Whats going on....

[Ryan_Lap]

Well it seems to be red. I just lifted my red colony and I can see a bunch of eggs. Others seem to be fine for now. It seems Im going to have to transfer the others.

I have my nano I set up, but Im sure its not cycled yet(havnt tested water). Anyway I can put my good zoanthids in it to get them out of my main tank?

[Ryan_Lap]

Well the 2 colonies that were on their way out and the colony I found the nudi on I removed from the tank. What are the chances I have gotten ridden of them by doing that?

[kipsix]

Well I've been reading this thread since it was started, and look what I found in my tank today.....

Does this guy look like the ones that eat zoas?

[Chaloupa]

Could be one that eats Zoa's...you don't know until you see it on the coral, what it's preference might be. I had Montipora eating Nudibranchs...that was really awful....I'd be inspecting colonies of Zoa or any other coral in the tank!

[Ryan_Lap]

I have another group of zoanthids on their way out it appears. Im almost 100% sure I got out all the nudis. I woke up today(not being home for 2 days) to this:


They look like %#@!. Im wondering if I should dip them? I cant see any nudis or eggs on them like the others. Anyone with experience with zoas have theirs just wither like this occasionally?

[Canadian]

Try a freshwater dip and see what comes off.

There are so many possible culprits that the only way to tell would be to see what comes off in a dip - be it nudis, spiders, etc.

There are also some pathogens that obviously won't be determined by a freshwater dip. I would peruse the zoanthid forum on RC and maybe post there just for the sake of getting a more focused audience.

[Snaz]

Originally Posted by Ryan_Lap

They look like %#@!. Im wondering if I should dip them? I cant see any nudis or eggs on them like the others. Anyone with experience with zoas have theirs just wither like this occasionally?

Dips will not get eggs, I think the only way to get the eggs is to manually remove them.

[Ryan_Lap]

I cant see any eggs or nudis tho. The 2 other groups of zoanthids that had eggs were removed from the tank. They kind of look like they do when they expel their waste after I target feed them, but way worse. Ill just keep my eye on them and possibly dip them later tonight if they dont look better.