How can I kill my Zoa?

[Stevenliu9]

I know this may be a question opposite to what most people are asking in this forum: My Zoas have gone rogue and overgrown everything else in the tank ever since I switched to LED light. They have taken over my montipora and are closing in onto my acro. Does anyone know what eats them (without damaging my spa) or an effective way to kill them, once again, without poisoning others in the tank?

 

[jda]

Pull them off of the rocks with some bone cutters. Cover what is left in Kalk. Rinse, repeat. If you get really deperate, you can cover them with 2 part putty.

Whatever you do is going to take a lot of work.

 

[heckeng]

Just change your attitude and want them to thrive and they will likely die on their own. ;-)

 

[neuro]

you can always use a screwdriver or a flat-edged exacto blade to scrape from underneath. I use both methods. I also my fingernails to scratch them off sometimes.

 

[cloak]

I usually use tweezers when I need to remove some zoanthids

 

[650-IS350]

I also my fingernails to scratch them off sometimes.

I would avoid that as you might have nicks and cuts that you may not be aware off, as your removing the polyps you may release some palytoxin or some of that zoa slime.

 

[neuro]

I would avoid that as you might have nicks and cuts that you may not be aware off, as your removing the polyps you may release some palytoxin or some of that zoa slime.

good advice

 

[azdiver]

Make frags out of them and sell them

 

[dbenyo]

^ sell or trade for more SPS!

 

[650-IS350]

or make the frags and trade them into your LFS to get store credit to buy corals from them.