Reef bugs eating Zoos

[ryddo]

Has anyone seen these before? I was feeding my tank and noticed these on a few zoo colonies. I think I remember reading something about these before and immediately pulled out the colonies and removed all the bugs I could find. Is there anything else I can do in order to remove these from the tank or is a manual process? Will these actually kill the zoos? Will they eat anything else?

Any information will be appreciated!!!

Ryan

 

[ronert]

not sure what they are, but a 1 minute dip in fresh/ro water ought to shake them loose if you decide you don't want them.

 

[ryddo]

Just as a FYI. I found that they are nudis that eat zooa and sps. I must have picked them up when I purchased some recent corals. The only way to get rid of them is by manually picking or sucking them off. Also, fw dips with iodine. This is going to be a very long process. Wish me luck!!

Ryan

 

[emonemo420]

wow nice camera...i wish mine could take pics like that...and those bugs are like scary looking...srry to hear bout your luck ...but good luck getting rid of them

 

[Gordonious]

That sucks, good luck.

 

[kaptken]

Wierd little buggers! Don't know anything about them. lots of mysterious life forms out there in the wild. Im quite sure there is at least one predator for every coral. and sooner or later some show up in tanks. be they viral, bugs, worms, or fish. you can only go throught the usual regimens. dips in fresh water(ph adjusted) iodine, or other dips. and picking and preening.

I once bought a soft leather, they often call a young coral. and it produced some beautiful inch long snow white nudibranchs with snow flake tassles. they only came out from the rock at night and fed on the soft, young coral. well fortunately i ID'd the buggers and removed them before they could spawn in the tank. leathers is all they eat. but they sure were nice to look at.