Zoa/paly eater?

[Asureef]

Anyone have any clue what these are? I think they've been consuming my devil's armor colony, which would explain the neon appearance. I tried searching, but haven't come across anything like them.

 

[A. Grandis]

Do you have any damaged polyp?
How many of those have you found and how?
Can you post a picture of the zoa colony too?

That's a beautiful slug! Great picture!

Grandis.

 

[A. Grandis]

Do you have any damaged polyp?
How many of those have you found and how?
Can you post a picture of the zoa colony too?

That's a beautiful slug! Great picture!

Grandis.

 

[buddythelion]

Great pic! I am really interested in this as I ran into this a long time ago but could never get a good enough pic of that slug. They move really fast too btw!

 

[650-IS350]

If in doubt, DIP , inspect, pull out/off what you find, QT if needed. Looks like a flat worm or slug of type.

 

[Asureef]

There's a few on the local board speculating that it could be some type of nudibranch.

 

[buddythelion]

They move super fast though right? For some reason I really like this thread, it's really interesting and great photos btw!

 

[BeanMachine]

I thought that nudis take on the color of the coral that they eat... they look pink and those look like Armor of Gods... just a guess though.

 

[650-IS350]

post it here, maybe LeslieH and other experts can properly ID it.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=427

 

[pagojoe]

I can guarantee you it's not a nudi, but I don't know what it is. I initially thought it might be one of the tiny Marginella species (snail), but I can't find anything that looks right other than the size and shape. May have to wait for Leslie on this one, or one of the other less-narrowly-focused identifiers. It's very cool in any case.


Don

 

[650-IS350]

thanks for coming by to take a look at Don. Please do pass this info to Leslie and others to see if we can get a ID on it.

 

[benjaminspades]

I think I have those do they hide under rocks during the day time? They glow too right?

 

[A. Grandis]

Some people call them flat worms.
Others would prefer sea slugs...

Would be great if one could identify them with a scientific name.

Are they really eating the zoas?
Are the zoas closed and damaged?
More info, please.

Grandis.

 

[Asureef]

Some people call them flat worms.
Others would prefer sea slugs...

Would be great if one could identify them with a scientific name.

Are they really eating the zoas?
Are the zoas closed and damaged?
More info, please.

Grandis.

Most of my zoas/palys have lost alot of color. I have noticed some tissue damage and I only find these little critters on them. What else would they be doing if not eating the zoas? I think my only option now is to remove all the zoas/palys and start a small QT. Here's some I managed to siphon out today.

 

[650-IS350]

post it on invert form

 

[A. Grandis]

Are the polyps closed/ irritated by them all the time?
Where are the tissue damages on the zoas? Head?
Do you see them while the lights are on?

Would be interesting to see some pictures of the damaged area.

I would think they are predators, by what you're saying.
Siphon them out and keep looking for more...
Maybe their number is not that high and you could eradicate their population just by doing that.

What camera and what lens are you using for the shots?
Very nice!

Grandis.

 

[Vteclover]

ASureef what whas the story after..???
Did you get rid of them ,and how?
Ik have these critters for the moment.
For now i spotted them om orange fluorescent sunny d and vdm ,verry strage .
I have another yellow and green colony doing bad but noting on there.
I remove them manually for the moment
Help please on this strange little critters

The question if you see them during dat?? I do ,and they are fast for looking like a snail
Some zoa are missing parts of the fluorescent orange.
They are consuming the color,very strange.