Skuhlig
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Got a pretty new frag of green zoas for my 30 gallon nano a couple days ago. All polyps seemed happy, opened up, and had good color until i noticed 3 decent sized (maybe 1/4 inch or so) amphipods just hanging out on the colony. I wasn't very concerned until the polyps closed and didn't start to open up again. So i promptly shooed the pods away and noticed tiny nibble marks on the skirts of the polyps. I was quite surprised and rather irritated to find this out. I'm trying to create a nice zoa rock in my system but do not want to buy more frags if my amphis are just going to enjoy them for lunch =/ Any comments/ suggestions on how to stop the amphis from snacking on my zoas? If i have to, i guess i could try to eradicate the amphipods, but would rather not b/c they really are beneficial and definately do more good then bad in my system. I've had no problems with them snacking on any other corals.
Mobile Inhabitants:
skunk cleaner shrimp
royal gramma
true perc clown
firefish
a few blue legged and a few red legged hermits
4 astrea snails
Mobile Inhabitants:
skunk cleaner shrimp
royal gramma
true perc clown
firefish
a few blue legged and a few red legged hermits
4 astrea snails