WELL I GOT zoa eating nudis

[brettinteriors]

I pulled 2 out and they are absolutely zoa nudi's. Problem is I cant take the zoas out. They are attached to main rock. I figure I will pull them out as I can see them and just hope. No choice at this point. Do they eat the large paly's?

 

[sillygoose]

What do they look like?

 

[TucsonWhoDat]

palys should be ok in most cases. pull out as many zoas as you can into a QT and treat them in QT with dips and close inspections for eggs. Get a airline and suck as many as you can out the main tank or just let em finish off the zoas. I tried potassium permagnate years back and it killed half the zoas but did wipe out the nudis. You can chip off zoas from main rock ith a flathead screwdriver if they are rare zoas.

 

[brettinteriors]

What do they look like?

Like this, color varies.

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=zoa+...9&tbnw=197&start=0&ndsp=51&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0

 

[brettinteriors]

palys should be ok in most cases. pull out as many zoas as you can into a QT and treat them in QT with dips and close inspections for eggs. Get a airline and suck as many as you can out the main tank or just let em finish off the zoas. I tried potassium permagnate years back and it killed half the zoas but did wipe out the nudis. You can chip off zoas from main rock ith a flathead screwdriver if they are rare zoas.

Good idea with the airline. I have been using a long pincer. I have removed 3 so far and the colonies are opening back up. I am sure it is the first of many rounds. I don't know how long I have had them or which colony they arrived on. I have something like 10 zoa/paly colonies. The remainder of my coral is lps/sps/and other softies. If they eradicate all my zoa's what is the like cycle time?

 

[TucsonWhoDat]

few months would probably do it.

 

[brettinteriors]

few months would probably do it.

Well I figure if they take over and eat all my zoas I will go zoa free for a while and re zoa. I like zoas for rock cover and color but they are not the majority of my tank. My pincer and I will fight the good fight!

 

[abezr]

uhhhh just use flatworm exit with recomended dose, then 4 days after again, and 2 days after that again



thats it, thats all no need to do all that work

 

[Tucson Reef]

Turkey baster your zoo's, you might be able to pick them out. I had pyrimid snails on my clams, just inspected and picked every 2-3 days till they were gone. PIA? Yes, but worth a try.