might be silly question

[rollinnoland]

everything in tank looks great but my zoes covering 2 big rocks. (not one open) my pars are all good but nitrates are at 20 is this the cause? got mushrooms ,candy canes, 2 anemones, hammerhead, lots of frags everything else looks great. wondering is there a fish that only picks on zoes( got yellow tang ,wrase, file fish, clowns , 2 diffrent angels, 2 diffrent gobys in 140 gallon) any help would be great thx

 

[cloak]

Have you checked your zoanthids for pests? (nudibranchs, sundial snails, asterina stars, sea spiders, etc)

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/aeolid.shtml

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/sundial.shtml

http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/45-reefkeeping-101-

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-01/rs/index.php

 

[rollinnoland]

i have been watching them everyday . seen a little bug on one of the frag sunday night but only one, dont know if it was bad or not.its been week since they have opened theres a good 50 zoes i would say all closed up.

 

[Finkle]

I had Zoas that were closing and disappearing. I couldnt find anything on them for months. Then one day I saw one of my little asternia starfish on them. Some research told me that they will eat Zoas. I bought a Harlequin shrimp and set him loose. These shrimp eat starfish and nudibranches. It's been over a month and now my Zoas are starting to open up again, the few that are left. The shrimp has been having a hay day with the little asternia starfish. The down side of it is that I have to keep other starfish in there for him to eat now. They like the sand sifting starfish. I'll probably give him away soon, because I feel too bad feeding him starfish.

 

[rollinnoland]

so i see little bugs running around on them , reading and reading still cant till what kind. do i take the zoes out and dip them in something? then when i put them back in tank wont bugs come right back? got 140 tank do i have to treat the whole tank? only seems to effect the zoes

 

[Biocubehqi]

I had little bugs on my zoas. Real little, lost my zoas. Left the tank zoa empty for a few weeks to make sure they were all dead... Maybe coral dip then quarantine to make sure they won't be living inthe display when you place them back

 

[zoafarm]

Before we jump to answer, what kinda of pest (bug) is running around on your zoas? Are they copepods or nudibranchs or ??? I had the same problem. In one case it ended up being nudis (what a pain in the *&^), the other turned out to be a sundial snail.

 

[A. Grandis]

Pics?
It would be great if you at least describe the creatures you see for others to help you out.

Grandis.

 

[rollinnoland]

sorry they look like little beetles. They are way to small to get picture, so i put them in my sump couple days ago they starting to open up my green and red ones why? makes me wonder if it was a fish picking on them?

 

[rjdv420]

i have some clowfish that like to nip my yellow polyps, ,,,, i have a biocube 29 and i have a plage of this little white starfish, i think am gona buy al harlequin shimp