how do you remove zoas from live rock?

[clavery]

I gave my husband some coral frags and they had a few zoas on them. The zoas are now taking over his rocks and he wants to remove them. Unfortunately, these are not pieces of live rock that we can easily removed from the tank - we'd pretty much have to rip the tank apart to get these rocks out. They have spread over a relatively large area, so it's not like we can pick them off one by one, either.

So how can you remove zoas from live rock in the tank? I thought about zapping them with some kalkwasser paste, like we do the aptasia (sp?), but I'm concerned it will mess with his calcium levels if we use too much. Will Joes Juice work?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Cheryl

 

[ScotchMaster]

Use a razor blade to scrape them off the rock then make a frag out of them and sell them...

Or you can use joe's juice and kill them

 

[chemisfun11]

If you don't want any zoo's at all. Get some zoo eating nudis (nudibranchs) They'll definitely wipe out your zoo population.

 

[apayne]

I take my pocket knife and scrape them off.

 

[XxMutedYouthxX]

Joes juice has calcium in it as well so if your worried about calcium levels joes juice isnt a safe alternative

 

[gflat65]

I've got a Scribbled Rabbitfish that can't get enough zoa flesh... He'd have your tank clean of zoas in three days, tops. (Apparently this is not typical of Scribbled Rabbitfish, but it is just my luck to get one that eats zoas and acans...)

 

[XxMutedYouthxX]

ooh sounds fun gflat65 lol

 

[ezcompany]

haha sounds cute.
I have a rock of zoas as well, want to get rid of the rock but keep the zoos. sorry if i'm jacking the thread, but its also asking how to remove zoas