Zoanthid eaters

[fishyz]

I have tried adding 3 frags of zoos at different times, and they all disappear during the night. I'm wondering if there is a list of things which eat zoanthids? thanks

 

[dc_909]

Nudis,spiders, some say astrina stars, plenty of crabs/shrimps, fish.

Better to name what you have in your system

 

[killingseed]

i agree with dc, maybe setup a trap and place a frag in it.

 

[fishyz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11117934#post11117934 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by killingseed
i agree with dc, maybe setup a trap and place a frag in it.

do you have a link to a trap that someone built? I have thought of building one, but i don't know how to.

 

[fishyz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11117837#post11117837 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dc_909
Nudis,spiders, some say astrina stars, plenty of crabs/shrimps, fish.

Better to name what you have in your system

What I have in my tank(or what I know of) is 9 turbo snails, and a cleaner shrimp for inverts. For fish, I have a stripped bristletooth tang, a firefish, neon goby, 2 ocellaris clwons, a carberryi anthias, yellowheaded jawfish, and a lubbocks fairy wrasse. None of my other corals have had any signs of being touched or damaged, just my zoos. The only thing I have seen that might be the culprit is a wierd 'caterpillar' like thing which I don't think is a type of nudi. I have never seen something which looks like it. It is maybe 3-4 inches long and has 3 black-brownish circles at one end of it and red diamonds going down the rest of its body. I have tried getting it out, but it attaches to my liverock so tightly that I can't unattach it. I also cannot get a good picture of it with my camera.

Does anyone know of something like this?

 

[killingseed]

take a a plastic coke bottle, 2 litter . cut the top off a couple inches down and flip it upside down into the bottom lower half. and place or lean up on some rocks so it can climb in. place a frag of zoa's in and wait.

sound like some type of sea slug or sea hair. i picture would be good if you can get one. you still could have some type of hitchhicker other then that.

 

[Hypertek99]

What you described sounds like a bristle worm??? If it's a bristle worm then no harm they are good.

 

[fishyz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11122360#post11122360 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hypertek99
What you described sounds like a bristle worm??? If it's a bristle worm then no harm they are good.

I know for sure that it is not a bristle worm. The critter in my tank is wider and more tan tha a bristleworm.

 

[ct_vol]

This guy eats zoanthids...

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1240073

Not tan though...

 

[650-IS350]

Yup enucid's bad worms...

 

[beansandmia]

That is one nasty looking worm in that pic.

 

[fishyz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11126902#post11126902 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ct_vol
This guy eats zoanthids...

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1240073

Not tan though...

Once again, not it.

I hope to get it out of my tank some how, and then i'l post some pics. If there is anything else that eat zoanthids, let me know. Thanks again

 

[ryddo]

What kind of fish do you have? I have heard of Rabbit fish going to town on zoos. Just thought I would through that out there.

 

[650-IS350]

I had a 5" foxface Lo and have a 2 1/2" scribbled that DONT touch zoos

 

[ryddo]

It varies with eat fish. At a lfs I watched a scribbled obliterate a 20-30 polyp patch of dragon eye.