Is this zoo disease ??
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It's really hard to tell, do you have a Macro shot? I see 7 or 8 polyps which seem to be retracted. Could you provide a slightly closer shot, preferably a macro.
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Reef Junkie
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Pods eat dying anything, including dying zoas.
Have you introduced anything new to your tank?
How are your parameters? When was the last time you changed water?
They're P.O.'d about something.
Have you introduced anything new to your tank?
How are your parameters? When was the last time you changed water?
They're P.O.'d about something.
Reef Junkie
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I know you are.
It's been talked about quite a bit and I don't think I've seen any proof that these pods are actually eating zoas.
I just want to see proof, that's all. Proof that they eat healthy zoas.
Because if they do, then I don't have any zoas in my tank, my pods have eaten them all by now.
jk
jason9jay, I don't want to completely rule out the idea of carnivorous pods, but I lived through the era of bristle worm traps, so I've learned to be a little skepticle.
It's been talked about quite a bit and I don't think I've seen any proof that these pods are actually eating zoas.
I just want to see proof, that's all. Proof that they eat healthy zoas.
Because if they do, then I don't have any zoas in my tank, my pods have eaten them all by now.
jkjason9jay, I don't want to completely rule out the idea of carnivorous pods, but I lived through the era of bristle worm traps, so I've learned to be a little skepticle.
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650-IS350
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they are not bothering my pinkies, large green palys, orange, oreos and yellow but have cleaned out my nuclears, superman looking ones and a few different types.... there all over them...
as for the ones they consumed... they were all over them the first night they got into the tank....
Even the orange ones that just came in the next day had some tears to the skirts...
I am looking around for a fish the WILL decimate these pods especially the ones that will eat the 3/4 cm sized ones.
I have lost over $100 in zoos and no longer planning on getting zoos til I get another tank just for zoos
can't understand it.. there is enough detrius/algae for them to eat yet the keep on plaguing the zoos everynight...
as for the ones they consumed... they were all over them the first night they got into the tank....
Even the orange ones that just came in the next day had some tears to the skirts...
I am looking around for a fish the WILL decimate these pods especially the ones that will eat the 3/4 cm sized ones.
I have lost over $100 in zoos and no longer planning on getting zoos til I get another tank just for zoos
can't understand it.. there is enough detrius/algae for them to eat yet the keep on plaguing the zoos everynight...
Well, most people were misinformed because there are "fireworms" that eat sps and some other corals, if you don't believe me about this one, I can bust out my zoology book and cite it for ya lol. There is a lot of ocean and a lot of critters in it, the possibilty of random people finding zoa-eating pods is possible, although it may take ideal conditions for these things to happen. For example, just because you have phytoplankton in your tank doesn't mean they will reproduce and turn green, but it happened to my bro. His water was so green that you couldn't see through it, and try it took a 95% water change with 5 hours of light a day to finally take control of the situation. Things happen to some reefers and not others, ya know? sorry to rant, just got on a roll! Being skeptical is good though, because it will force all of us other reefers to get evidence via pictures and testing as well as identifying the potential predator!
Reef Junkie
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Right, I completely agree with you.
There is no question that there are a lot of predators that inadvertently enter our tanks. Yet, for the most part, we don't see a lot of coral predating fire worms too often in our tanks, thank god!
Listen, I have no doubt in my mind that some reefers on this board have actually had amphipods that have attacked their corals (red bugs). I know people that have had amiphipods that attacked them when they put their arms in the tank! (Mutant bugs)
What I hate to see is Groupthink cause mass hysteria about the same critters we're trying to grow in our refugiums and aquariums, which are also harmless.
That is what happened to a lot of bristle worms back in the day. Then Ron Shimek came along and taught us differently. I'm sure he'd have a lot to say about this hysteria too.
In the big picture, it doesn't really matter what you or I do. As long as we're happy doing it, right?
There is no question that there are a lot of predators that inadvertently enter our tanks. Yet, for the most part, we don't see a lot of coral predating fire worms too often in our tanks, thank god!
Listen, I have no doubt in my mind that some reefers on this board have actually had amphipods that have attacked their corals (red bugs). I know people that have had amiphipods that attacked them when they put their arms in the tank! (Mutant bugs)
What I hate to see is Groupthink cause mass hysteria about the same critters we're trying to grow in our refugiums and aquariums, which are also harmless.
That is what happened to a lot of bristle worms back in the day. Then Ron Shimek came along and taught us differently. I'm sure he'd have a lot to say about this hysteria too.
In the big picture, it doesn't really matter what you or I do. As long as we're happy doing it, right?
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650-IS350
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Welps... to late for my radioactives... they've been swarming it for the past 2 weeks... all but 3 polyps are gone... they ate 4 more last night...
They're having a go at my zoo right in front of the tank so that I will have a shot of taking pics of the next couple of nights.
They're having a go at my zoo right in front of the tank so that I will have a shot of taking pics of the next couple of nights.
Reef Junkie
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So what you're saying is you have killer pods in your reef tank?
Is it possible that something else is killing your zoas and the pods are there eating the dying polyps?
Is it possible that something else is killing your zoas and the pods are there eating the dying polyps?
650-IS350
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DId a bunch of dips prior to them entering and after being in the tank.... monitor with redlight/inspect them to no avail. ( NO PREDATORS ) only SWARMS of large ampipods tearing at them... I leterally lost 5-6 colonies of brightly colored zoos from the large ampipods.... and YES I do have zoo killing ampipods... you should read RC more about these events.... its not just me.
Reef Junkie
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:lmao:
I sometimes wish I didn't read RC...
Hopefully these zoa eating Amphipods do not enter my tank.
I'm sorry bro, I don't mean to be sarcastic. I also don't want to sound closed minded either. I've just become resilient to mass hysteria over the years.
I'm willing to believe that these healthy zoas are being killed by killer amphipods. Are we talking about our everyday average Amphipods or are they different? I ask because I have TONS of Amphipods in my tank, but in over a decade I have yet to see them attack a healthy colony. So they must be different?
I sometimes wish I didn't read RC...
Hopefully these zoa eating Amphipods do not enter my tank.
I'm sorry bro, I don't mean to be sarcastic. I also don't want to sound closed minded either. I've just become resilient to mass hysteria over the years.
I'm willing to believe that these healthy zoas are being killed by killer amphipods. Are we talking about our everyday average Amphipods or are they different? I ask because I have TONS of Amphipods in my tank, but in over a decade I have yet to see them attack a healthy colony. So they must be different?
650-IS350
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Ave looking amipod... like this one that a fellow reefer is having problems with as well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkLKp89Bekc
Mine are in the range of 1/2 to 3/4 of a CM big.... even the tiny ones are following the larger one during thier swarming of the zoos.
I have put BRAND NEW zoo colonies in the tank and with-in days of being in the aquarium have been stripped , torn apart or gutted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkLKp89Bekc
Mine are in the range of 1/2 to 3/4 of a CM big.... even the tiny ones are following the larger one during thier swarming of the zoos.
I have put BRAND NEW zoo colonies in the tank and with-in days of being in the aquarium have been stripped , torn apart or gutted.
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