Zoas disappearing

[jay2x]

This are the livestock I have:

Pistol Shrimp

2x peppermint shrimp

2x cleaner shrimp

3 clowns

1 Urchin

Anemones

Some Hermits

I don't know who's been eating them, or maybe they are falling off and gets buried in the sand. I'm not sure what's going on, I haven't caught anyone munching on the zoas. I do feed these guys twice a day.

[FishingGoalie]

Originally Posted by jay2x

This are the livestock I have:

Pistol Shrimp

2x peppermint shrimp

2x cleaner shrimp

3 clowns

1 Urchin

Anemones

Some Hermits

I don't know who's been eating them, or maybe they are falling off and gets buried in the sand. I'm not sure what's going on, I haven't caught anyone munching on the zoas. I do feed these guys twice a day.

The urchin is probably doing it or you have some sort of nudi

[Slyguy00]

Yea agreed, your urchin could be moving them around and dropping them. Iv also had amphipods eat my zoas before. Lost several colonies before I knew what was going on. Use a flashlight to look in your tank when the lights are off. If it is amphipods they will be eating them at night.

[04V10]

Originally Posted by Slyguy00

Yea agreed, your urchin could be moving them around and dropping them. Iv also had amphipods eat my zoas before. Lost several colonies before I knew what was going on. Use a flashlight to look in your tank when the lights are off. If it is amphipods they will be eating them at night.

Amphopods did it to me as well.

[jay2x]

Originally Posted by Slyguy00

Yea agreed, your urchin could be moving them around and dropping them. Iv also had amphipods eat my zoas before. Lost several colonies before I knew what was going on. Use a flashlight to look in your tank when the lights are off. If it is amphipods they will be eating them at night.

How do I get rid of them? XD I guess sea urchin will be for sale

[Slyguy00]

If it is amphipods, really the best solution I found was to add a corris wrasse and a melanarus wrasse. They cleared out my bugs in a week.

[denny_C]

i wouldnt rule the peppermint shrimp out , they are notorious for eating zoos so they would be my top culprit.

most urchins in the hobby are algae grazers , they do more harm with the spines and mowing stuff down then any actual eating of things that arnt macro algaes.

cheers

denny

[duncangweller]

I caught a couple of pods chowing down on my single head of blue agave the other night. I don't know if the little fella will recover from it but fingers crossed. They don't seem to bother the colonies though, just the single/double polyp frags.

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[harlequin01]

I love zoas, want to start a zoa garden

[Slyguy00]

Originally Posted by duncangweller

I caught a couple of pods chowing down on my single head of blue agave the other night. I don't know if the little fella will recover from it but fingers crossed. They don't seem to bother the colonies though, just the single/double polyp frags.

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They will get to the colonies eventually. The bigger they get the more damage they will do. It started with the single polyps and eventually they started killing colonies in my tank. I would suggest tryin to deal with it sooner than later.