few nights.
These guys are ultra small!!
Just knowing these guys are there drives my ocd bonkers

 

[VintageReefer]

This has been a battle as the zoas have grown to the rock and I would have to tear them off.
Been getting them at night but just like one every few nights.
These guys are ultra small!!
Just knowing these guys are there drives my ocd bonkers

Is the rock dipable ?

 

[Manose]

Is the rock dipable ?

No it's on big huge rock that is bonded together

 

[VintageReefer]

Manual removal with baster at night

 

[VintageReefer]

If your only finding one every few nights it sounds like you are winning the battle and you just have a few eggs to wait out and stragglers left behind

 

[Manose]

If your only finding one every few nights it sounds like you are winning the battle and you just have a few eggs to wait out and stragglers left behind

Yeah they are so hard to get and see but yeah I am hoping the end is near.
I have no clue how big they have to get to lay eggs but everyone that I have taken off is very tiny.