Should I use my 56 zoa colonies as food?

[Zoaelite]

... I'm really getting fed up with these little pest nems, I have no ambitions to break the reef apart to hand squirt them as I have done this, only for them to return in 3 weeks time. It appears most of them are mojenos so nudies won't fix the problem.

I guess my last choice is some species of fish, I just would prefer something that isn't going massacre my zoas, lps or sps.

After some reading its down to some sort of angel, butterfly or filefish but any insight would be great!
Thanks guys.
Levi

[Dyspnea]

The other option you could do is dry out the rock kill it all that way and then reseeding the rock with clean live rock later.

But shutting down and restarting isnt the best :/

a fish that eat Them is good but once the fish is removed or dies j hear they come back pretty quick

[Chaloupa]

I have a great filefish in my tank that took care of all my pest anemones etc, however, that being said, the only coral he did eat was Zoa!!!

[golf nut]

Originally Posted by zoaElite

... I'm really getting fed up with these little pest nems, I have no ambitions to break the reef apart to hand squirt them as I have done this, only for them to return in 3 weeks time. It appears most of them are mojenos so nudies won't fix the problem.

I guess my last choice is some species of fish, I just would prefer something that isn't going massacre my zoas, lps or sps.

After some reading its down to some sort of angel, butterfly or filefish but any insight would be great!
Thanks guys.
Levi

They will migrate if you put them in the dark and put a small light at one end of the tank, from there you can wipe them off the glass.

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by Mr OM

They will migrate if you put them in the dark and put a small light at one end of the tank, from there you can wipe them off the glass.

Really , that's pretty cool I will try it tonight. The only problem is it's a 6' 180g, will they migrate all the way from the other end?

I have a great filefish in my tank that took care of all my pest anemones etc, however, that being said, the only coral he did eat was Zoa!!!

Well that's one option out.

[golf nut]

Originally Posted by zoaElite

Really , that's pretty cool I will try it tonight. The only problem is it's a 6' 180g, will they migrate all the way from the other end?

It isn't going to happen overnight, I did it over a few days, even floating a glass jar at the surface with a small bulb will usually attract a few to move, stay away from Joe's juice on these buggers, unless you completely eradicate them they simply multiply .

[don.ald]

you can try putting a large oyster shell over top and they will climb from underneath to the top of the shell toward the light. then toss out the shell.

[Zoaelite]

I tried the light trick last night to no avail, there are far to many to try shelling them all. Any insight as far as fish goes would be greatly appriciated! The tank gets fed really well, and there is a TON of zoas in there so as long as any picking is in moderation I'm fine with it.

It has come down to a tassled file fish, bicolor angel or some species of butterfly.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

A friend of mine had a 200g infested with well over a thousand Majanos. We used dull pairs of scissors to pull (not cut) each one off the rocks. Worked very well & a permanent solution.

[kien]

Hey Levi,

Whatever zoas you have left over, want to send them to my tank? I have a butterfly that I need to feed, honest!