Zoanthid Eating Spider!!!!! Pics / What now?

[tkeracer619]

Just picked up a rock i knew had some zoas on it a few days ago and found a zoa spider on the bottom of the rock.

I have serious arachnophobia, this is not cool at all.

I have the heebie geebies and fear for my 120+ variety collection.

Whats next?

I need some good info on this, have a search up and am reading.

I want input from those who have successfully eliminated these.

 

[thisisme]

crazy looking

 

[acidlittle]

you try a freshwater dip? Usually that'll kick their spidery butts.

 

[tkeracer619]

I will do that tonight. If only the spider eating nudie wasnt a joke ;P


What about the eggs? I have a lot of zoas attached and not able to be moved easy.

The tank is 100% stocked, I qt'd and dipped everything once i knew better. It must have been in there for a long time....

Someone wanna come over, why cant it be blood sucking venomus leaches. I cant handle spiders, even though they are not really spiders they look close enough.


I know the pics are hard to see, especially behind the algae on the bottom. All those dark areas on the sand behind the algae are zoas. Atleast 120 different rocks of them. Also I read they eat most all corals.

Is my tank done for?

The tank.

 

[tkeracer619]

Just got done with one side of the tank, dipped about 45 zoa colonies.

I got a whole lot of pods, bristle worms, starfish........... but no zoa spiders.

I am going to do the other side in a few minutes.

What is the possibility that I picked up the one rock, that doesnt have zoas on it but had a zoa spider?

I was sure I would have gotten atleast one more off the neighboring rocks where the one was found.

 

[650-IS350]

Nice tank, just gotta scrape the viewing glass a bit there buddy

 

[tkeracer619]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9598051#post9598051 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by delsol650
Nice tank, just gotta scrape the viewing glass a bit there buddy

Thanks.

See there is a problem with scraping :lol:

I cant get the bottom because my coral is almost touching the glass plus kicking the sand up down there irritates them.

I think I am solving the issue though, I'm turning this tank into a sump and installing a 10' x 4' 500G tank.

 

[TriniReefer]

Heres an idea,take out all the fish,shrimp,crabs ect, and the corals by there foots that would get affected by fresh water and then take out all the saltwater.Now fill er up with fresh water.Now proceed like you would do with a regular freshwater dip except in ur tank itself.lol!Just a wild idea!

 

[MTB]

Dip them in loguls iodine. That kills them quickly. If I remember correctly, The eggs have around a 2 week incubation peiod. You may want to time your dips around that.

 

[tkeracer619]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9602055#post9602055 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TriniReefer
Heres an idea,take out all the fish,shrimp,crabs ect, and the corals by there foots that would get affected by fresh water and then take out all the saltwater.Now fill er up with fresh water.Now proceed like you would do with a regular freshwater dip except in ur tank itself.lol!Just a wild idea!

:lol: Wild, but ill pass.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9603121#post9603121 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MTB
Dip them in loguls iodine. That kills them quickly. If I remember correctly, The eggs have around a 2 week incubation peiod. You may want to time your dips around that.

A FW dip zaps them instantly, but after further dips I have yet to locate another one..... not to say they are gone.

It is entirely possible that somewere along the way it got into my tank and has been happily munching away at my zoa collection. It just happened to eat a frag with 2 polyps on it and I caught it before it could escape to safety.

It ate a frag of some white polyps........

Thanks for the 2 week comment, to be safe I am going to do it 3 more times, in 1 week, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks from now. Hope I dont find any......

 

[dark_stranger]

you may want to read this thread of a buddy of mine, lost almost all of his zoa's and that was a lot.

http://www.reefpark.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=23066&hl=

Its rather a long thread, but like a steven King book, it will get you thinking!

 

[tkeracer619]

Thanks I had actually already read that from my own searches. I must say that zoa spiders are no fun.

Though I am a bit lucky I do believe. I have yet to find another. Hopefully it was the single zoa spider in the entire tank.

I am about to do another round of treatment.... hopefully I wont find anything.

 

[Rackyrane]

Found this excellent thread--might be worth the read.
http://www.reefpark.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=23066&st=75

 

[Rackyrane]

OOps--words scrambled. Meant to say that I found this thread to be an excellent read.
Thanks dark_stranger--this thread was helpful!

 

[G.SMITHII]

its just a bug mark!!!

don't be scared, sheesh. i used to have 3 black widows as pets.
now i just have one.

those things sure are ugly. hope you only had one.

sure am glad that all the frags ive got from you were on discs, and dipped.

i wonder if a mantis would just naturally erradicate those lil bastardos.

maybe you should get a small mantis to chill in your frag tank and keep watch for nasty inverts...

he'd be your zoa homeland security

 

[GreenPuffers]

AAHHH...gross. I had One of those, but I dipped before putting the zoos in my tank. I say for good practice, ALWAYS dip before putting your new zoos in!!! GOOD LUCK

 

[tkeracer619]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9938982#post9938982 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by G.SMITHII
its just a bug mark!!!

don't be scared, sheesh. i used to have 3 black widows as pets.
now i just have one.

those things sure are ugly. hope you only had one.

sure am glad that all the frags ive got from you were on discs, and dipped.

i wonder if a mantis would just naturally erradicate those lil bastardos.

maybe you should get a small mantis to chill in your frag tank and keep watch for nasty inverts...

he'd be your zoa homeland security

yeah I didn't find any more spiders in the reef just that one lonly spider that probably had been there for a long time by himself. Im guessing 7 months.

I still havent caught the mantis that is loose in my bedroom tank.... Though i know he is in the part that has no fish or shrimps. just some tasty snails and frags. :lol: