unable to keep zoas on rock
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I read that when they mature they may get the taste. Hippo was the 2nd creature i got rid of though. He has been gone for a while now. Was way too big for my 75 gallon anyway. Im almost 100% convinced that its a crab. 3 clues are what seem to be larger holes (or at least it seems that way) in my rock. 2 cleaner shrimp went missing. (thought they were molting) 3 the felony only occurs at night after the lights are off and only happens when the zoos are on the rock. (The crab cant get to my frag rack)
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If there's one in the tank it will come for the bait eventually.
They are small and won't be able to bridge large gaps.
Make it as easy as possible for it to get to the lip of the glass.
150Ron had a good idea. Try extending rock over the hole like a diving board.
The container should be no less than 3x3, preferably slightly taller.
They are small and won't be able to bridge large gaps.
Make it as easy as possible for it to get to the lip of the glass.
150Ron had a good idea. Try extending rock over the hole like a diving board.
The container should be no less than 3x3, preferably slightly taller.
I seem to remember coming across tales and legends of reefers losing zoos, corals, fish, and small children to eunicid worms. They all reported the losses as occurring overnight. They all pretty much had to break their tanks down (and some had to break rocks) to get the worms out....some of which were several feet long and had civil war slugs lodged in their flesh. Could you have one of these worms from hell in your tank, eating your zoos?
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If there is a eunice worm in my tank then I'll probably scream like a Lil girl n hide under my covers.
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Still no update on the crab. The zoa is still nice and healthy in the mason jar. I think its happy in there.
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Update: Still no crab. Nothing in the mason jar. Bait zoa still alive in there. All zoas on frag rack untouched.
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Also i do not have any clams in my system and never did. Not sure of the previous owner of the tank. I've had it roughly 3 months.
picture looks like a chiton to me which is beneficial. I had pyramid snails years ago and a yellow wrasse took care of them all for me, I havent seen a pyramid snail in my tank for a few years now, even though i lost the yellow wrasse in Sandy. The pyramids kill snails and clams but i dont think they harm corals.
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Thanks Rick. I've been meaning to pick one up for weeks now. Has anyone had experience with pyramids eating zoas?
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It may be a rissoid which isn't parasitic. Take a picture of the snail with opening facing the camera. If i remember correctly pyramids don't have an operculum (trapped door). Also the spiral pattern on the tip of pyramids changes direction in the early stages of development. You'll need to zoom and get a clear picture to ID. I thought i had them also a few years ago but found out that they were rissoids after much research and examining them under a microscope. There are a couple other identifying features but you'll need a super camera, magnifying glass or microscope to see them.
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Wow. They look exact.
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Ok. Final update. And I'll leave us all alone lol. Last night the lights turned out and i did my nightly perimeter check. I found something that may have been a nudi. Ive never seen one outside of Google searches. This thing was purple with tentacle type flanges and when i lightly turkey basted it, it moved like those sticky gummy octopus that run down glass windows. I scooped it out with a net but it basically fell apart with the apendages falling off. it seemed bigger than the pics I've seen on Google though. I'm amazed it took me over a month to spot this thing. Buying a coris wrasse asap.
Uggh...nudis. What a PITA. Flatworm exit will kill the adults. You'll still have to deal with the eggs. They're usually laid in rings on the "trunk" of a live zooanthid. You don't normally see zoos disappear overnight from them, though. They usually start closing up for no reason and then look like garbage, eventually shrivelling up and falling apart. A freshwater dip of about 1-2 minutes of any new zooanthid colonies will also kill the adults. You can also inspect the polyps for egg masses and scrape them off.
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Omfg I found the source of my frustration in reef keeping for the past year! A 2 FOOT LONG BOBBIT WORM!!!! Pictures coming.
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Ahhhh those things freak me out
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