Should I use my 56 zoa colonies as food?

[KPG007]

Have you tried Peppermint Shrimp? I've had good luck with them removing aptasia, and even some good size Manjos.

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by KPG007

Have you tried Peppermint Shrimp? I've had good luck with them removing aptasia, and even some good size Manjos.

Have 4 of them in there, watched them eat aptasia at the LFS and then all they do is hide in my fish tank :\...

[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!

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by 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!

Kien your tank is to nice as it is, you don't need anymore colorful butterfly food . So far so good, seems the little copperband has a taste for the asptasia as I have watched him pick at a few of them. Nothing for mojeno's, my coral or frozen food yet but he seems to be getting along with everyone so I'm hopeful on the frozen.
Levi

[zum14]

Good luck with this one. I hope no damage comes your zoas. I love zoas and your tank is awesome! Im tempted to make a special trip to pick up a few frags when you decide to frag. Awesome stuff.

[Snappy]

Levi I recommend you pull out all the zoas and swith to sps. Just kidding. Fish are very hit & miss so be aware the a variety of fish that is said to work well in one tank may or may not work in yours. I think the "light" or "shell" tricks sound like the best plans of attack.

[no_bs]

Our first salt tank that we rescued was infested with the little buggers. 3 years later we have none in the DT. Thanks in part to pepermints and a racoon buterfly. There are a few in the sump, but i use them as nutrient export. The shell trick only worked for the manjos for us. The apatasia are hardy things. Sometimes if they are not fully eaten they will hide till they feel there is no danger, then they rear there ugly heads and multiply again. Patience is a vertu. You will win the battle.

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by Snappy

Levi I recommend you pull out all the zoas and swith to sps. Just kidding. Fish are very hit & miss so be aware the a variety of fish that is said to work well in one tank may or may not work in yours. I think the "light" or "shell" tricks sound like the best plans of attack.

So far I'm really enjoying this copperband *Knock on wood*, he seems to be doing what I bought him for and has completely ignored all my other coral. That being said its only been 2 days and If I got rid of all my zoas I would have to become SPSElite and I don't think I have that mastered yet .

Our first salt tank that we rescued was infested with the little buggers. 3 years later we have none in the DT. Thanks in part to pepermints and a racoon buterfly. There are a few in the sump, but i use them as nutrient export. The shell trick only worked for the manjos for us. The apatasia are hardy things. Sometimes if they are not fully eaten they will hide till they feel there is no danger, then they rear there ugly heads and multiply again. Patience is a vertu. You will win the battle.

Did you raccoon pick @ anything else in the tank? Maybe I should just not feed for a week and see If I can starve my peppermints into hunting.

[no_bs]

Your not going to like this, but the buterfly went after our zoas once he finished of with the apatasia. I hated to dismantle all the rock work to catch him, but off to the FOWLR he went. Did his job there then got taken down by our octopus. So now i live with them, when they get to big i hit them with app-x. Works realy well, but it has to be done is still water. They don't seem to come back after the treatment.