About zoa eating spiders

[mscarpena]

I shipped a coral to some one and they said hey I found a few zoa eating spiders on that zoa rock you sent me. I said woa sorry I did not know I had them. So I looked and looked and I am not seeing any. I looked at night every 15-20 minutes for an hour to an hour and a half. SO them next night I waited a full hour them looked. Each night I picked up rocks looked at zoo's and all cracks and crevices. I also looked in the morning about 6 am. Also upon receipt of these corals I did a 10 minute Tropice Marin Pro Coral Cure dip. No zoa eating spiders came out at that point. So last night I read a fresh water dip is best to kill them and make them appear. So I did a 10 minute fresh water dip with half the reccomended doe of TM Pro Coral Cure. Still no zoa eating spiders. SO do you guys think I am safe and zoa spider eating free. A lot of other kritters came out like amphipods, copepods, asterina stars, mini brittle stars so I asked and figured maybe he was mistaken he says nope hes sure they were spiders. So I think if I had any that they would have appeared. Any thought would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[killingseed]

maybe that person found a pod and is misstaken it for a spider. a lot of people get pod and snails mix from good and bad.

 

[mscarpena]

Thats exactly what I was thinking, but he says nope he's positive thats what it was. Thanks.

 

[chris0942]

what all do they eat? just zoa's? never seen them in my tank.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Ask him to send you a pic of the spiders.

 

[mscarpena]

He crushed them with pliers. What I am asking is what I did sufficeint to ensure that I do not have them in my tank(s). If I have them I want to know for his sake as well as my zoo's sake. And of course get rid of them so that my zoos don't die.

 

[revautosports]

Maybe he was saying that so he can try to get your zoas for free. I read your post about the trade. I think that was you??? It was on another forum.

 

[mscarpena]

Yep thats me. That thought has crossed my mind as well.