Zoa pest

[SaltyCrew4u]

I was cleaning my Zoa's off and I found these two guys hiding underneath. Should I be worried?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I was cleaning my Zoa's off and I found these two guys hiding underneath. Should I be worried?

Those are zoanthid-eating spiders (pycnogonids) - yeah, you don't want those in your tank.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I was cleaning my Zoa's off and I found these two guys hiding underneath. Should I be worried?

Oh No !!! The dreaded sea siders. They will crawl into the core of the zoa polyps and reproduce. Dipping the frag may help but risk is presence of eggs. Some fish that will eat these spiders are yellow coris wrasse, copperband or kleini butterfly, springieri damsel, six line and melanurus wrasse

 

[SaltyCrew4u]

Oh No !!! The dreaded sea siders. They will crawl into the core of the zoa polyps and reproduce. Dipping the frag may help but risk is presence of eggs. Some fish that will eat these spiders are yellow coris wrasse, copperband or kleini butterfly, springieri damsel, six line and melanurus wrasse

It's always something with this tank. I have a Leopard wrasse, I'm assuming they won't eat them? I have 6 frags of Zoas, do I dip them all?

 

[vetteguy53081]

It's always something with this tank. I have a Leopard wrasse, I'm assuming they won't eat them? I have 6 frags of Zoas, do I dip them all?

Dip all zoa as they are home to spiders and leopard will likely not touch them. These are hitchhikers likely from a zoa purchase

 

[SaltyCrew4u]

Dip all zoa as they are home to spiders and leopard will likely not touch them. These are hitchhikers likely from a zoa purchase

I have Coral RX which says it should remove them. Can I dip all 6 frags at once or 1 by 1? Thank you btw!

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have Coral RX which says it should remove them. Can I dip all 6 frags at once or 1 by 1? Thank you btw!

Excellent dip and you can do all at once then rinse in tank water (in a separate container - not tank itself) and return to tank or in my case would place frags in a separate small tank to assure youve gotten to the spiders in whole

 

[SaltyCrew4u]

Excellent dip and you can do all at once then rinse in tank water (in a separate container - not tank itself) and return to tank or in my case would place frags in a separate small tank to assure youve gotten to the spiders in whole

Unfortunately I don't have a quarantine tank. Two mistakes made, first not dipping them when I got them, second I didn't know I had any pest so I was brush the algae off inside the tank. So if there was eggs I'm most likely screwed.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Unfortunately I don't have a quarantine tank. Two mistakes made, first not dipping them when I got them, second I didn't know I had any pest so I was brush the algae off inside the tank. So if there was eggs I'm most likely screwed.

The eggs are capable of hatching but often confined to frag plug the zoa is one. You'll to find them which are tiny and scrape off as dip wont affect the eggs much