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05-10-2012, 03:42 PM
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Damn Pods Destroying Zoas
Hey guys,
For the last 2 weeks I have noticed an increase in the number of pods cruising the rocks, however laset week I noticed some really big buggers cruising around. Low and behold, they have started chomping on my radio active dragon eyes..  . They haven't touched the other 2 colones, but just the one. I have cut back on feeding a bit to try and kill them off, but they are relentless...lol. I've only got 2 clowns and 2 chromies in the tank for fish, and I also have a cleaner shrimp. Also the usual CUC. Any ideas to help with the pest issue?? 
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05-10-2012, 04:17 PM
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Yea I doubt it's pods.
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05-10-2012, 04:32 PM
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Pods are generally good in a reef tank, I have never seen pods feeding on zoa myself but just like all living things some might just become rogue predator. Make sure you examine thorougly for zoa eating nudibranch or spiders and if you are certain that the pods are the culprit then either use interceptor (vet prescribed dog de-worm pill) to nuke them or get some wrasses or mandarin fish as a biological control, I would perfer the latter but its up to you. I like my pod population to be high since they eat all the left over crap sorta like an army of miniture cuc.
Good luck
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05-10-2012, 05:10 PM
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Yep, definitely amphipods. Here's a video that I found on the net of exactly what I see..
http://wn.com/Amphipod_eating_yellow_zoanthid I went to feed the fish yesterday, and the size of the one bugger that came out was huge!! Might have to go fish shopping next time im in the city...lol
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07-21-2012, 03:41 PM
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I have a tonne of Large pods too. I've seen them do the same thing but I'm never sure if they are the cause of the zoa death.
My tank observations. I have a 90 gallon with a 75 gallon sump. I have a very large fuge with tonnes of pods to feed my six line, mandarin, and scooter blenny. All have been fine for just under 2 years together. Something died behind the rock work about 8 months ago (a five year old lawnmower blenny) while I was away. I had a bad hair algae outbreak. I left it for awhile and en finally decided to get rid of the hair algae. I started to feed very sparingly and clean the tank weekly of detritus. Cleaned the sump and tidied up the fuge. I did some massive and frequent water changes and I'm sure the nutrients in the water were quite low. I think this caused the pods to want to eat stuff. This is when I noticed that some zoas started melting and the pods started attacking the zoas. I don't know if it was the lack of nutrients in the water that cause the zoas to die or if it was the pods who ate them. So in short, in my tank. When I fed sparingly.. The pods may have been desperate for food. Not sure though. Good luck. BTW, I love my six line. He cleans up the tank very well.
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