I found what is killing my zoas! Pics and report included...and I need your help!!

[Izzone001]

Holy crap! Those are huge!

 

[PAS Photography]

Ive had some bigger pods than the one pictured. I have a melanarus wrasse for a year and my tank has NO pods and very little bristle worms now. Hes like a sub on search and destroy!

 

[dan10342]

No question in my mind that some of these amphipods consume some palys/zoas.

ive caught these things munching on zoos all too many times. they are the devil

 

[Izzone001]

That is MASSIVE!

 

[Dale Gribble]

Wow, I didn't know pods got that big. That's a whopper.

 

[Mitsuko]

Has anyone noticed amphipods munching on sps polyps? Or is this limited to zoanthus?

 

[RedAnt78]

I've only seen them bother my zoas

 

[Trevor15]

Ive got a bunch of amphlipods in my sump and refugium and I haven't had any problems with them and my zoas, because I have my frag rack in with my refugium and non of my zoas frags look disturbed... I do have a six line wrasse in my display tank though and that might help with that possible problem...

Trevor