Zoa's and Amphipods
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after being one of those disbelievers......and now witnessing it for myself.....
I think the ones that do eat them vs the ones that just scavenge off of them are different. How else could it be explained that we could watch them do no damage for years and then all ofa sudden start eating them??
It would be interesting to see someone with the skills and means to prove or disprove that theory
I think the ones that do eat them vs the ones that just scavenge off of them are different. How else could it be explained that we could watch them do no damage for years and then all ofa sudden start eating them??
It would be interesting to see someone with the skills and means to prove or disprove that theory
angry.clownfish
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just an update. I recently bought a nice size rock with palys... 1st day, opened up beautifully, 2nd day opened up beautifully with a couple polyps irritated, 3rd day, 
most heads are small with no fringes, checked them at night, some huge pods all over the rock. freshwater dip revealed 3 large amphipods.
I just got a yellow wrasse yesterday night, its a small one and I didn't see him picking on rocks yet. maybe today will be different. what can I do to try and save my new colony? there's a few polyps left that haven't been destroyed yet.
most heads are small with no fringes, checked them at night, some huge pods all over the rock. freshwater dip revealed 3 large amphipods.I just got a yellow wrasse yesterday night, its a small one and I didn't see him picking on rocks yet. maybe today will be different. what can I do to try and save my new colony? there's a few polyps left that haven't been destroyed yet.
bumping this thread back alive....because as of this week i've noticed these large amphipods munching away on some of my zoas and mainly my monster lip palys. i actually observe them eating the skirts off..and tonight i saw one eat away the bottom of a zoas removing it from the rock and with it's leg held it and started to eat it. i am getting a wrasse tomorrow (hopefully the fish store will have some) and hopefully this will help.
I think this is the case as well... We use the classification of amphipods somewhat liberally... Its like saying that birds don't eat meat... While 90% of them don't... There are a few out there that do...
What would be interesting is if we could somehow identify which amphipods are doing the damage so that we could differentiate the zoanthid munchers from the beneficial clean up kind...
G.SMITHII
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soo i got a kinda particular problem.
i too have noticed these lil guys nippin at my zoos. they're responsible for the destruction of at least 1 colony, and seem to have touched a few more.
but i currently have a firefish, and a lil mantis in my reef.
im tenative to try a 6-line because i dont want him beatin up the fire fish.
is there, like a less aggressive wrasse that can co-habitate w/ a firfish?
i too have noticed these lil guys nippin at my zoos. they're responsible for the destruction of at least 1 colony, and seem to have touched a few more.
but i currently have a firefish, and a lil mantis in my reef.
im tenative to try a 6-line because i dont want him beatin up the fire fish.
is there, like a less aggressive wrasse that can co-habitate w/ a firfish?
G.SMITHII
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hey!! woild this lil fella work for me?
http://www.reefermadness.us/FishPages/Pseudocheilinops_ataenia.htm
http://www.reefermadness.us/FishPages/Pseudocheilinops_ataenia.htm
650-IS350
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G. just watch that wrasse.. 6line's and the same genre can quite be a handfull once fully established. mystery, dissapearing, 8 line, 4 line, 12line.. they're all the same to me.
Just go with a small yellow coris. 1 of the best workers and looks nice with the bright yellow in the tank.
Just go with a small yellow coris. 1 of the best workers and looks nice with the bright yellow in the tank.
650-IS350
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try feeding this.. I feed mine this exclusively for over a year now with cyclopeeze granuals... Everyone that sees it trips out to see how big and fat it is.
try feeding this.. I feed mine this exclusively for over a year now with cyclopeeze granuals... Everyone that sees it trips out to see how big and fat it is.
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