do scooter blennys eat zoas?

[gemini aquarius(t)]

i think mine is or is he eating something on them please hel these are new zoas and i love them!

 

[MUCHO REEF]

I've never seen, heard or read of them doing so?

Mucho Reef

 

[chrisstie]

Are these zoos in the tank listed in your little info thing at the bottom of your post? Make sure they aren't too near any other corals..

And what exactly is it doing? are they just appearing torn to shreds one day or not opening up or whats going on?

I'm pretty sure the firefish, clownfish, and blenny wont touch them.. not sure about the wrasse or cardinal. Wrasse will pick here and there at stuff but they shouldn't nip at your coral.

 

[Cellenzweig]

Scooter Blennys don't eat zoas, only copepods. If it appears your scooter is eating zoas, it is probably just picking copepods from in between the polyps.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7963566#post7963566 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chrisstie
Are these zoos in the tank listed in your little info thing at the bottom of your post? Make sure they aren't too near any other corals..

And what exactly is it doing? are they just appearing torn to shreds one day or not opening up or whats going on?

I'm pretty sure the firefish, clownfish, and blenny wont touch them.. not sure about the wrasse or cardinal. Wrasse will pick here and there at stuff but they shouldn't nip at your coral.

the zoas are new from last night and speaking of which i have to up date my signature thingy but he just looks like hes eating the skirts off of them i saw hoe he goes inbetween polyps but it really looks like he is eating um ive never heard of this befor either but i dont know anymore

 

[mfinn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7963589#post7963589 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Cellenzweig
Scooter Blennys don't eat zoas, only copepods. If it appears your scooter is eating zoas, it is probably just picking copepods from in between the polyps.

I agree 100%.
The zoanthids my just be closing up temporally because the scooter blenny just picked a pod off the polyp or near the polyp.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

ok thats good to heari was afraid i was going to have to get rid of my favorite fish i have in the tank!